Koellefornia Kid

Turned out really nice!

Thanks again, guys! I was a bit anxious about the paint, this was my first all-white paint job but I'm happy with how it turned out...

Great sedan! The wheels are really nice!

Great paint, cool wheels an a nice interior! Like that! ?

COOL! Beautiful wheels and great paint!

Like the UFO theme! Next stop Area 51 ?!

Sweet! Nice flames!

Like the stance! Looks great!

Great use of the Foose parts on this truck! Nice and clean build!

Nice build! Great patina-job!

I like all the paint jobs shown here but that candy red Charger really stands out!

Nice save! Glad you kept the purple, looks sweet!

Thanks fellas, glad you like it! I had a lot of fun with with this kit, went together nicely. The only problem was to cut a few millimetres from the the interior parts and the firewall to get it low enough. Otherwise the whole frame and parts of the floor would have visible very prominently... Glad the engine still fits after the modifications!

Great paint job, Thomas! And the Astro Supremes (aka Sovereigns) are the icing on the cake! Unter uns Landsmännern: Nimm mal das For Sale Schild da raus, sonst kauft mir den noch einer vor der Nase weg... ?

Nice old school tub! I agree, where are they from?

Wheels and stance are just right for this one! Really need to get me one of those kits...

Very nice wagon! That pearl blue looks great on it! Nice wheels, too!

That turned out absolutely GREAT, Steve!!!! I could spent hours looking at the pictures above.... Oops, I already did...

Wow Richard, that is awesome! If this was a 1:1 and it would have been a contender for the AMBR-award in Oakland in ´58 or ´59 the Ala Kart wouldn't have won the trophy twice!

When I started building model cars (more than 25 years ago) I already was an avid collector of hot rod and custom car related books and mags. In the November ´97 issue of Rod & Custom Magazine I found this one: Though I never really liked the wheels, I was totally hooked by Roy Brizio´s concept of his ´55 T-bird. A few yearss later I bought AMT´s ´56 American Graffiti Thunderbird kit and searched my parts box for some adequate rolling stock - without success. Nothing I tried under the fenders really worked and I also was disappointed that there was no option to build the kit without the continental kit, so everything went back in the box and was forgotten. I used its Y-block on another build some years later but other than that it stayed unbuilt. Until I came across a toy shop that had a clearance sale in November last year where I bargained two Jada Fast and Furious GT-40s (1/32 scale, die casts). The rear wheels looked like they might fit on 1/25 kits. I suddenly remembered the abandoned T-bird, so when I arrived home I crammed it out, tested the wheels (perfect fit) and got started... Finished last night: Cleaned front bumper, scratch built grille, shaved body, hood scoop removed, home printed Ford decals, lowered suspension, Jada wheels painted gun metal, Continental kit removed, rear bumper filled and tucked to body, scratch built exhaust, Revell ´32 Ford steering wheel... ...and wired 5.0 engine from the 5-window kit. After 23 years, the idea finally found its way into my display case. Hope you like it, comments welcome Greetings from Germany

Kool! The ´56 roof looks great on the ´62! Great work on the patina and the interior, too!

Awesome! Now my mind is racing on which kit my Alternomad roof will find a new home...

Looks much better than the one on the box! Well done! The doors on mine will stay shut forever...?

Nice build of a rare kit. Just beautiful!

Great paint job and some nice custom touches! Really like the use of the Mustang bumpers!