AMT 1957 Thunderbird - Completed

[Duddly01]

17 hours ago, karbuildr said:

Exceptional build, excellent details, and the color is very nice with the matching interior.

Thank you!

[Duddly01]

DOH! I just noticed I printed the scale version of the model box in the trunk backwards. Will have to make a new one.

 

[Duddly01]

Made a new model box for the trunk.

 

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Duddly01]

15 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

Thank You!

 

[Bainford]

Good looking T-Bird, Donald. I really dig the uncommon colour. Nicely done.

[Duddly01]

2 hours ago, Bainford said:

Good looking T-Bird, Donald. I really dig the uncommon colour. Nicely done.

Thank you.

[oldscool]

Outstanding work!

[Duddly01]

4 hours ago, oldscool said:

Outstanding work!

Thank you.

[slusher]

Outstanding Thunderbird!

[Duddly01]

1 hour ago, slusher said:

Outstanding Thunderbird!

Thank you!

[Speedpro]

Nice work! Love all the details!

[Duddly01]

4 hours ago, Speedpro said:

Nice work! Love all the details!

Thank you!

[Andy Oldenburg]

Great details and your trunk looks wonderful! The color fits well to that iconic body!

[cifenet]

Superb finish and details are out of this world!  Great work, indeed. 
 

[Duddly01]

6 hours ago, Andy Oldenburg said:

Great details and your trunk looks wonderful! The color fits well to that iconic body!

Thank you. Best way I could think of to hide the LED battery.

6 hours ago, cifenet said:

Superb finish and details are out of this world!  Great work, indeed. 
 

Thank you.

[James2]

My daughter accompanied me to the Hobby Shop a few weeks ago and picked out this same kit for me to build her, she's 19! Glad she didn't ask for a 1:1...

Hope mine turns out as nicely as yours did, well done.

[FoMoCo66]

On 5/28/2024 at 9:38 PM, Duddly01 said:

Made a new model box for the trunk.

 

How exactly did you do that? It looks amazing. Did you take pictures of it or something?

[Duddly01]

52 minutes ago, James2 said:

My daughter accompanied me to the Hobby Shop a few weeks ago and picked out this same kit for me to build her, she's 19! Glad she didn't ask for a 1:1...

Hope mine turns out as nicely as yours did, well done.

Thank you, good luck. The kit certainly has its challenges. I got the top from drag city resins. The one that comes in the kit doesn’t fit right at all. It was only $8 if I remember right.

[Duddly01]

32 minutes ago, FoMoCo66 said:

How exactly did you do that? It looks amazing. Did you take pictures of it or something?

I scanned the box after splitting it and laying it flat. Then set each panel so I could fold it and glue to sides. I used a scanned version that came with the previous corvette to make flaps. Here is the image if interested. 

[Jonathan]

Beautiful build!

 

[ewetwo]

That is outstanding.

[Sledsel]

Came out great!!!!

 

[Duddly01]

8 hours ago, ewetwo said:

That is outstanding.

Thank you!

6 hours ago, Sledsel said:

Came out great!!!!

 

Thank you!

[Duddly01]

I actually did not like how much the chrome porthole trim stuck out, too thick and just didn’t look right so I sanded it down and reworked the porthole trim a bit.