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BTW Rich, If you decide you can't use that glass, don't throw it away, I could use it. Maybe we could work something out.

Definitely Ron, Thanks.

The windshield does fit pretty good. [just checked with my '63 hardtop] The rear window won't fit a hardtop as it's for a convertible. Oh, re-reading, I see you mean the glass from a '62 annual kit, not the newer roadster ,, yes, it will fit fine. I'd try giving it the old paint stripper bath, I use Easy Off myself. It won't hurt the glass. I've done it to strip paint off before. Wish we could still get vaccuformed glass from Modelhaus. I have a couple of that generation T-bird coupes I need rear glass for.

Glad to finally have it done. She's been suffering with it for a couple years now and the operation was postponed twice. Wife and new hip are resting comfortably. ?

The wheelbase changeover was in '64. '61 to '63 were 123" wheelbase. '64 to '69 were 126" wheelbase.

I'd try some polishing compound. Might be able to rub it off with that.

Very clean, and that red really pops !!

Looks great. well worth the troubles.

Nice paint Luke ! ??? Nice clean build too.

Looks good Steve.

Don't feel too bad, I know for a '79 Thunderbird project car in pretty good shape,, with a T-top,, for about what he's getting for his resin Thunderbirds.

IF, you want to be correct with the bird, you need the gold/orange one Keith makes. I suspect he'd sell you the sheet with the pinstripes separate as they're on a separate sheet anyway. The all gold bird is unique to the black S/E cars. , , and the later version does have the black as on the kit decals. Early ones were clear in the black areas like Greg's pic shown in his post above. BTW, all the hood birds of this design had black centers no matter what color they were. ,,, Except the later gold ones for the black S/E cars.

Same here but mine won't be a "master" for casting. It'll just be a one-off for myself.

Very nice !!

I've thought about this before too. My solution would be to find another stock car body and use the rear wheel openings as a basis for the new front ones. The shape is very close between the front and rear so should need minimal bodywork to look right.

Very nice

Another nice save Snake. I think the grille turned out particularly well.

No, he WAS a yam ,, and what a yam !!

I was just looking at my old Aurora/Monogram kit last night. I think I'm gonna build it as a custom and get one of these when it comes out.

I suggest you get some foil adhesive. I haven't used the gold much but I did find that it doesn't stick as well as the regular foil. That said, it's looking great so far.

What a sweet little roadster !! Love everything about it especially that it's built from spare parts. ???

Ray, is that the one with the lights and electric motor that went inside the engine block? My father got me one like that when I turned 7 or 8. As you can imagine, it was wasted on me at the time but I'd kind of like to take another crack at one if I could figure out just exactly which kit it was.

Look'n good Tom. Love the wheels you're using. The Jackman looking wheels look cool too. BTW, this kit never came with a console between the seats, just a shift lever and park brake lever.

Those are not the same wheels as shown on the new boxart. They have a flatter face on the spokes, not concave like a traditional Hurst wheel as shown on the box art..

True. It really needs the headlight area corrected. It was fine before the track car butchering and hasn't been brought back even though they already took a couple trys at it. New tail lights or just casting the tail lights into the rear bumper/grille piece would be a big improvement too.