Lincoln Futura

[gtx6970]

Ok,

anyone care to share build tips to do one of these. as in order of assy .fit issues etc etc ?

I REALLY want to build one,,,,,and if I can avoid any mistakes or issues before hand might be a good thing

[vaughn]

Good job !!! I like it !!!!

[sportandmiah]

The multi piece bodies are indeed pure evil. Nice done though!

[Ron35369]

Very nice built and with a nice color !

I`m "happy" to see the body assembly was a challenge not only for me. But what might be expected from a 50 years old kit - after 50 years we shall be bent a bit too.

I built my one in the exhibitions color and got an additional portion of problems with opening the doors.

Here it is:

Nice job opening the doors and hinging the canopy!

I agree with Harry, great job of opening the doors & canopy.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Ok, some will perhaps want to kill me, but I really think Barris ruined the Futura to make the nasty Batmobile.

That said, the build looks very good, I know the kit, and making it look this nice is not easy at all.

[kruleworld]

Nice build. looks very factory stock

holy BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH Batman look at what someone did to your batmobile!!!. lol Looks great, very clean build.

i'm glad the batmobile is now available as a separate kit, we can now see these built as they should be.

[Dominik]

Oh Ron - like your futura. The color is beautiful. I know this terrible kit (i have my hands on mine this time) and you did a absolut awesome job. The result is really beautiful!

[FordRodnKustom]

Nice job on a difficult kit. Always great to see one these done in "stock" configuration.

[Edsel-Dan]

I am curious as to how long before we see one of the polar Lights Batmobile kits built

as This??!

I have one I started several years ago. Got to find it.

I assembled the body around the interior, then cut the chassis section of the bottom plate out.

[scalemodelworld]

It really is a nice build. I've never seen a Futura that ISN'T a Batmobile, so it's a cool change for me. I built the Polar Lights Batmobile a little while back (pics HERE along with my other recent builds), and even though the body was still multi-piece, it fit together perfectly. I'm sure that with some mods, you could do the opposite to the norm: buy a Batmobile and build it as a "normal" car!

[caapa]

Edsel-Dan:

Hi Daniel,

why did you cut out the chassis section of the bottom plate ?

I did the same on the completed body because I nedded access to the inside of body to make opening doors, etc.

[crowe-t]

Ron, This build came out fantastic! I love the color.

BTW, what scale is this, 1:25, 1:32... ?

Mike.

[S. Svendsen]

Nicely done. You made that kit look great.

[Mike Kucaba]

X2! The Futura is always great! A full detail kit is long overdue.

[crazypainter]

I started one from the last issue-Front end is a pain -I wonder where it is now--LOL maybe I should look for it---

[ToyLvr]

Nice job!

I seem to recall seeing an old photo of the original Ford showcar, and it was painted what appeared to be pearl white. That's what I plan to do with mine, if/when I ever get around to finishing the kit I started years ago.

I wonder if this kit, or Revell's multi-piece-body '60 Corvette, rank as the top of the list of unfinished builds....

[David G.]

Excellent work!

David G.