MarkJ

I think what happened was I showed how to fix the body to look more like the real cars and the guys who just want to paint and decal did not like that so they gave me critical replies on the finished build. I will still post over there because 2 or three of the guys over there like my builds and I'm not going to let the others run me off. That's what they want.

Had to scratchbuild my own seat. The one in the thunderbird kit wasn't right for this build.

Another beauty, O.C.

Got the sides of the cage finished except for some putty to shore up the gaps where it was pieced together. The piece of styrene rod you see is to hold the side in the right place while the glue drys it wont be there on the finished model. The primed body shows all the places that need more putty. Im hoping a few more coats of primer will stop the red from bleeding through on the final color coats.

Thanks, J.C.

Its no big deal Carl. Just don't feel very welcome over there anymore.

Thanks guys. I appreciate the replies. This one wasn't appreciated much at another site but I guess some people don't like fantasy builds or Brad for that matter. I'll try to do better next time. But it wont be over there. I'm done with that place.

You show how these cars can look good. Great job.

Body is almost ready to prime. As you can see I am lengthening the cage to fit this car. The old battle ship monte carlo's were huge inside. The dash was not as deep on this car as they were in the 92 thunderbirds.

Got the fuel filler and overflow installed. Also the rear spoiler

Had to remove the bumper guards and pads from the bumpers and cover the park lights.

Taped some stuff together to see how everything is fitting so far.

Opened up the wheel openings and added styrene upper wheel opening lips and added some putty to them to contour them into the body. had to cut off the front frame clip and extended it to get the suspension to line up in the center of the front wheel openings.

Its hard to see that you had a problem with the clear, but if you did just use future. It wont attack the decals.

Got the hood cut out. Removed the vinyl top and all the mouldings.

Such a huge improvement over box stock. Great job of modeling.

Thanks J.C. and Ron.

Bruce I' going to open it and use the engine out of the olds kit. I'm using the thunderbird kit for the chassis because its rear steer. The olds kit chassis is a front steer chassis.

I will be using parts from these kits. This is what I will be trying to build

Decided to hold off on this one for a while. Will start on a different project that I actually bought the decals for.

Here's the list of decals I have to make for this build.

Looking great.

I thought by now some one would have mentioned the winners decals next to brads name.