From My Collection... My last to arrive for 2024

I bought my 1st Brooklin "Baby-Bird" Thunderbird model in 2015 with the '56 in Fiesta Red, unfortunately it came damaged, so it went into a drawer for later. Later didn't come until 2023 when I purchased a 2nd one, unfortunately it also arrived damaged with a smashed roof (poorly packaged/shipped) I was determined to get a good one and finally did with the third red model I bought. In between, I picked up the Ivory White version w/the red dash and black seat. With the three red models, I put together two good models, one was outfitted w/the whitewall tires, the 2nd w/black walls. 

Now all of this started me looking at what else was issued. I'd seen David Knight's posts featuring some of his "Baby Bird's" and with the Brooklin Collector's Guide, I was off looking at what I could find. From mid-2023 until this month I was able to add all the models I was interested in acquiring. A total of 16 '55, '56 & '57 Thunderbird models are now a part of my collection, I didn't mean to get that many, but it seems once I got started, I couldn't stop until my wish list was complete.

What I have is, I think, a great representation of what Brooklin offered in all three years of the Baby Birds. I'll hopefully feature them in photo sets coming up. With that, here's the last two that just arrived yesterday (yep, Birthday Present)

1955 & 1956 Ford Thunderbird Roadsters, 40th Anniversary Limited Edition Set. Issued in 1995 with the color change and detailing done by John Roberts. LE #021 of 50 in Snowshoe White w/a Red & White interior for the '55 and the '56 is in Navajo Gray Metallic w/a Black & White interior.