my name is nobody Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 after searching for many years, and never finding one, I just received an email from my online distributor.............. A 1961 Ford Starliner is coming! Now I'm gonna have to track down a few 1960 Galaxie kits for chassis donors. apparently this '61 is going to be more of a curbside kit. Now I can build a replica of a car I knew years & years ago. a '61 Starliner with a 427 SOHC.....
Dan Helferich Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Sorry but it's not a Starliner, it's the square roof hardtop. It's still worth picking up, some nice custom parts.
roadhawg Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Combine the forthcoming Hardtop kit with a Modelhaus Starliner body and you're good to go.
Dan Helferich Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Yup, the Modelhaus Starliner is very nice. You can kitbash the forthcoming '61 with the Modelhaus body and the chassis /engine from the AMT '60 to build a great Starliner!
george 53 Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 OR you could just make one of your own, useing the 61 Galaxie AND the 60 Starliner body, like Jairus did. I followed his instruction from the MCM article, and it came out PRETTY GOOD! Thanks Jair! :)
Marc @ MPC Motorsports Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Bandit Resins just introduced a 1961 Starliner body and vacformed rear window for the new '61 Ford kit.
Guest Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 This kit was reissued a few years ago. I have one,but can't remember the date it was issued. I'll have to check it out.
Eshaver Posted January 15, 2011 Posted January 15, 2011 Model Round up is talking about this job....... Ed Shaver
Guest Posted January 16, 2011 Posted January 16, 2011 Just checked my '61 and couldn't find a date on it anywhere. Maybe Round2 will issue it with all of the Styline parts? It shows a lot of funky looking custom parts on the instructions,some of which were in the kit. I know it had some of the custom parts in the issue I have because I remember tossing them. It also came with a wall mount and a pen holder.
Chuck Most Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 I think the last Styline reissue (in the short, wide box) was late 1990's. It's a fairly good kit, but both the ones I have have bad plating on the chrome parts- rough and discolored in spots. The Starliner top from the later '60 kit fits like a glove, but you'll need to do a little bit of work to shape the lower part of the backlight, and rescribe the trunk cut line.
Eshaver Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Chuck, that was a straight re- issue of the origional kit sans body putty and interior material . Ed Shaver
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