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Absolutely stunning! The 'green stuff' growing under the windows looks just like my 1:1 Cortina (not washed for about 2 years...)

That is so cool, the prizes are very well deserved. I've got the Matchbox/AMT kit in my 'to do' pile, I'm planing a depression-era 'dust bowl' truck.

Some time ago I bought a job lot of part finished models and bodies on ebay, including a couple of these Revell Thunderbirds. I decided there was enough to to make something from the two, and this 'something' is the result! The rear wheels and tyres, seat and steering wheel are from a Dodge Viper in the same job lot. The numbers are cheap self-adhesive stickers. It's a curbside model and there's a lot of plastic card holding it all together...

My Mum bought this kit as a present for me a while ago, and I wanted to do something a little 'creative' with it. I thought it would make a good candidate for a little scrapyard diorama, circa. the mid 70's.. The 'mud' is household filler mixed with sand and sawdust and the fence is model railway scenery.

I've got a bit of a soft spot for 70's British 'Street machines', and I loved the 1/32 custom car kits that Airfix issued in the 80's. So when I got hold of this kit I made a few changes... Rear end is jacked up by mounting the axle under the springs, rear wheels and tyres are from an old friction drive toy, it has real dummy sidepipes, small steering wheel with the rim made from an 'O' ring, spoilers and 'power bulge' made from bits from the spares box and a fur interior (self adhesive craft felt). Paint is Ford Roman Bronze.

Thanks for all the positive comments! There were a few times while building it I felt like hurling it across the room...

I got this kit from my partner for Christmas, just got it finished. I swapped the wheels for the ones from the old Matchbox/AMT 'Snakebite' Shelby Mustang, stripped and painted, added a new bed floor of Obeche strip, homemade seatbelts, plug leads, fuel lines and a solenoid and battery cables. I shaved the hood trim and 'Ford V8' moulding on the tailgate and added the pinstripe decals. The paint is Ford Meadow green rattle can.

1932 Chrysler Imperial...

Like it! The mismatched plug leads are are nice touch!

Just watch the valve covers... IIRC the part numbers and the illustration in the intructions don't agree on which side is which, mine are the wrong way round, which means the air con compresser bracket is too high, so I had to modify the air cleaner to get it to fit. (Of course, it could have just been me being dumb...)

That is one sick puppy! I like it... a lot!

Thanks for all the positive comments, they're really appreciated! The woodgrain decals came with the kit.

Built out of the box, paint is Ford Tibetan Gold rattle can, interior is white automotive primer.

WOW! I kept looking at the last photo and thinking 'is that the real thing that inspired the build?'

I bought this old kit from a trade stand at a local steam toy fair we go to every year, mainly because it was the sort of model that I loved as a kid. (who am I trying to fool: I STILL love this kind of thing...!) At first it was going to be a quick out of the box build, but I thought it was a shame that the funky mid-engine was pretty hidden, so out came the saw... I also filled the recess for the 'peace sign' badge on the front and removed the front spoiler and nerf bar mounts. The paint is Ford Electric Orange pearl rattle can, the iron cross is an old model aircraft decal, the lettering is Letraset dry transfer and the decals on the rear came with the kit.

And I thought I had a weird imagination! That is excelent!

I built this one as a beater/'fixer-uper'

Its a piece of plastic tube (wiring conduit I think) with plasticard discs for the ends and a piece of plastruct tube with the original filler cap.

I had this old kit years ago, and built it as a hot rod so when one came up on ebay I thought I would have a bit of fun... Chassis shortened, body shortened and channeled, cut down screen, drilled front axle re-mounted above the springs, Olds rear axle, home brewed carbs and header, home made fuel tank...

That is fantastic! The way you have got the paint faded and matt in places is spot on. (I have a 32 year old red car that lives outside in the British weather and never gets washed, so I know!)

The kit tyres have the whitewalls moulded in, I sanded them as they were quite glossy.

Built out of box apart from plug leads, home made dice shifter knob, rear lights replaced with plastic 'jewels' (used for crafting, card making ect) and club plaque hanging from rear bumper (the decal came with the kit) I'm quite pleased with how it turned out as this probably my favorite style of car, did have a couple of issues though. Some parts of the suspension don't have any positve location (and the instuctions aren't vey clear on how they fit) and I ended up painting the vent window frames as I couldn't get them to stay glued in place after chrome foiling the frames.

Built straight out of the box, paint is Plasti-cote Sky Blue enamel spray (I paint all my models with rattle cans)

As promised, some pictures of my builds since I got back into the hobby. Monogram '53 Chevy, I built this years ago and it was the only model I still had when I started building again so I decided to 'un-restore' it...

Hi all, My name is Barry, and I live in Leicester, England. I got back into building model cars about 3 years ago after a break of about 20 years. I came across this site while looking for pictures to inspire me on my latest build, the Revell '40 Ford pick up. I decided to join as there seemed to be plenty going on in the forums. My main interest in is in old mechanical "stuff" - cars, steam engines, bikes, planes, ships... if it's rusty and greasy I'm in! I have a tatty 1982 Ford Cortina estate as my everyday car and a 1967 Morris Minor which I'm in the process of doing a 4" roof chop on. Anyway, I'll post up some pictures of my builds so far in due course.