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Good photography.
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Love everything except the spoiler on the back.
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Getting frustrated with the T-bird so decided to polish it out. Need to re-paint one of the fender skirts but will start foiling it anyway.
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Decided on a color for my thunderbird. Its a buick color. I bought it to try to build a replica of a regal in my neighborhood years ago. Should look ok with a white roof.
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Seeing as though it is a convertible, could you not just chop the windshield frame and replace it? I reckon it would be the same as a Impala frame. It would be a verry easy procedure.
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Cragars look great on this model.
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1 hour ago, ea0863 said:
Beautiful build Al! Did this car ever exist as a convertible? If it didn't, it should have.
It appears that the wildcat was available as a convertible, and a 4 door hardtop as well.
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Roof lines up now.
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Started this 1962 thunderbird. Switching it to a hardtop. Doesn't quite match at the windshield frame. Will need to add some material to the top of the frame and chop the roof a little. I've read that mating the floorpans and interior is quite difficult. I chopped quite a bit of the inner fenders but I am adding fender skirts so it should not be too obvious. Modified how the floorpans are held in place in the back so I can drop the floorpans in vertically. Looks like much material with need to be removed from the door panels and dashboard too.
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Looks good, especially the doorpanels, seats etc. Only flaw is the windscreen molding. Convertibles had a stainless steel or chrome trim surround.
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On 4/8/2025 at 1:57 PM, yellowsportwagon said:
Where did you get the door mirror? I could use some of those
I build it from small pieces of plastic.
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On 4/8/2025 at 10:40 AM, deuces wild said:
Beautiful!.... What paint did you use for the redlines???... I know those ain't pad printed redlines...🥰👍
Thanks. Modelhaus tires. Not sure what I used to paint the inserts. Whatever red paint I had on hand. Probably createx.
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Finished today. Sorry for the dust, and also the lousy back-drop. Thats a project when spring starts.
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Awesome!
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The finish line is in sight now. Just need to dot the Ps and cross the Qs.
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Going to be badass.
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11 hours ago, Lunajammer said:
This is quite lovely. It's gonna finish great. Eldorado seats?
Thanks. The seats were original, just modified into a bench seat.
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Looks good.
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On 2/6/2025 at 9:26 AM, Mr mopar said:
close but no cigar
I own a Plymouth duster and I know there are subtle differences, but do we need a kit for EVERY model year? Some models were neglected for decades. Take the skylark for example, AMT made a '66 and that was it, until Monogram made a '70 decades later. ONE olds 88, in 1965, then ruined to make a stockcar. Just saying. Why not a '72 or '73 swinger or scamp before another duster?
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Alot on my plate lately but decided to update this a little. Had to touchup and re-clearcoat the drivers side. Slowly pecking away at the trim. Interior mostly done. Scratch-built armrests, window cranks etc.
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The beamont Super-Dupers are verry rare today. Cant wait to see it.
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How does contact replicas & miniatures to place orders?
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On 10/21/2024 at 9:06 AM, Mark C. said:
Wow! Thanks for that. I’m always fascinated by the behind-the-scenes stories from back in the day. I wasn’t aware of the curved glass issues for the doors, but now that I think of it, the Valiant/Dart glass was quite flat in comparison.
I will have to keep an eye out for that issue of CA.
I did look online and found a messageboard thread where some guy was trying to convert his Duster to roll-down quarter windows. I believe in the end there was a member that would have restricted the pathway for the glass to roll down, which probably relates to the tooling cost you mention (likely in relation to keeping common inner body construction with Valiant). The other issue he faced was that, being flip out glass, it was the exact size of the opening, and thus was too small to contain the attachment points for a regulator (which would normally be covered by the body skin).
Most interesting tangent!
It would've been easier to engineer a way to quickly remove and install the pillar and glass as a unit, like the old pop-out sunroofs. It would not roll , but it would look the part in the end. I believe the pillar on my duster was spot-welded in but been a long time.
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I would like to know also.