Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 HI! Raiding your stash with a caliper may ascertain all kinds of mash-up possibilities. Case in point? MADLINER - an AMT 60 Starliner, with the Alternomad greenhouse! Chopped (a scale 4 inches) Alternomad top & glasses, scratchbuilt interior panels & rear compartment, Revell's Ferrari Enzo rolling stock, Foose F100 powertrain, inverted hood hinge system, custom exhaust, shaved upper chrome moldings, Metalflake's Candy Cherry over silver base, Testor's Wetlook clear. Fully polished. BMF & Molotow chrome. Wired & hosed. Hours of fun with styrene! CT  Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Russell C Posted February 27 Looks like the two were made for each other! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modlbldr Posted February 27 28 minutes ago, Russell C said: Looks like the two were made for each other! I agree. It has a nice, pleasing shape and the workmanship is top notch! Well done! Later- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted February 27 Another masterpiece from you, Claude, stunning!! -RRR Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spottedlaurel Posted February 27 That works rather well doesn't it?! Looks excellent. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 9 hours ago, Russell C said: Looks like the two were made for each other! Thank you russell! indeed... I should have figured this long before! CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 8 hours ago, Rocking Rodney Rat said: Another masterpiece from you, Claude, stunning!! -RRR Thank you Sir! 9 hours ago, Modlbldr said: I agree. It has a nice, pleasing shape and the workmanship is top notch! Well done! Later- Thank you Tom! CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 7 hours ago, Spottedlaurel said: That works rather well doesn't it?! Looks excellent. Thank you Nigel! And the Starliner kit is great to begin with... very detailed. That doesn't hurt... CTÂ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cobraman Posted February 27 Great looking model and very well done ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 1 hour ago, michelle said: nice work Thank you Michelle! CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bucky Posted February 27 Krazee Kool!! It just looks natural! TOP SHELF build! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Geiger Posted February 27 That is cool! Colors really set it off too! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
espo Posted February 27 Beautiful looking body work and paint. you have a very smooth transition between the roof and were it blends into the tailgate and the windshield. I like hoe you changed the hood hinges as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 5 hours ago, cobraman said: Great looking model and very well done ! Thank you Ray, happy you like it! CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 2 hours ago, Bucky said: Krazee Kool!! It just looks natural! TOP SHELF build! Thank you Keith! Since I finished it, I saw a brochure of the "standard" station-wagon that Ford offered on the Starliner platform. It looks similar, with a more rounded "bubble" rear window. I read somewhere that the era customizers often used that OEM rear window as a custom windshield on some show-car creations... But of course, the OEM car was a 4 doors. And the windshield was much less raked than on the Alternomad... The joys of kit bashing! CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: That is cool! Colors really set it off too! Hi Tom! Thank you. After 2 or 3 even coats of the candy cherry, it looked fine, but much more "pinkish", or magenta. So, I piled on 6 coats total. Under the sun, it really pops! CTÂ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlackSheep214 Posted February 27 That is one bad girl you created. Very pleasing to the eyes and very attractive. Better than those crazy ricers with tabletop sized spoilers on the trunk lid. Well done! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koellefornia Kid Posted February 27 Awesome! Now my mind is racing on which kit my Alternomad roof will find a new home... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 4 hours ago, espo said: Beautiful looking body work and paint. you have a very smooth transition between the roof and were it blends into the tailgate and the windshield. I like hoe you changed the hood hinges as well. Thanks David! It's a bit more work, but I often flip the hood on my cars... At least, you can open it and see almost nothing of the hinge system. Plus, once open, you don't have the "slots" on the cowl. Matter of taste, I guess... The rear window was virtually a shoe-in on the Starliner rear trunk edge panel. Lucky me! CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27 1 hour ago, BlackSheep214 said: That is one bad girl you created. Very pleasing to the eyes and very attractive. Better than those crazy ricers with tabletop sized spoilers on the trunk lid. Well done! Thank you Thomas! I don't care much myself for the "tuner cars", but I can see that younger guys would like to model them. If there are younger guys in this hobby, of course... CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Geno Posted February 27 You rocked it Claude, absolutely beautiful build.😎 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 28 3 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said: Awesome! Now my mind is racing on which kit my Alternomad roof will find a new home... Thank you Oliver! Ah, decisions, decisions... CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RAMBENNA Posted February 28 really cool, great color and great job Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmericanMuscleFan Posted February 28 Another superb creation from you Claude! Forced to admit that you are rewriting the theory that says "nothing is lost and nothing is created".  In this wonderful world of scale models, you prove that "nothing is lost but everything can be created" when you have a vivid imagination!  In addition, it produces a training phenomenon because the remains of a model become the start of another project. You may have invented perpetual motion my friend, in any case, you have all my admiration! By the way, the color is absolutely stunning and you give me some great ideas for my own project... 😊 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
