Bumblebi Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Basically finished with this one, after I screwed up the paint on some parts of the body, grew tired of it, and let it sit for almost half a year. Kit is Lindberg's 1937 Ford Custom Convertible, which basically is Testor's Boyd Smoothster from 1997. Edited June 7, 2016 by Bumblebi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spex84 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Looks good to me! Overall it seems quite clean and well sorted. Congrats on finishing it!Was the Lindberg version of this kit molded in hard styrene, similar to other kits? The reason I ask is I have one of the old Testors versions, and it was molded in a very soft plastic. The frame in particular was a total joke, wouldn't hold its shape at all. I've never seen plastic like that in any other kit, except for a couple of the 1/18th scale snap-together "American Graffiti" kits.If I could find a version of this kit molded out of the right kind of plastic, I'd be more inclined to actually build it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Looks good to me! Overall it seems quite clean and well sorted. Congrats on finishing it! Was the Lindberg version of this kit molded in hard styrene, similar to other kits? The reason I ask is I have one of the old Testors versions, and it was molded in a very soft plastic. The frame in particular was a total joke, wouldn't hold its shape at all. I've never seen plastic like that in any other kit, except for a couple of the 1/18th scale snap-together "American Graffiti" kits. If I could find a version of this kit molded out of the right kind of plastic, I'd be more inclined to actually build it. Thanks! I'm fairly satisfied with it so I'm happy The kit is molded in very sturdy styrene, the body didn't have any flex what so ever. I had a small issue where the completed chassis (Before the body was put on that is) would three-wheel a little, but the body weighed it down so there is some flex in the plastic, but imo it's pretty decent. Only thing I didn't like with the kit was that mounting points for some parts were non-existing, but that's a bit OT to your question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Your model looks very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknkim14 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 It turned out well..Nice job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Your model looks very nice. Thank you Ray!It turned out well..Nice job...Thanks Nick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rider Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Great build, one to be proud of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Very sharp.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Trucker Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 looking at red very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Good job ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Great build, one to be proud of. Thanks! Yeah I've very satisifed with it! Very sharp.. Thank you looking at red very good Yeah it turned out really nice in red! Good job ! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Rollins Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nice model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intmd8r Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nicely done - You really nailed the visual texture of the interiror! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Wonderful looking build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nice model. Thank you! Nicely done - You really nailed the visual texture of the interiror! Thanks! Very happy with the interior Wonderful looking build. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanof69 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Very nice. Looks sharp!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamsuperdan Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Turned out really well, but seeing the Boyd's Speedster gets me angry, as this is one of the two kits that I got screwed over on with a scammer. Not you obviously, but was someone around here. Grr. Still, great build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebi Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Very nice. Looks sharp!! Thank you Terry! Turned out really well, but seeing the Boyd's Speedster gets me angry, as this is one of the two kits that I got screwed over on with a scammer. Not you obviously, but was someone around here. Grr. Still, great build! Sad to hear that Dan, sh*t like that always sucks.. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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