1958 Ford Thunderbird - Billy F. Gibbons´ Mexican Blackbird

[Koellefornia Kid]

Hi, guys,

today, I want to show you my scale replica of Billy F. Gibbons´ / Pete Chapouris-built ´58 Thunderbird, "The Mexican Blackbird“.Here a picture of the original car:

And below is my attempt of building a model of it. I call it an attempt, because I had a lot of problems trying to build it. At first I have to say that the Monogram ´58 Thunderbird 2n1 kit is just horrible. Literally no part fit to another (that´s why doors are shut, they just won´t open). Then I nearly went mad about masking tape that didn´t want to stick properly, a set of wheels which are just a little bit too small... I could continue but my my blood pressure is rising again. I´m glad to have it finished though it has a lot of issues and it just didn´t turn out the way I wanted it.

 

The model features a smoothed hood, lowered suspension, different sizes of bearing balls to replicate the front bumper guards, taillight bullets and wiper caps, a set of Appleton spot lights from my parts box, Pegasus cross bar hubcaps and whitewalls and a wired engine.

 

I wanted to expand my collections of Billy F. Gibbons-rides...

....and Pete Capouris-built cars:

Though it has issues, I hope you like it! Thanks for looking. As always, comments are welcome.

 

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

That somehow makes that version of a T-bird look cool.  Good job on it.  I really like it.

[<profile removed>]

That thing looks amazing! Excellent job!

[donb]

Looks pretty cool to me. Nice job. 

[Hmann68]

I like it, looks great in the photos! Hey, pass me another one of them brews from back there ?

[hvymtl]

Looks alright to me I am sure the man would approve of it

Nice  builds of some nice cars 

Michael

[tmb727]

I can relate to your frustration on a tough build, but the end result looks great.  That's a challenging paint job to say the least.  Congrats on a successful outcome.

[David G.]

It's a good likeness, well done.

David G.

[Renegade]

Nicely done. Looks great.

[TarheelRick]

It may have fought you, but in the end you defeated it.  Beautiful rendition, really nice build.

[Eric Macleod]

No apologies needed. That's a great collection. I like it.

[Pat Minarick]

I like it. 

[ZTony8]

The two photos show just how much off the roof/windshield is in the model versus the real car. Wow.

 

[bbowser]

On 11/30/2018 at 11:18 PM, tmb727 said:

I can relate to your frustration on a tough build, but the end result looks great.  That's a challenging paint job to say the least.  Congrats on a successful outcome.

I agree, glad you stuck it out to the finish.

[Phildaupho]

Way Way cool!!

[Koellefornia Kid]

Thanks a lot, guys!

[Gerald Haney]

looks good to me too.  Lets drive it to mexico!

[1930fordpickup]

You finished it, and it looks good.  It would have been back in the box if it was me. 

[1930fordpickup]

21 hours ago, ZTony8 said:

The two photos show just how much off the roof/windshield is in the model versus the real car. Wow.

 

That is IF the Billy Gibbons car has not been chopped. Not many of his cars have not been chopped.  They all look good though. 

[olschoolkid]

I think you did a great job with the T-Bird. It makes for a nice replica of Billy Gibbons' car. I'm glad you stayed with it and didn't give up.

[vintagercr]

Very nice!

[slusher]

Super nice!!

[ewetwo]

Perfect.

[carrucha]

Cool collection.  I had the same bad experience with the T-Bird kit but I did finish it like you.

[ChrisR]

Nice replica!