seanyb505

Coming along. Not great, not terrible. Happy to be nearing clear coat and further detailing

Small 5 year hiatus. I pulled this out of the closet after I finally had the gumption to build a proper airbrush booth. We've only been in the new house for 5 years, so the timing is, uh, better late than never! I re sprayed the body with scalefinishes competition yellow, and airbrushed Tamiya x paint for the taped off black. The lines aren't as crisp as I'd really like, but they'll do the job on a shelf for the rest of my life lol. Body decals now underway. A couple smudges here and there, but they should clean up okay after clear. Funny enough, I only stumbled on this old thread while researching some decal locations! Finally, a little real life inspiration over the weekend!

Brilliant thinking on the mirrors

Your poor picture quality is better than my real life build quality!

I'd go to the dealership for the grand am, and leave with this!

Gorgeous build. One of my favorite modern car designs

Is the fiero a monogram tooling? I bought one of those 20 years ago and still haven't built it lol

I'm on board! Haven't made any progress on mine lately.

It is the revell version. It looks off in the picture as there's tape holding the radiator to the nose cone. I think it sit flat.

Trackable street car

After about 3 hours with the Taurus, here's where I stand. A bit of 2 steps forward and 145 steps back. - Thunderbird wheels scale to about 16" on the Superbird. Taurus (white) are about 17. Perfect. Tbird tires (I think I'm sticking with these) are 26" tall and 12" wide. Taurus tires are 27 and 11. If I can tuck the tires well into the body, the height difference won't show, at least perception-wise. Ground clearance may require some work. - Going to use bits of the ford chassis. Most before the firewall and most from the lateral roll bars rearward. This alone is going to take some time given I have no idea what I'm doing lol. I could slap the Superbird body on a less modified Taurus chassis, but I want it to be less stock car and more street car turned recreational track car. - Centering wheels in wheel wells is going to be tricky. Might have to measure this before chassis work. - sticking with the hemi, but going to use the Taurus oil pan and dry sump. Debating Plymouth or Taurus radiator and fan. Plymouth has additional support for the body. - Depending on how the engine compartment comes together, my front air dam may need modifying. - Discovered I lost a fender scoop. Going to attempt some sort of vent scratch build to sit flush in the top of the fender. If I was getting close to final vision for the car two days ago, I've got some hacking to do now... Also came across a fun write up on the car from a couple months ago: https://www.dodgegarage.com/news/article/heritage/2024/10/a-look-back-the-iconic-yearone-goldberg-superbird-tribute.html

New wheels are in. Black wheels and tires are from a 1:25 Thunderbird nascar kit, white wheels are from an old 1:24 Taurus nascar. Tires are the same. The Taurus tires are taller and more narrow. I've got a few kits ahead on the schedule, but this looks way better and gives me gumption to not let the superbird sit another few years.

Decal design and execution looks amazing! What kind of nail art pack did you use?

Yeah yeah lol. Still for $50, might as well just buy something that's already available for $20.

Yikes. For those prices might as well buy a kit for cheaper. Jeff Burton on the way next week.