Project Bullitt

USFDon2012

 Paint and detail work should be easy for the Charger (Flat Black int./ext.).

Just so you get things right, the charger is gloss black exterior (flat black if you are doing chargers from Blade or Fast 5.)

Sounds like the pair would make a good diorama.

Project update: Have all the paints and tools ready to go, still debating if I want to get the paint from one of the online purveyors or if I want to do a BRG/Flt. Black mix.

@ agentg: Thank you for the tip regarding the paint

You may also want to check out Scale Finishes, they sell highland green for both the 1968 version and the 2008 version b=plus the low gloss black fo rthe hood and clear coats at reasonable prices.

www.scalefinishes.com/models.html

Added note: The small rear bumper extensions on each side of the rear license plate were also painted Highland Green. Also note that the Charger had 5 hubcaps, LOL. That is the number of hub caps lost during the chase in the movie.

Awesome tips guys! I'll have to acquire some, so that i can finish mine as well.

There are smaller bottles of brush touchup available at an auto parts store that can be airbrushed as well. Yeah, not uber cheap but neither are model paints anymore.

Go to Model Car World Automotive Finishes web site, Ford, 1968 #6834 Highland Green Met. The 2008 Highland Green Met. is a base coat/clear coat application and would have to be done this way to achieve the same color hue. The model paint IS the correct color and made for plastic. Modern base coat/clear coat can be harmful to your health and is NOT intended for plastic. Added notes: there is a difinative book out on the subject Mustang and I cannot recal the author at the moment. A google search may get you there. The Mustang used in the film (more than one) had all of the M-U-S-T-A-N-G letters on the trunk lid removed and the holes filled in. The drivers side door mirror was painted Highland green met. as was the chrome piece on the rocker panel below the door. The grill was used but the "Horse" was removed and I think the GT lights. As I recall the grill was plane black, so whatever was there was removed.There were several engine modifications and the shifter was a Hurst Competition shifter. The interior was stock black interior. The Charger was stock gloss black, not flat black. The Charger interior was also a stock black Charger interior. IIR correctly the shifter in the Charger was a stock Dodge shifter.IIR the Charger had a black vynle roof. The Mustang had "TorqueThruster" American Mag wheels with charcole black spokes and IIR they were polished aluminum and not chromed. Hope this helps.

The problem there is paying Mucho Denaro for an ounce of paint. Maybe if don buys a gallon, i'd buy 2OZ. Sure there are others, who would buy the rest. ( As long as he can sit on it for a few years:)

If you're not opposed to using spray cans, you should check an auto parts store (or Ford dealership) for touch up paint for the recent (last few years) Bullitt edition Mustang.  Probably use the same brand primer.  And test on some old plastic first.....just to make sure that there are no "surprises".

That's the reason I haven't built my kit of it. Can't find the right shade of green, but believe it was a metalic color.