Bill Elliott Thunderbird

[Wakefan77]

Bill Elliott Thunderbird Monogram.  Was a pretty fun build for the most part.  For me this car had to have the "shiny" gold wheels.  That was always my favorite part about this car.  I sprayed them with very light coats of Alclad Transparent Yellow.  It took me several times to get this right as if you spray too much,  the wheels are too "gold".

 Filled in the front fenders and sanded off the side trim. Aftermarket fuel filler, distributor,  dash, and hoodpin kit.  I made the window net from Tamiya tape.  Made new rear window "straps" and added aftermarket rivets to the front windshield clips, rear window straps and the rear spoiler.  Made new headers from aluminum tubing,

  TS-8 Italian Red,  TS-26 Pure White over Tamiya white primer, and Tamiya clear.  Polished a little with Novus polish.  Really like that stuff.  

I know there are debates at times about should the window net should be up or down on builds but I felt like the car looked better with it up after experimenting with both.  Thanks for looking. 

 

[THarrison351]

Outstanding! One of the best I've seen!

[Pierre Rivard]

Beautiful with superb detailing.

Your builds are always so lifelike.

Well done sir!

[Dan Hay]

Did you purchase or make the window net? If you made it, how?

[Wakefan77]

 I used Tamiya tape and used a straight edge ruler (metal) and just cut thin strips of tape.   It took me several times to get it the way I wanted.  

[Bruce Scully]

This is a really nice build , lots of great detail work .

[slusher]

Absolutely beautiful!

[PappyD340]

Extremely nice, well done!

[spencer1984]

Exceptional work, it's great to see a classic like this!

[grodudulle77]

Very nice build !! ??

[thebavarian]

Sharp car 

[RAMBENNA]

very nice job