Tiger89

There's a short video on YouTube from a 2020 episode of Jay Leno's Garage. He visits Martha Stewart's house in Maine, built and formerly owned by Edsel Ford. Her '58 Edsel Roundup is the same color combo as your model.

Outstanding job. I did the same to try and replicate a '59 and gave the model to a couple that still have theirs, bought in '63 as a used car when they were first married.

Outstanding! Seeing this makes me want to build one myself. Here's one from a Hollywood, FL car show several years ago, extremely rare cars with wild-looking tail lights.

The Starliner hardtop was finished from a kit that needed little rework, using AMT's '63 Galaxie engine and chassis that didn't have the promo writing. I have one more hardtop, which will be done with the '60 Starliner "new kit" chassis, which is better detailed. The Sunliner convertible was finished from a promo with a broken windshield frame, which I fixed and made sun visors for.

The convertibles were very easy rebuilders with unpainted bodies, the '63 Marauder hardtop was a mint kit except for a nasty tire burn on the deck lid which I fixed best I could. '64 hardtop was a mid-90s AMT/Ertl re-release. The '65, probably rarest of each of these, was bought at a local show/swap meet this past May. I used the side windows that came in the kit.

Outstanding job on your model. A couple photos taken at this past Sunday's Hilton Head Concours d' Elegance. The female owner is a member of one of the two AACA clubs I'm part of, so I've seen the car quite often.

Thanks, Round 2 has re-released the '64 Marauder hardtop again, this time with a very nice decal sheet.

The convertibles were very easy rebuilders with unpainted bodies, the '63 Marauder hardtop was a mint kit except for a nasty tire burn on the deck lid which I fixed best I could. '64 hardtop was a mid-90s AMT/Ertl re-release. The '65, probably rarest of each of these, was bought at a local show/swap meet this past May. I used the side windows that came in the kit.

I've seen the Round 2 re-release of this kit in Hobby Lobby stores, so wait 'till every other week when they're 40% off.

I have the first issue with the motor and driver figure, probably from the '80s, and it's the oldest surviving built model car I have.

Fantastic! I enjoyed the video.

One reason I chose black was I didn't feel like hand-painting all of the black trim.

Thanks for the complements. David, in 1982, I was admiring a new black Supra at a Toyota dealer on the Westbank in New Orleans. At almost $14k, I couldn't afford that, but drove home in a silver blue Celica GT liftback with a power sliding sunroof and a whopping 100 horsepower, which was my first new car. Check out Bring a Trailer auctions to see how much the '82-'85 Supras are selling for now.

This MPC kit dates from 1983. It was re-boxed again with both MPC and Airfix brands, but never re-released since '85. The motorized, steerable curbside 1/24 Tamiya kit I've kept since the '80s is shown for comparison. I warped the hood on the MPC, so had to make a replacement. Interior, engine, and chassis detail was all good, and it went together well. The wheels look wobbly, but they all spin. I had to try applying the windshield decal, and it didn't fall apart!

Fabulous! I've done one '64, a '63 convertible, and recently bought a mint '63 Marauder hardtop which will get built eventually. I love these '63 and '64 Mercury kits, and the chassis on them doesn't bother me.