traditional Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I built this maroon '40 Ford Deluxe Sedan 'ensemble' in the late '70s just for fun from various kits in various scales.......AMT in both 1/25 and 1/32, Renwall in 1/48, and Jordan Miniatures in 1/87. The 'Renwall' had such awful wheels/tires that I wound up turning wheels/tires in aluminum and used the Renwall hubcap only, and the 'Jordan miniatures' was a '39, so I had to make a tiny '40 deluxe grille. Paint back then was mixed and thinned Testors, sprayed with my old BINKS airbrush. Chrome modeling foils were just becoming available but I've always had better luck using muffler tape for straight trim. They were built sequentially, so my color matching wasn't always 'bang on'. Fortunately, they all look quite close in color on my indoor shelf. I've always kept them all in a display case so, as you can see, they've stayed in pretty good condition all this time, and I think this is the first time they've ever been photographed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Cliff, those look really cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Impala Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Very nice builds, cool idea building in 4 different scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Love those '40 Sedans as I just built one earlier this year as a (legal) '39 gasser. None of this phony street gasser/ street freak stuff that the "other mag" is pushin.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 How cool is that!! Such nice paint jobs on all four! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Yeah - they're all SHINY :) . I love the little baby one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Cliff your paint is amazing on all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Very nice group . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Very cool! Looks like they were just finished! Amazing preservation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Gor...Gee..ous ! Thanks for bringing them off the shelf for us to enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 I think I need my eyes checked . I'm surprised how well and consistently proportioned they all are. Sumptuous color and well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Great looking builds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berr13 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Made my day seeing those guys! Great job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_lever1 Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Very nice builds you got there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 That's pretty cool ! Really nice looking display . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) For thirty five years old those are both well preserved and well done. Like them a lot. Edited September 11, 2013 by Skip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 IMPRESSIVE job Clifford, they look amazing to be 35, kind reminds me of the three bears only now there is a slip-up yikes! they look great thanks for sharing I love the 40 Ford!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastardo Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Just LOVELY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 EXCELLENT Cliff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehansen Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Too Cool, excellent work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Each one a beauty to my eyes. For some reason the word 'marooned' comes to mind when I look at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Beautiful quartett! I'm only familiar with the 1:25th version and I don't remember ever seeing a nicer one but the others match it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hack-n-whack Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 That is super-neat! Four different scales of the same car! I can't find ANY scale 38 Ford anything! I must not be looking hard enough. Again, VERY well done, sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted September 13, 2013 Share Posted September 13, 2013 Great idea and great achievement. They all look exactly the same to my eyes, now if you could just get the 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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