gseeds Posted March 10, 2021 Posted March 10, 2021 Lately I’ve been on this thunderbird kick , why ? I’m not sure , but I just built two and just when I thought I was done with T-birds and move on to something else to build I see this in the trade section here on model cars magazine site, last week Paul Payne posted up a few 1/32 scale builds and parts up for trade, in the pile I see this little bird in pieces among the others and just had to have it, so a message was sent and a deal was made, the bird lands on my doorstep a couple days later, I dig though the parts bag , normally I just toss parts like this aside for future builds but for some reason I had to start this build, the model is a 1962 Aurora issue of a 1960 thunderbird, it was a built and taken apart car with a lot of glue here and there, I started by cleaning up all the parts, then doing some body work and primer, I mixed up a light blue for the body then fogging it in candy blue, on the top a mix of silver and a pearl gold then a 2 k clear coat over everything, painting interior to match , I use a liquid chrome paint to airbrush on the bumpers and hub caps, painted on some white walls, I didn’t use the windshield because it wasn’t in very good shape, may if I locate a nice windshield and rear window I’ll ad em, start to finish about 3 days, I looked up the original box and it says it’s a 1/32 scale , but I just built the 1/32 Amt 1960 thunderbird and it’s a little bigger than the Aurora so I’m not sure who’s correct scale wise, anyway here it is and I’m to building anything other than another Thunderbird!! Thanks for looking!!
Paul Payne Posted March 10, 2021 Posted March 10, 2021 Great build and super paint job- glad to see something I would never do anything with turned into a gorgeous model. The paint fog and fade really compliments the lines! Gary, in my experience Aurora car models seem to be a bit undersize for the scale. Compare the AMT and Aurora Avantis- very different! 1
Tabbysdaddy Posted March 10, 2021 Posted March 10, 2021 You work pretty fast. I like how you did the paint. 1
gseeds Posted March 11, 2021 Author Posted March 11, 2021 21 hours ago, Paul Payne said: Great build and super paint job- glad to see something I would never do anything with turned into a gorgeous model. The paint fog and fade really compliments the lines! Gary, in my experience Aurora car models seem to be a bit undersize for the scale. Compare the AMT and Aurora Avantis- very different! Thanks Paul !!
gseeds Posted March 11, 2021 Author Posted March 11, 2021 20 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said: You work pretty fast. I like how you did the paint. 8 hours ago, espo said: Great looking paint jobs. 7 hours ago, BIGTRUCK said: Good job, some great old history saved.? Thanks guys! Glad you all like it !
cobraman Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 They both look great ! Who knew they could look so good ? 1
Reegs Posted March 12, 2021 Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/9/2021 at 9:51 PM, gseeds said: I looked up the original box and it says it’s a 1/32 scale , but I just built the 1/32 Amt 1960 thunderbird and it’s a little bigger than the Aurora so I’m not sure who’s correct scale wise I'd guess that the AMT version is 1/32 (or closest to it). Most kits under 1/25 scale were "box" scale - sized to fit in the box it came in. The second tier companies - Pyro, Lindberg, Aurora, et al. - were notorious for this. 1
slusher Posted March 16, 2021 Posted March 16, 2021 On 3/14/2021 at 2:24 PM, ewetwo said: Both are really nice. I agree. 1
gseeds Posted March 17, 2021 Author Posted March 17, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 3:56 PM, PappyD340 said: Very nice! On 3/12/2021 at 9:35 AM, Scott8950 said: Nice save Gary. On 3/12/2021 at 9:44 AM, cobraman said: They both look great ! Who knew they could look so good ? On 3/12/2021 at 10:01 AM, Reegs said: I'd guess that the AMT version is 1/32 (or closest to it). Most kits under 1/25 scale were "box" scale - sized to fit in the box it came in. The second tier companies - Pyro, Lindberg, Aurora, et al. - were notorious for this. On 3/13/2021 at 12:43 PM, BeakDoc said: Awesome paint work, friend. Beautiful model. On 3/13/2021 at 4:39 PM, donb said: Sharp car Gary. Nicely done. On 3/14/2021 at 2:23 PM, doorsovdoon said: Beautiful paintwork. On 3/14/2021 at 3:24 PM, ewetwo said: Both are really nice. 20 hours ago, slusher said: I agree. Thanks guys, I appreciate the the comments!!!
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