Sledsel

Another nice 'Bird

Great looking build. Looks like Jeremy took Bruce Jenners road....................... (sorry, couldn't resist)

Looks cool so far

Sweet

This was found in a shed, hauled to the scrapyard where I found it. I brought it home with me.

I'm a Ford guy, but I'd like to have this

The Duplicolor primer is fine because the Krylon is enamel

this mold line here..... as for your paint, if going with a solid color, try WalMart again, or Lowes or Home Depot. Check the Krylon colors out, they have something very close to Peacock. Also, Hobby Lobby or Michaels carry Krylon Short cuts. I have had very good luck with Krylon paints on my kits. I have not tried the "2x" cover paints, so I am not sure what to say bout them.

Another great old kit.... Get some foam fingernail sanding sticks at Wal Mart and sand out those mold lines on the top of the rear fenders. Doing so will really make a difference when you are done. I have one on the shelf and I did not sand them and it drives me crazy. As for color, I prefer darker colors on these boats, and red... but you been there.

I'd say dunk it in the purple bath. The Thunderbird trim on the fender is going to get lost soon after paint is applied. Try using Duplicolor automotive primer. Sandable or not. I use the sandable for if I am doing custom bodywork. It is thicker and fills in small imperfections. The regular automotive wet sands fine and goes on very nice and smooth. Also, the Duplicolor automotive paint may attack that plastic primer. The primer you used is much thicker anyways because it is made for dried plastic outdoor furniture. Another good idea is to attach the headlight bezels before painting. Then you do not need to worry about possibly creating a boo boo on the paint. (or worse yet, loosing them) I'll be watching this, I have a 57 'Bird on the bench also. Although an old simplified kit, it can be built very nicely. Do your research on the engine details if you plan to do any. Just my 2 cents..... keep on going.......

I have done the conversion from promo to kit without many issues. Only real issue I ran into was the body of the promo is thicker usually and I had some fitment issues. extra trimming, sanding, fitting. Well, long story short, now I just try to be sure my finish and detail is better than some other builds so they stand out a bit and leave them as promo style.

MrObsessive............... that is stunning!

All I know is that if it was converted from a diecast, I do not want it. Therefore I vote for the AMT. I have a few and they are nice. As for BMF for the trim, when done looks better than the added trim on the diecast converted kits. Now the old Revell kits that the trim was thin and glued on the body (namely 55 and 56 Chevies) I believed looked good. Tough to install but done right it looked correct. So glad I read this board because it has informed me enough to avoid certain kits and helped be to better some kits.

I was just looking at this kit tonight. Gonna have to watch this build

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I purchased 2 when Lindberg first released them and they were molded in the main color and no painted trim. The ones I just purchased are molded in the main color, secondary color painted and entire body is nicely polished. The door handles and side trim are also painted. Unsure about the decals though because I did not use them on the original ones I purchased. Maybe these are later releases, unsure, but they are a lot nicer than my originals.

Well, I picked up a few of the Lindberg Snap police cars at Ollies and I must say, Not sure if these are reissues from Round2 or not. I have 2 originals from Lindberg when they first came out and these are much nicer. The original was molded in color and that was it. The R2 versions have prepainted bodies, and the trim is prepainted also. Unlike the originals, the tail lights are multi color and not just red. Decals, not stickers, very detailed one piece chassis. The chassis and interior could use some paint and detailing but these will build up very nice right out of the box

looking really good.

Good luck locating a Sullivan.... Not made anymore. I almost had a Weber intake and cabs for my split port engine.... Brand new, I just could not see forking out $1500 for it and a friend that does carbs for a living said for the street those webers are finicky Isn't it perty tho

Actually the cracked coolant passage was on the plastic intakes. The 94 and older had aluminum intakes and did not suffer from this problem. These engines are tight, built to last. The only way to kill one as a driver is to run it out of oil. Dad had a Cougar with close to 300,000 and ran like a dream. Body fell off before it quit. Wish I had pulled the engine before we scrapped it. The distributor actually comes out of the valve cover. The pic you posted has a crank trigger distributor. Nice, but I am going with a standard electronic using parts store stuff. I want it driveable and serviceable. I would love to locate a reverse rotation marine duraspark distributor.

I am using a 95 split port engine with a fabbed tunnel ram style intake. Yup, 16 tubes. Not running the butterfly plates, but depending on performance, I may build a second intake that incorporates them. Using the stock 95 valve covers with plug wire covers made to incorporate the "Ford V8" decals from a Y Block. Trans will be a toploader 4 speed, using a 302 bellhousing with relocated stater boss. Yes, the 302 bell bolts on the mod. The 302 locating pins are solid, the mod has sleeve pins with bolts thru them. Same location, same OD pins. Easy cheesy Next project is a Mod engine 58 Edsel using an early 92 Romeo iron block and C heads. The early 92 blocks take a 302 bellhousing, no changes. All 4v blocks are Romeo, so heads and front cover swap swap.

I agree..... I am installing one in a 1954 Ford Glasstop. No electronics though. Homemade intake with removable carb plate to run 4 barrel, dual 4 barrels or tri-power. Distributor running off the intake cam.

Does not sound to daunting. Most kits need some fiddling with, now I know what to look for though. Thanks

Get a Fireball 500 car and use those windshields. Just a thought.....

Anyone ever try to morph this with the Revell '60 Impala?