1962 Ford Thunderbird HT

[peekay]

I'm posting this one for my mate Marco here in Switzerland. He used to own a 62 TBird and is currently turning a basket case 61 into a couch. Ouch!
This is a $20 Promo which I've refined - or ruined, depending on your attitude to promos. Paint is Zero base coats with Tamiya clear. All chrome parts, the tyres and the dash are Modelhaus replacements. (The dash because I broke the original while trying to seperate it from the interior.) I used the steering wheel from the AMT kit.

 

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Edited August 9, 2017 by peekay

[jaydar]

I think you did an excellent job on that one.

Joe.

[Erik Smith]

Looks better than a promo! Nice work - I like that color.

[cobraman]

Nice looking bird.

[1930fordpickup]

Awesome Thunderbird. Great save of the promo .

[Guest]

Very nice Thunderbird Peter! The color really suits it well! I see nothing wrong with "restoring" basket case promos. I won't modify a really nice promo. But, I'll sure do it to a rough one! Nice work!

[Chris White]

Big fan Peter, love your builds. Do you build any customs of only stock?

[peekay]

Thanks everybody, much appreciated.

Do you build any customs of only stock?

Chris, when I first built mdels in the early sixties I ONLY built customs and hot-rods but since I got back into it in the 80s it's been all stock - so far: I've got a white 59 Impala on the bench which will get a VERY mild custom look, inspired by a Marcos Cruz model. There's a hot rod down the line somewhere too, I'v got all the ingredients.

[Ron Hamilton]

That is one beautiful model, but I am partial to "Bullet Birds", as I drove a '62 in high school.

[Guest]

Beautiful.

[FordRodnKustom]

Sharp!

[Scalper]

Nice Job on the promo. Very clean.

[Mike 1017]

Like it

[o-man]

Gosh your work is fantastic. Love the detail of tail lights

[peekay]

.....but I am partial to "Bullet Birds", as I drove a '62 in high school.

Ron, you're killing me! I went on the bus!

[vintagercr]

Wow, very nice!

[Danno]

Very nice!

[crazyjim]

Extremely nice build. SHINY :) too!

[Darbo]

Love It!

[bbowser]

Real nice! I'm working on the AMT convertible right now, I hope it comes out half as nice.

[realgone58]

You've refined it, my friend. Gorgeous! I've got a '61 promo that I will be doing eventually.

[charlie8575]

That came out very nicely, Peter. The two-tone is an interesting treatment on this, too.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

Outstanding build. Paint is flawless. You do excellent work Peter...

[lambrakos]

Nice and clean. Hope mine turns out like that!!

[peekay]

Thanks everyone, much appreciated.

I actually like the the overall shape of the promo better than the AMT kit.