This
is a Revell 1989 SC Super Coupe Thunderbird kit. It is basically
stock, except that I made a convertible out of it and added
a rear deck wing. I believe the wing may have been from
a 1982-1992 Firebird.
This
kit had the 3.8 V6, though some of the Revell Cougar and
Thunderbird kits did have a 5.0 V8. The wheels are stock,
and came with the kit.
The car is painted Testors metallic blue over a silver base.
I cut a piece out of flat plastic stock and molded it in
where the back seat would meet the deck lid. The roof I
cut off, and left the front windshield visors, which look
great. I am glad Revell included those.
When
I did the back deck lid, I used Squadron Green Putty. I
liked this putty at the time, because it bonded very well
with plastic. It seemed like it had actual model glue incorporated
into it.
One
thing about it was that it was rock hard once dry. I also
found out after a few months of finishing the model that
the putty began to soften up or shrink bad. This caused
the deck lid to droop, or become concave a small bit.
I
don't use the putty anymore (can you even get it?), and
for a while I switched to Dr Microtools putty, which was
fantastic. But now that seems to be off the market as well.
I found Testors orange putty to be similar to Dr Microtools,
so I have been using that lately.
Overall,
this Ford Thunderbird is just an imaginary car that Ford
never built. But I think it would have been a good idea.
Below
is a picture of a Thunderbird Pace car. I took this picture
at the Talledega Speedway in Georgia.
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