65 Thunderbird glue bomb restore

[darkrapid]

Here is a glue bomb restore I recently finished. It's an AMT 65 Thunderbird annual. This is what I found on ebay!! Thankfully it was not painted and the chrome just needed to be rechromed. Glue was heavy and left some pits in the body when I removed the top. Many of these kit's came with the 64 hood that says Thunderbird. I ordered a resin 65 hood but is was too thin to use. I sanded off the letters and foilcast the bird emblem and stuck it to the original hood. The AMT 66 T-bird donated a few parts to this build.





Here is the finished build. I went with pastel yellow for this build. The black uptop is now removable but it was originally glued on.

[Danno]

Nice, Raoul!

[johnteresi56]

WOW!!!!!......that is beautiful man.

[darkrapid]

Thanks Guy's. I really like restoring these old and rare kit's. I have a few more T-Birds to go. I have a 59 hardtop, 60 hardtop that is now a sunroof car and a 60 convertible also.

[davewilly]

Hey Raoul that looks pretty sharpe keep up the good work man!

[Louie]

Great job Love the color. I enjoy bringing them back from the dead as well. Louie

[marty]

WOW another great one from you Raoul!!!! Very nice!!

[imatt88]

Sweet ;D

[impcon]

That body style is without question to me, by far the prettiest Thunderbird ever built and you have really done justice to it! The color suits the car to a "T" and it's nice to see it stone stock. Like you, I love the old orphans despite their lack of hi tech parts. They just have a special charm about them and I'll take a glue bomb original over a reissue any day. Sweet job!!