Alright Gang,
So I finally started. After many days of trying to find the right paint for the Bullitt, I settled on Scale Finishes. Placed the order today. Seriously, there is a huge internet fight going on between the US Gravity Colors & the UK Gravity Colors. Both claim to be the best car model paints out there.

I didn't want any piece of that, just wan't paint. From what I read online, ScaleFinishes.com is a solid company and their colors are spot on.

In the mean time I thought I'd post the "Heart of the Legend". Here is the power plant for my Bullitt. Plus, those signature American Racing rims.

You wouldn't believe how much I labored over the right color metallic gray for the inner rims. Finally settled on a mix of gunmetal gray & steel. They work. I think in photos the inner rims look darker because they spin against the darker brake rotors and drums.

Sorry for the poor image quality. As I wait for the paint to show up, I'll be moving on to the under carriage. Stay cool.

2 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Fantastic! Just fantastic.

I like the colors you picked out for the 390 V-8 and the 4 speed... It looks spot on ! The wheels and tires turned out fantastic too.

How do you guys make these killer posters ?

Please continue to post up your progress on this one... I've been watching, but have not always been able to reply as I should.

Thanks !

Bullitt is coming along. Here is a shot of the finished interior.

The exterior painted with ScaleFinishes.com 1968 Ford Highland Green. These paints go down super nice and the metal flake is very small so it's to scale. I used their gloss enamel but will sand it a bit and add gloss clear. It's tempting to leave it a little on the dull side like it was in the movie, but I want to see how shiny I can get it.

Even back then, the GG Bridge would not have been something they could have done, with the traffic back then - a third of what it is now!

I still love watching them go past the same green VW bug three times as they "drive" down Post Street. The route of the physical "chase" is not actually physically possible, geographically. (Like the way a chase would start in "Streets of San Francisco" in North Beach, turn a corner and be in the Mission District, then run through the Haight-Ashbury and end up out at the Presidio. People who lived in San Francisco at the time used to love watching the show and figuring out the chases)

What's even more amazing (they would laugh you out of the room today if you asked to do it) is the chase at San Francisco International. Those airliners are really out there operating and taking off while they are filming that.

Just a note on paint. The Scalefinishes are really nice, but I am now dealing with a bit of a rough surface. Not sure why they aren’t smooth. Maybe my air pressure was too hig/ too low? Anyway, wondering if anyone has a good ideal on polishing compounds that won’t take up too much paint?

Hey Matt. Give tooth paste a try. You might want to think about spraying a clear coat on top of the green and then polishing out the clear. It just might save you from breaking through the green into the plastic underneath.

Hope this works for you and please keep us posted. The green color looks spot on

David thanks for posting this step by step breakdown of the chase scene and how it was done.

I love this thread.