FordRodnKustom

Far out man. I'm diggin' the cool vibe. Nice work!

Thanks. I've got some decal material for the dark paneling and I'll paint the lighter trim,,,at least that the plan!

That is a good color but I'm not sure what I'll do it in yet. I'll have to make a decision soon though!

I stopped posting this one on TRaK because it's leaning mostly to a factory stock style. Good luck with your 59! I'll be looking for it.

I've wanted to build one of these for a long time but never being able to afford an original revell kit (even a glue bomb built up) I scraped together the change and went ahead and got the Modelhaus transkit as a starting point. A Revell Ranchero fills in the rest of the parts as well as my parts box and an AMT 57 T-Bird kit. I used tape and Silly Putty to mask around the frame rails and fuel tank Hubcaps and valve covers are from an AMT 57 T-Bird. The tires are from a Lindberg 53 Ford.

I mostly use a small screw driver, exacto knife and round engraving bits in the old Dremel to remove the glued on parts. In this case the rear fender openings were too far gone after I got the skirts off so I had to splice in a set from the current hard top kit.

Good catch Andy, that's exacly what it is!

Sure do David, you can find pics of the build here: http://public.fotki.com/bigfordpilot/my_built_model_cars/built_models/built-models/58-edsel-convertible/

Many thanks to all, I really appreciate your good words about this build!

Beautiful work on your T-Bird John. The paint is superb and the styling is dead on. Well done Sir.

Here's my latest build, I finished it up about a month ago. I enjoy restoring these built vintage models. I started out with this 1958 AMT Edsel After quite a bit of work and a few parts from the current hard top kit I ended up with the old glue bomb looking like this. Thanks for taking a look at it.

Here's mine. I used a few select parts from the 427 Fairlane kit.

And a few more.

Great thread. Lot's of incredible detail work and photography here. Here are a few of my humble offerings.

"Rot Rod".......I like that. This could be a whole new trend. Looking forward to Rot Rod magazine.

Seriously?

Very realistic. Nice work.

Great looking vintage Mod! Definately has "the look".

I thought it needed a bolder style grill than the stock one. I found this piece in my parts yard...from an old AMT '34 Ford P.U. I think. It'll be sunken back a little further in the housing, this is just a mock up. I like it.

Thanks all! I'm thinkin' a turquoise body over white coves. Haven't decided about solids, metallics or pearls yet.

Sharp Shelby! That color really "works" with the gold stripes.

Nice scratchbuilding work on the side trim. Looking forward to watching this build progress.

Thanks!

Here's my latest project. I'm working on an old SMP/AMT '58 Edsel convertible glue bomb. As it came into the shop Ouch! That's ugly I thought about covering the rear fenders with some cruiser skirts but I couldn't find any I liked so I spliced in new rear fender openings from the new issue hardtop kit Fast forward about two weeks to today, lots of sanding! Getting there! I like it.