One of my all time favourite
Tom Daniel cars when I were but a wee lad. Back then,
it was moulded in the appropriate colours and had both
chrome and brass plated parts, so even a simple-minded
child such as myself could end up with a pretty reasonable
result. And it has pies - what's not to like?
Originally produced by
Monogram way back in 1968, it has had many incarnations
over the decades. This particular model was made from
the 1997 Revell-Monogram release. Gone is the authentic
Panther Pink plastic along with the brass plated parts,
this issue has everything moulded in white and all the
plated parts are in chrome only.
I painted mine with Testors
Model Master Panther Pink. All the chrome plating was
stripped and the parts were then refinished with Metalizer
Brass and Alclad Chrome as appropriate to the original
issue. Tamiya Gold was used for the engine and Bare Metal
Gold foil was used for the door handles and hinges.
RM's decals were absolutely
horrendous (see construction
page), so masks were created and the markings were
painted on. These masks are available from my Thunderbird
Models online shop.
Mmm... pastries. Somehow
I managed to lose the license plate holder, which I'm
hoping is a temporary situation. If and when it turns
up I'll add this later along with the license plate decal.
Or I'll just make a new one.
I did the bottom in Humbrol
Satin Oak with water soluble pencils for the woodgrain,
finished off with a light coat of Tamiya Clear Orange.
It didn't turn out quite as "woodlike" as I
had hoped, but how often is the bottom seen anyway? The
exhaust pipes are a bit close to the rear tires, possibly
I pushed the rear end a bit too far forward. Oops.
The rear door fits very
poorly in the closed position, but it does open to show
off those delicious pies.
I added spark plug wires
which fit into holes drilled in the valve covers and into
plastic rod for the wiring looms. The carb intakes were
cut off and hollowed out before painting in Panther Pink
and gluing back on to the intake stacks. Exhausts were
drilled out and painted Tamiya Flat White.
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