Lovefordgalaxie Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Hi Guys. Finished my first car of 2016. It's a AMT 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. The kit fought me quite a bit, as the body was full of sink marks, being the most noticeable ones on the fins, near the taillights, and around the doors. Once that was fixed, it went together more or less without issue. My chrome parts were a bit to the yellow side, but since I just hate using paint to simulate bright metal, I just left them as they were. The body was painted with automotive synthetic enamel to emulate Ford's Raven Black. The foil is all home made with aluminum foil, and most of the detailing was done with Testors acrylics. The kit has some deviations from 100% stock, but that is only noticed if you are really into Fords. Fixing those issues is not very hard, but to tell you guys the truth, I'm into building those things for fun, and if it starts to become a burden there is no fun anymore, so I built it box stock, without doing any correction or improvement, just painting the parts AMT provides and putting them together. yep, I'm lazy. Anyways, here are some pictures of the mighty '56 Ford, and I hope you guys like it!! 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr 1956 Ford Fairlane Victoria. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Lovely looking car ! Great paint job also ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanH. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 What a great paintjob!I know how difficult black is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronPerkins Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Great looking job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 If I ever do the Victoria again, I want it to turn out just as good as yours! You will be my inspiration! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalper Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Awesome as usual. Nice job. Love the flawless paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedotwo Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Nice build! I have a '56 on the bench right now and hope to finish in the next week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Great looking car Tulio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 So beautiful. Great work Tulio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Beautiful SHINY paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Another great looking Ford. Beautiful paint work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 That is the best build of that kit I've ever seen, Tulio! GREAT work! The finish is perfect. I like your philosophy of details. At some point it becomes too much work to be fun.Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 That's a beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 The flanks on this kit can be wavy enough to induce mild seasickness, but that slick black paint job proves you managed to take care of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CometMan Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 Another beautiful job Tulio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks a lot guys. If you want to see the making of, I have a series of YouTube videos on the build process. Here is the first one:https://youtu.be/aEi4j4KOKF8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Great looking Ford Tulio!I'm with you on the build philosophy.I figure what's in the box is close enough for me.Don't get me wrong, I have no problem switching out or scratch building parts on occasion, but I don't fret too much about a few inaccuracies here & there.For me it sucks all of the fun right out of building if I worry too much about those things.I really want to build another one of these someday, along with the "sister" '57.Haven't built either one for many years & I'm pretty sure I could do a little better job now.Terrific work!! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 As usual very nice work...!Always a pleasure to view your builds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 As usual very nice work...! Always a pleasure to view your builds. X2. You have a fine steady foiling-knife hand too. Envy envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmodelbuilder Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Nice build! That black finish looks a mile deep. I built a mild custom version of this kit last year and it did have a bunch of sink marks that needed attention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Another of your beautiful Ford builds. As you pointed out this tooling is getting old and there is issues with the body and other parts. I'm impressed with the trim. It looks like Bare-Metal foil in the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
restoman Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 A Super Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy_Styles Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Excellent work indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yura1961 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Great work Tulio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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