gami8630 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) This car is a 1981 Ford Thunderbird of Wood Brothers Racing and driven by Neil Bonnett. The base kit is the #15 Wrangler Thunderbird, one of the LEGEND SERIES released by Revell-Monogram in 1998, the NASCAR 50Th Anniversary Year. Watching the early 1980s races on "NASCAR Classics", I can see many so-called 'Square Bird' cars that are surprisingly fast and competing in the top group. So I decided to build this kit, which I bought about 15 years ago. This time it was built almost exclusively from box stock, with only modifications to the wheelbase and the addition of overflow pipes, fuel cell pipework, plug cords, etching mesh to the radiator grille, etc. The body was sprayed with Tamiya Super Surfacer (grey), TS-26 Pure White and the roof was TS-49 Bright Red. Decals used were Powerslide #21 Purolator Mercury Sheet and kit decals Fender Sponsor decals. Edited March 15 by gami8630 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Nice! Don't see many of these "squarebirds". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Very unique build. Very eye-catching. Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Surprising how competitive these bricks were but you could see why the next gen thunderbird did so much better when it hit the track. Excellent job on this build, Yoshimi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iraceitall Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 I love the Square Birds. I've got five on the shelf, starting one this weekend after seeing this awesome example! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gami8630 Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Thanks to everyone. Once painted and decals applied, the stock car looks even faster than I thought it would, and it was a fun build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gami8630 Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 (edited) Thanks, ChrisR ! Edited March 20 by gami8630 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncbuckeye67 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 That's awesome! I loved NASCAR when they used "real cars". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Super looking Thunderbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim N Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Great job! Very nicely done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gami8630 Posted April 4 Author Share Posted April 4 Thanks, ncbuckeye67, Sledsel, Jim N. Stock cars up to Gen 3 use production car bodies, and the variety of body styles is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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