bondo bill Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 The idea for this model came from custom parts in Monogram's '58 Thunderbird where the grille reminded me of a tiki statue with the headlights as eyes. A partial list of the modifications includes: dechromed some parts for paint cut out the trunk removed the rear seat and reversed it for watching sunsets and surfing cut the roofline at the C pillar to match the door panels handpainted all of the wood grain and graphics handcarved the tiki shifter from a sprue painted the bamboo seat inserts used drawer liner material as the carpet painted the body with Testor's Icy Blue and White Lightning all of the graphics were painted with Testor's acryl I'd still like to create a matching surfboard to go with the model. I had a few issues with the camera, so the pictures aren't the best quality. I hope you can enjoy it just the same. Comments are welcome!
Ramfins59 Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 That looks pretty cool. Yeah, you DO need a wood board in the back of it...
Dr. Cranky Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 LORDY, THAT'S MY KIND OF BUILD! LONG LIVE TIKI! Great job. Congratulations. You've added a very different model to the forum archives here. Nice.
Jantrix Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Man, I'm gonna give you full marks for the brass to do all that hand painting. Well done!
Erik Smith Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 I like this build. Unique. Well done. I can't quite make out what is surfing on side picture. Is it a peanut? Really cool.
bondo bill Posted April 18, 2012 Author Posted April 18, 2012 I like this build. Unique. Well done. I can't quite make out what is surfing on side picture. Is it a peanut? Really cool. it's a tiki statue with long hair-it was hard for me to paint details in the space i had to work in so it's not the best
Austin T Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 I love it,I never liked the Thunderbird to much till now.111 out of 10
Yahshu Posted April 18, 2012 Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) Very different, very cool. Edited April 18, 2012 by Yahshu
Dominik Posted April 22, 2012 Posted April 22, 2012 dude, it's like totally whacked! Jap! the "face" you gave him is my favorite few.
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