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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!! 

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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! 

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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 !!

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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 ! 

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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. 

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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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