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slotcar_fever
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 Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:37 pm Post subject: Looking for a 1961 Ford Starliner model kit or Promo |
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I'm looking for this kit and need it badly...
Message me at reowens@slotcar-fever.com if you have one.
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tlaferri
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:54 pm Post subject: starliner |
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I dont have a kit but have made one using the roof from the 60 and the body from the 61 Galaxie, its not a difficult swap to do  |
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slotcar_fever
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| Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2024 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, I read about doing that on the internet... I may have to do that.
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:56 am Post subject: |
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I don't think they made a 61 Starliner kit. Luckily, I wanted to make Lorenzen's convertible that he won the 61 Rebel 300 in, so all I had to do was remove the formal 2 door roof and add a tonneau cover.
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catpack68
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:13 am Post subject: |
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| IIRC Jimmy Flintstone made a resin 61 Starliner body |
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tlaferri
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| Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="MarkJ"]I don't think they made a 61 Starliner kit.
AMT did a kit and a promo, they pop up on ebay from time to time, the promos are typically warped, the model kit version doesnt have that issue, built ups, depending on condition, look to sell in the $40-$90 range so not outrageous |
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:57 am Post subject: |
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[quote="tlaferri"] | MarkJ wrote: | I don't think they made a 61 Starliner kit.
AMT did a kit and a promo, they pop up on ebay from time to time, the promos are typically warped, the model kit version doesnt have that issue, built ups, depending on condition, look to sell in the $40-$90 range so not outrageous |
I still say that the promo and the kit are hardtops no matter what box art they came in. There is no 1961 Ford Starliner kit or promo. |
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tlaferri
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="tlaferri"]
The third one you posted shows the box art had the hardtop in the box. I believe those so-called promos were made the same way you did yours. Hard work. We really can't tell for sure. I hope anyone looking for a 61 Ford Starliner kit can find one and prove it with box art and the box open with the boxed body molded in white styrene just like all the other parts in the kit. Some one out there please prove me wrong. |
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tlaferri
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="MarkJ"] | tlaferri wrote: |
The third one you posted shows the box art had the hardtop in the box. I believe those so-called promos were made the same way you did yours. Hard work. We really can't tell for sure. I hope anyone looking for a 61 Ford Starliner kit can find one and prove it with box art and the box open with the boxed body molded in white styrene just like all the other parts in the kit. Some one out there please prove me wrong. |
I just showed three dif ones, An ebay search of completed listings will show you several more, as will google.
Yes, the last one posted says "hardtop" on the box top, both versions are technically "hardtops", which denotes a car with no fixed B pillar to give the car an "open/airy" look, the version you are referring to is the "formal roof" hardtop while the starliner is a "fastback" style hard top.
During that era AMT used a generic style box and the end panel had a sticker/label of what model was inside the box, what is shown on the label on that ones box side is the starliner body style.
For further reference, heres a current listing for a box and parts, note the instruction sheet
https://www.ebay.com/itm/315138965305?hash=item495fbeff39:g:3wYAAOSwY9plv~z5&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwHzJ1DaEX%2B0%2FCjaPntWfK%2Bpd6ZSP%2FtXGgA5T99GaoFxKfy91ffdGBY2lFheaQ%2BcgllL7i4uYPoOOgQng7B7Eev6HULDYqoMKbuE90S70Ik3zRXMEuvmGq%2Bq2jYWA9OQoNqYZkGoL8Y%2Fa1kNJNmEIQqjyYHUlh06NDFx%2BaySnU9jaXBCIKZIxmCfHNErLqGPsjcCnP0SbKlRm0OD6c%2FhyMXMWAn1N8%2FHbWN700%2FZZpSG37EahYl7I%2FLoiyo%2Bih9o%2FWA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8jM-pizYw
,,,, and getting back to the original question and reply, I custom made mine because at the time the 60 and 61 Ford kits were fairly cheap at hobby lobby so doing a kit bash was less expensive than finding an original 61 kit or promo-looking now cost would come out pretty much the same so to do over Id look for an old original builtup one on ebay to use
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay, the instruction sheet is the proof I needed but good luck finding one of these kits with the fastback Starliner roof on the body. |
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tlaferri
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MarkJ
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:41 am Post subject: |
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Wrong, those are finished. I'm talking about an unstarted kit with parts still on the trees and body untouched. And If you can find such a kit , the person should not sell it for less than 500 bucks. |
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spooker
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:35 am Post subject: |
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| OK, kids, out of the sandbox and back to building models! If I've learned anything in my 40+ years of buying, selling and collecting slot cars, trains, models and real car parts it's this: everything ever made is out there somewhere, along with things you've neve seen or even heard of. It just takes time and money to find and acquire! |
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