gseeds Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 First time for me building this kit, monogram 1958 thunderbird bubble top, this pretty much went together with no problem, with exception of the doors, those at the last minutes of the build got glued shut, wanting it to look pretty custom I shaved everything, added round rod to the body lines and molded in , rounded hood corners, also reworked front bumper and molded it in, then adding a metal flake silver base and fogging with house of kolor candy teal and a 2 part automotive clear, silver and teal interior, built box stock, I went ahead and painted the stock roof so I can switch if I like, all in all a fun and neat kit and took about two weeks on and off to build, Thanks for looking guys !! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Sweet! 🌵😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamboat Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very cool. Awesome bodywork and paint! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Hi Gary! The paint is totally "era correct", bravo! If I may: what was the problem with the doors, exactly? I have this kit in line for "production", and your experience would avoid me problems, I guess... CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Another beautiful and cool model. I did this kit not long ago. I was able to get the doors to work kinda, sorta but not well. I should have just glued them. Weak hinges I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gseeds Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 3 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said: Hi Gary! The paint is totally "era correct", bravo! If I may: what was the problem with the doors, exactly? I have this kit in line for "production", and your experience would avoid me problems, I guess... CT Hi CT, i have an original cream colored 1964 issue built, and doors work just fine, I’m guessing this kit has been reissued so many times over the year’s that the tool for this kit has seen better days, i guess if I had fitted and worked a little on the door jams I could have gotten them to open and close a little better, but by the time I noticed the fit I had already painted the the model, and I wasn’t going to start removing paint, thanks CT, have a good one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Very impressive body work and the ability to have different roof treatments. I never realized the Bubble Roof was that long before. The Paint Fade effect looks great. Reminds me of the Kustoms from long ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Thibodeau Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 2 hours ago, gseeds said: Hi CT, i have an original cream colored 1964 issue built, and doors work just fine, I’m guessing this kit has been reissued so many times over the year’s that the tool for this kit has seen better days, i guess if I had fitted and worked a little on the door jams I could have gotten them to open and close a little better, but by the time I noticed the fit I had already painted the the model, and I wasn’t going to start removing paint, thanks CT, have a good one!! Thanks for the update! CT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Looks much better than the one on the box! Well done! The doors on mine will stay shut forever...😬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Love the fade-away paint! Nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gseeds Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Thanks guys for the nice comments!! Glad you like it !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gseeds Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 2/27/2021 at 12:41 PM, espo said: Very impressive body work and the ability to have different roof treatments. I never realized the Bubble Roof was that long before. The Paint Fade effect looks great. Reminds me of the Kustoms from long ago. Yes espo, that roof is very long , I thought about cutting it down some how and adding a chrome band from side to side to cover the cut.but I didn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Beautiful Thunderbird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gseeds Posted March 8, 2021 Author Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 8:07 AM, slusher said: Beautiful Thunderbird! On 3/6/2021 at 1:07 PM, ewetwo said: Excellent. Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorsovdoon Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Beautiful! As Dave said, looks like the kustoms from the 60's releases. I really like these retro custom builds, especially as well done like this. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kah puts Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Killer job, and paint is neat-oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gseeds Posted March 10, 2021 Author Share Posted March 10, 2021 Thanks guys for all the comments!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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