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Beautiful build. Looks as good as the 1:1. I built a Venture a couple of years ago also. I was only able to get it looking as nice as it does by using the tips from MrObsessive. The core support and the windows along with the 8 lug wheels are a challenge but work perfectly following his advice. I really like your color choices, your builds are like looking at the showroom floor in 1961.

Be thankful it's not December. I also hate how hard the manufactures have made it to work on our cars. Had a water pump let go on our '10 Charger. I thought no problem I have always been able to do water pumps with my eyes closed. First off the pump can't even be seen, and the belt tensioner imposable to move. I had to surrender and pay the dealer $700 to get it fixed.

Good luck to you on your new job. It sounds like everything turned out for the better for you.

The ones I hate are the ones that would rather talk on the phone telling some all about what we were all trying to watch.

For anyone who hasn't had an opportunity to see this movie on the big screen you really must. I'm sure many have seen it on TV and that's great but it's not them same thing. Car chase movies were becoming popular when this film was made. There were some good ones but most were B grade at best. The only others that came close were The French Connection, 7 Up and very few others. Steve McQueen did his own driving and the "Baddy" in the Charger was a well known stunt driver at the time. When the production company got San Fran. to sign off on the street scenes the city never realized what was about to take place. I understand that later the debris hit the fan when they found out about some of the stunts.

Beautiful looking Sunliner. Ford had a shade of green at that time and your mixture looks exactly like it.

Very elegant looking Mercedes. very clean looking build.

That cleaned up great. I agree with the Snake this is one to restore. There are plenty of the newer Revell '66 Impala SS kits around to do what ever you want, but Promos like this just aren't.

Besides giving you a much bigger work area it looks to be far more stable than before.

Like many others I followed your build in this model. Your build looks just as good as the 1:1 in your driveway.

Great paint finish, very clean looking build. Hard to believe that the '37 Ford used to be called "the ugly duckling". The red wheels and louvered hood look perfect.

Kind of like riding a bicycle isn't David. Welcome back. You will find much better kits to work with now.

Looks very nice considering what you had to work with. I like the different color you used. The kits of that era all seemed to set to high and the tires provided would be shared with all of the other kits the company offered. The result was often a tire that was to larger for say a Corvette and the wheel backs are often the first place to start to correct those problems.

Very nice clean looking build. This style of build still looks great after all the years.

In 1967 I was fighting high insurance rates with a '66 Impala SS 396 4 speed. This was not the hottest setup but respectable all the same for my young family. After talking to my insurance agent we found out that they considered the Bel Air two door as a low risk car even with a V8 and they didn't seem to care which V8. Sooo I ordered a '68 Bel Air two door with the 427 and 4 speed. I had to take the 385 H.P. rated engine because we needed air conditioning. In addition to the 427 4 speed combo I had Posi with 3.55 to 1 rear end, disc brakes, F-41 sport suspension, the full instrumentation with tach in the dash same as the SS option. AM radio with the factory 8 track, once considered high tech - you laugh. I lived in the mountains in southern California so I had to have a rear window defogger. I added the Rally Wheels and the chrome moldings around the windows. There was a light group that gave you a under hood light, trunk light and front fender corner lights usually seen on Caprices. Painted red with the custom black interior. Yes it used to be like Burger King, they'd build it your way. Three years later the X and her new boy friend traded it in on a VW after he ran it into a tree. You just can't fix stupid.

Your idea of building the black plastic '40 reminds me of one I built years ago. I sanded the few mold lines in the body and as I recall I removed some of the trunk lid details. I used good old Simonize automotive rubbing compound to remove all of the sanding marks and then finish came back about 99% of the gloss of the rest of the body. With the polishes we have today it shouldn't be a problem to get it 100%. Please post your build, I'd like to follow your build.

Please tell me these are photoshopped. If they turned all those lights on at the same time the battery would explode like an ion battery.

I use nothing but the Tamiya putty. I have tried others but Tamiya just works best for me. I would try them all and then figure out what works for you.

Very nicely done conversion. I like the 348/409 engine you used.

I'm not sure what direction you plan for your build and many have offered a lot of technical background on the Thunderbird. One of the sources that I often use if I'm trying to stay real close to stock is Collectible Automobile. The magazine is a bimonthly and offers a lot of background information about the featured cars and what was going on within the companies at the time. You may not be able to find it on your newsstand locally, you might try w.w.w.collectibleautomobile.com and see if they offer any information on line. The reason I'm suggesting this to you is that I just finished the October 2018 issue and one of the cars they're profiling is the '89 - '97 Ford Thunderbird. This may offer you some information that could help you with your build.

What sort of style was young Jonathan wanting ? Sounds like a cool idea for your son's friend.

I bet the boys from the Red Green Show could fix that with a little Duck Tape.

You a varied taste in your build choices. I hope you show more of your builds in the future.

I like the theme of your build and the very clean build style.

Great looking build. I like looking at the different components and trying to figure out were they came from. That engine is the biggest 4 cylinder I have ever seen. I like the blower set up on it.