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Is it possible to build a 61' Starliner using the AMT 61' Styline kit with a 60' Starliner roof and and add fins to the rear guarters, change the grill, etc?.

I realize Modelhaus offers the 61' Starliner kit, but can one be scratch built?.

Rowdy

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Yes.

Simplest method would be to use the '60 Starliner roof, cowl and a bit of "meat" around all four posts.... then transplant that to the '61 body.

That is what I did.

I assume that you are trying to attain the highest level of detail.... so the AMT '60 chassis could then be swapped with the simplistic '61 with a little modification, like cutting open the hood, adding grille supports and.... anything I forgot to mention...

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This is a project that I will have 15 months to build, plenty of time to do the mods.It's a birthday gift for my Father-In-Law who owned a 61' Starliner that was primer gray with Holman-Moody wheels, front bucket seats, no rear seat, racing seat belts, no carpet.

You might say is was a street version of a H-M stocker.It will be a shelf build however I do want to achieve as much accurate detailing as possible.

I have the 60' Starliner kit for donor and the 61 Styline kit.Time to get a few more Ford books on the 61' Starliner.

Thanks again Jairus!

Yates

  • 5 years later...
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I have no idea what those were. New forum, new format so the name of the pics don't show for me.

But here are the key pics from the article.

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For those less adventurous, Modelhaus sells a '61 Starliner transkit that uses the AMT '60 as a donor. My own '61 project hasn't progressed much since 2009.
:lol:

Bandit Resins also offers a '61 Starliner body that is just as nice as the Modelhaus body, but both the Bandit and Modelhaus bodies have "Sunliner" scrips molded in instead of "Starliner". Missing Link has a photoetch scrip set to fix that.

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