curt raitz Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 (edited) At one of our club meetings I was browsing through the May 2018 edition of "Hot Rod Deluxe". I came across an article on the "Bird of Prey" a 1955 T-Bird street-able gasser owned by Jim Jard. Showed the car to the guys and stated "this would be a fun build". That's all it took...got my hands on an AMT 1956 T-Bird, rounded up all the parts needed to build this car. Just had to do a few modifications to the 56 T-Bird to make it look like a '55. Filled in portholes and side vents. reworked the front end of the chassis and installed aftermarket straight front axle and springs. Moved the engine back in the chassis, opened the trunk, hinged the trunk lid and engine bonnet. Decals were home printed. Overall I had fun building this model and it kinda looks like the real car. The real car: The model: thanx for looking... Edited August 15, 2018 by curt raitz spell-check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 looks mean. I like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Po Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Nice representation of the one to one. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olschoolkid Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Cool T Bird. I've always been a fan of the gasser look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Teresi Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Curt.... I saw this Wonderful build at the IPMS Nationals a couple of weeks ago and told you then that you did a great job replicating the real 1:1 Car ...... you are so good at replicating 1:1 cars and Bikes.....that’s why the GSL Museum alwAys ask you to build a Replica for the Clone a model replica ......love your work Buddy?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donb Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Very cool. Looks like it could be raced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Curt, you really nailed it. Outstanding work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARTSMARTY Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 16 hours ago, olschoolkid said: Cool T Bird. I've always been a fan of the gasser look. x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smhardesty Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Really nice looking build. I guess I need to consider a T-Bird gasser after seeing this. 2 thumbs up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Very kool. Mean looking bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gasser59 Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) Kurt - that's kicks tail. Very nicely done indeed. Love me some gassers. Edited August 16, 2018 by gasser59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Very well done. Matches the 1:1 perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Perfect ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimKustom Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Nice build! I have a '57 Bird AM/SP car in the works. This one gives me inspiration to get it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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