Can-Con

So, TJ, I bet you must be around 40 ? My tastes are a bit older. Plus, being Canadian, we had a lot more European influences in our "top 40" radio airplay back then. Bonus "best of" album,, Canada's greatest bar band in the '80s. I still have all these on cassette and play them loud when I'm cruising around in my T/A. ?

I have high hopes for that kit. I was going to get one of the Heller coupes but I think I'll wait for the ROG kit. BTW, I had a friend in our model club who owns this beautiful XKE. He said the 1/8 kit isn't all as accurate as people think either.

Cool. Kinda reminds me of something I've seen before but I can't quite put my finger on it. ?

Anyone know, or heard anything about them lately? I know there's been nothing on E-bay from him in over a year now.

Well, all I know is when I do a Google image search for "1971 Ford Thunderbird" all the pics of them have the bright front pan and when I do a google image search for "1970 Ford Thunderbird" all the pics show then with a body color pan. So, I'd say David is %100 correct with the bright pan on his build.

No problem, but I'm not Duke.

It's not actually part of the bumper, it's just a sheetmetal pan. On the '70 cars they're painted body color but, yes, on the '71s they seem to be either plated or painted bright silver. This is a '70.

The grille is finished and I'm working on the under hood area and interior. The long ram intake manifolds were in a junk box I bought at a show for $5. and the valley cover is foil cast from one in another junk box. I'm smoothing out the inner fenders and will I try to match the fade on the body. The interior is almost ready for some paint. I see a couple spots that need a touch more filler.

OH, man! I forgot all about that and I mastered their tail lights. LOL ?

MCG used to include it in their '69 Chevelle/Beaumont photoetch set but hasn't included it for several years now. They're the only one who made it. You might get lucky and find an older set with the resin included , or more likely someone who bought the set for the Chevelle stuff and has the Beaumont stuff left over.

Yes, it does. With a rear window in the shape of a stylized letter "T". As for the windshield supports, name a 1/25 T kit that they are in scale. ? There's a LOT of stuff not shown on that box art, including that the exhaust, two different radiators and all the suspension is chrome. Here's a couple pics of what's actually in the box.

Kurt, I'd suggest getting the tailgate from a Revell '64 or "65 fleetside and grafting the lower section into the '72 tailgate and making the trough above it and the tail lights from scratch. Not too difficult and looks pretty good.

I actually had the same idea about swapping the bumpers and putting driving lights in the openings. I'm definitely not into trains though. ?

I'll second that about the pans. I don't think you'll ever get a really good fit with them still attached to the chassis plate. It holds them from going into place properly.

That can be built from the old MPC "Switchers" T-bucket. Looks like everything you need to build it just like that is in the kit already. Don't be fooled by the truly awful box art, it builds a pretty nice '70s "Fad T" style car, with lots of chrome and options in the kit.

I like it a lot. The paint is beautiful. I didn't know Steve did those wheels, I got a very similar [same spokes] set form a die-cast '60 Ford Galaxie several years ago.

Having an '85 T/A out in the garage, I do recognize the windshield, door mirrors and the wheel openings. Beautiful work and a really nice design. I see a lot of Auzzie Ford in it as well as a lot of Hot Wheels. Reminds me a lot of the car drawing on the original blister cards.

Well since my post is now hidden from me I'll take your word on it and just say I guess I should have worded it differently.

Well, ya can't blame that on me because I had left for a year, when I came back he was gone.

,, and also soliciting content. Quite possibly, i thought I said that Harry wasn't around anymore to help him with it, I wouldn't come right out and say Harry wrote it FOR him because I don't think that. I think it was a collaboration between the two with Harry being more silent about his contribution. Perhaps you misread? I don't remember exactly how I worded it now, it's been deleted.

I just googles it and checked it out. Doesn't look the same as the old stuff so ??? They do have a lot of sharp colors.

That wasn't HOK paint though, it was "by the makers of HOK". namely, Valspar . If it is the same paint, I'd recommend leaving it right where it is, They had so many problems and complaints with it that they had to pull it off the market.

Worked on my grille today. 19 strips of sheet plastic in 2 thicknesses stacked on top of each other and sanded to shape. Needs to be cleaned up a bit more and painted.

Beautiful. Thought it was a pic from a brochure when I first opened the post.

I suspect that's an AMT "Jr. trophy series" kit from the mid '60s, not a promo. That's probably why it doesn't look like a banana. Nice score though. A front bumper/grille for that shouldn't be too hard to find. The Revell parts do look %100 better but night not fit too well.