AMT '61 Thunderbird resto

[Can-Con]

Pretty simple curbside but the bodies on those old AMT kits were just soo sharp!  
Paint is Duplicolor Metalcast yellow with some green added over metallic sandy gold.
Wheels are the K/H "Strippers" from the AMT '66 Mercury Park Mane kit.
Interior is Tamiya white acrylic with an overcoat of white pearl with beige flocking on the floor.

First, a couple before pics,,

,,, and the finished resto with some mild custom touches..

 

[Bainford]

That is one sweet looking’Bird, Steve. Love the style, nice and clean. Cool colour, too. Very nice!

[Joe Nunes]

Nice restoration work on this model!  ?

Joe

[Gustavo Reis]

NIce Tbird

[Plowboy]

Sharp as tack Steve! I really like that color! Great restoration! I have a new tool '62 that I hope to get to someday. 

[JollySipper]

What's cooler than a Thunderbird?! (not much!)........... 

Looks really good!

[70 Sting]

That’s very nice. Bet it looks great on your shelf.

[bondo bill]

She's a beauty

[Calb56]

Nice. Very clean.

[ChrisR]

Great save!

Wish someone would do the emblems for these old Thunderbirds.

[Zippi]

Turned out pretty nice looking.  Great color choice.  Classic white interior looks Fantastic.  

[espo]

Great looking paint color and finish. Like the lightly "shaved" look. The stance and the wire wheels enhance the look. 

[ATHU]

Excellent!!

[Kah puts]

Wow-wee-wow-wow, everything about it is marvelous. 

[AMT68]

Great looking paint and foil. The shaved door handles and what appears to be a lower stance work very well on this one. 

[1930fordpickup]

Another here with nothing but praise. Great looking model. 

[bogger44]

Love the color and wheel choices.  Excellent restoration Steve, she's sharp as a tack.

[Robberbaron]

Steve, awesome work as usual.  Love the color choice - really lends to the "feel" of this being a real mid-sixties mild custom.

I've always thought these Bullet Birds look better as hardtops vs. convertibles.  Too bad the final '63 version of this tooling seems gone forever (barring a cloning, which seems unlikely).  When AMT/Ertl brought out their new tool '62 Sports Roadster, I was disappointed that there was no hardtop follow up.

[PappyD340]

Very nice save!