MarkJ Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Just finished this one. MCW light purple metallic paint with Tamiya pearl clear overcoat. AMT kit. PPP tires and wheels. Many scratchbuilt items. Homemade inkjet decals. 139 hours to complete. Wanted to do this car because it was Fireball's last important win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 That's a good looking Galaxie, as your builds always are. Big points for making those decals, I have to say that after trying to study some of the computer programs that folks use to produce those decals (Without any success) I really can understand how much work is put onto them. Really great job overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coyote Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Another gorgeous build Mark .................. you do such beautiful work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Very very nice! Great model of an almost forgotten hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Excellent build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Outstanding build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 This is real nice , well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Beautiful, just beautiful! Love those old, big Fords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Svendsen Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Really Nice build and subject! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLMFAA1 Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Very nice build, One question- would the battery be under the hood or back in the trunk? Want NASCAR to be exciting, bring back gas caps and lug wrenches greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Great looking classic stock car. One of my favorite body styles of the era. How did you do the ink jet white decals? Did you cut around each one individually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 yes the battery was under the hood in the stock location. The silver looking thing is the oil cooler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 21, 2014 Author Share Posted December 21, 2014 Yes you cut around each one as close as you can, then I apply black outline decals printed on clear sheet to put over them to crisp up the edges. Its very hard to get a good edge when you are cutting something out so small. You can see the two sheets on my fotki page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortheloveofgassers Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 That is sweet. Didn't Tiny Lund win the 1963 Daytona, and sadly "fireball" lost his life in the 1964 Daytona. Love your tribute build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortheloveofgassers Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Oops my appoligy I now realize you were referring to the Southern 500. My comments on your build still stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Ed, Fireball was badly burned in the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte and died of pneumonia brought on by the burns later in the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortheloveofgassers Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Ed, Fireball was badly burned in the 1964 World 600 at Charlotte and died of pneumonia brought on by the burns later in the year. Thanks for the correction. I was 10 at the time and he was my favorite driver. I wish stock racing was still like those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR JAY Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Great Job! I've done the Starliner/Galaxie conversion myself to create Fred Lorenzen's 63, so I understand the work that went into this gem. Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadKaw6 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Great looking race car! Those were the good old days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Spot on Mark, looks real nice, great model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkJ Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thanks guys. I really appreciate the comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badnews47 Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 That thing is beautiful ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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