Franklin Mint 1957 is a class act; I had a teacher that would take the class out and show off his retractable roof. I can still recall us little guys and our oo's and awes...

Clean & simple shot - Perfect!

Great shot Galen, I do have this one and love it. Although I upgraded it a bit.😊

I have DMs green and white version, love the red and white. Great presentation as always, thanks Galen

@geno 

Ok Geno, don’t be so secretive about what you did to it. show some pics or tell us please.

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I have DMs green and white version, love the red and white. Great presentation as always, thanks Galen

@perrone1 I agree Tony, my favorite of ALL the Skyliners. The color combo is spectacular. 😊

@100ford2003 LOL, Steve, nothing special, just added the outside rearview mirror and antenna from a scrap DM model. Painted the taillights to make them more realistic, plus the front turn signals as well 😊

I have the DM red and black version.  Super cool model.

I wish some one made a hardtop 57 Ford. I am not a big convertible fan, and I am even less of a fan of the retractable version. That said I do have 3 1/18 Sunstar Skyliners.

@grockwood 

Me too! I always wanted one of the mints to do the 57 hardtop. I had a 1:1 in black & white and wished they would have made that. 

I have the original FM red/white issue and love it. Yes, I hoped the mints would offer a 2-dr HT but that never happened.

Yes, after the myriad of FM Skyliners, it'd been great if DM would have given us a standard hardtop instead of another Skyliner. It's like, how many '57 Chevy hardtops did we need?😟

I've got the Green & White from DM, and The Red/white, Black/white and Peach/white from FM.  Funny that all 3 from FM are missing the sideview mirror and antenna.