Lunajammer

FWIW, the US Great Plains if not the entire midwest has had mild temps and almost no snow. Weeks of pleasant conditions for stringing up house lights. I could see there being an early run on decorations.

Sorry Art, I guess I don't get to this section often enough, but I have to comment that you really know how to do race cars. It's amazing what you can bring to even a box stock build. Really wonderful.

Don't be ridiculous. 41,999. ?

Excuse me while I wipe my mind off the walls.

Thanks for the link Jimmy, hope it serves your needs. I added a line about how water can help you handle it.. "It's impervious to water so wetting your tools helps prevent sticking. If necessary, a wet finger also helps smooth it after you've laid it down."

42 votes as of today. A good turnout, hope we can get more chiming in. On a side note, as administrator of the poll, I can see the IP addresses of who votes and would like to remind electors you're only allowed one vote, regardless of what single device you vote from.

Almost forgot my side trim. The T-Bird has louvers and a character line to help lighten the broad front fender. I took those out and am using a spear to help with the same problem. Looks like it's going to be a 2-tone. First prime, I don't see any major issues. Still needs some clean up, touch up and smoothing but otherwise it's almost ready for paint and general assemblage.

38 votes have been cast as of this morning. Hoping to see a few more so I invite members and visitors to have a little fun and support our entrants.

Thanks Dax, this one's got momentum and a low parts count so it's got a good chance of finishing. I've seen some pretty good jet cars come out of the Club de Mer and this one's got some similarities. But alas, it's time locked to the early 60's. Windshield right now will just be a moderate rake glass and a couple headache pods.

Looks the part. I'd say you accomplished what you were trying to do. Looks good.

The king of Pinterest starts another one. I'm with Tom and the rest regarding stalled efforts to do a flying car. The days prior to starting my 57 T-Bird Custom, I was working on a jet car. It doesn't come naturally to me and I spent a lot of time pooling through your other builds trying to digest it. Haven't given up yet, I just need more lessons. So... carry on.

1. Like my closet of other projects. ? 2. Like my jokes. ? 3. Like my fiancé said last night. ?

A little hocking here if I may... I can't say enough about this product here. It's a two part putty similar to other epoxy putties but is so modeler friendly. It's malleable like clay, adheres well, and the big feature is it sands easily. It's not rock hard like other two part modeling clays (Verlinden anybody?) or JB products. I would compare its sanding ability to Bondo or other automotive body putties. It feathers decently. Has a shelf life of many years. It's impervious to water so wetting your tools helps prevent sticking. A wet finger also helps smooth it after you've laid it down. Wrap a thin wire around the stick and pull the ends to cut a piece off, the inner core is hardener. The down side is I've only been able to find it online. We used it extensively when I did modeling for a custom pewter miniatures company.

The nose needs a little shaping to meet the hood so I used my favorite modeling product, QuikAluminum to putty it in and sand it down. I glazed up the finer fill and this is where we sit tonight. I think I'll give it a first shot of primer tomorrow and see what tragedies that reveals.

I'd love to see somebody do this. They've been selling for generally under $40 on eBay. Under the NASCAR covers are stock features. Not real popular with NASCAR builders because it's not accurate. Not popular with stock builders because it's not stock. Pretty much falls into this theme and there's lots of time.

It's not that good, but that doesn't mean not entertaining. A star studded cast in a paper thin plot getting mixed up in 90-minutes of Hal Needham hi jinx. Glib Brock Yates penned dialog, lots of (now dated) cars and stunts and Jackie Chan doing what he does best. Light, popcorn chewing fun in a sort of "Dukes" style.

I wasn't going for that, but even as I was shaving it down, it was unavoidable to make that connection. I decided I'm still okay with that though.

Thanks Eric, high praise from someone who gave us this.

I think that's a good instinct. I considered something like that but there seems to be no way around this being a roadster. Might be different if the 'bird's unaltered. The top would need some heavy alterations though.

Good point Tom and confirms what I was sort of afraid of, so I retitled the thread (while I still can). Thanks for your insights on the rear piece. That makes sense. I was hoping someone might help ID.

Ginchy.

On to the front. I want to flatten it to make it easier to customize any way I want so it's clipped. I also want to slope the nose so it's more sympathetic to the back of the car and try to soften the Thunderbird bones so I'm taking a wedge out of the fender tops. A couple hours of imagineering and a headache later, trying to figure out what I wanted to do to the front end, I finally just took the easy way and stuck on a custom piece from the '49 Ford. It's maybe a little clunky but it's not outside the style era. Saves me a few days work.

True dat! And an arsenal of sandpaper. I actually did buy more last night. Trying to go for a Starbird style 60's custom and really wanted a bubble top but it looks like it's not right for this project. Thanks for the good words everyone. I welcome all comments.

Which reminds me, I should post the voting link here as part of the build record for this thread. So. VOTE HERE.

I think so, though I'm not familiar with it either. Yet, there it was.