jbattersby Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) Hi All, here's another Ford I just finished up, my second of 2020. Started in January I wanted to go for a very mild custom look, and a unique exterior/interior combination. This Starliner body style is one of Ford's most beautiful design's, and already looks so custom in my eyes it didn't need any alterations, just a great color to make it pop. Living in Munich Germany just down the road from BMW's headquarters I see a fair amount of M3's wearing a crazy color called Austin Yellow, I figured its the perfect color for a 60's car. I didn't want to do the usual white tuck and roll interior, so I ended up finding inspiration in the Lamborghini Muira. Yellow Muira's came with a blue leather interior, or at least it was an option, so I thought that was a nice period reference for my blue Interior. Exterior paint is Zero Paint's BMW Austin Yellow w/ 2k Clear, and interior is Tamiya Blue X-4. I didn't like the steering wheel the kit came with so I swapped it for a '72 Chevy Truck wheel. Wheel and tire combo are actually from a 1964 Chevrolet Impala SS, I thought that fit the mild custom theme for the car. I don't show the engine here because I didn't use the engine from this kit, I just threw in a V8 I had around saving this kits engine for something else down the road. This was another fun build, but the biggest hurdle to get over was the sheer amount of chrome trim that needed to be covered in BMF. Not to mention the mistake of leaving some masking tape for 2 months on the rear chrome panel, which peeled all of the chrome off. I stripped the rear panel and re-did it using Alclad Chrome. I hope you all enjoy the photos, cheers! Edited July 27, 2020 by jbattersby 1
Rockford Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 They were a beautiful car and you've captured it so well, lovely clean build.
High octane Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 That is a beautiful lookin' Ford Jason as you did a great job building it.
Deuces ll Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 That is beautiful.... The paint almost looks like gold.... I love it!.. ?
doorsovdoon Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 Stunning car and beautiful colour choice, very nice!
Slimguy Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 Jason, that is a beautiful model. Really very well done. Makes me want to go out and build one myself. Which kit was this?
jbattersby Posted July 28, 2020 Author Posted July 28, 2020 53 minutes ago, Slimguy said: Jason, that is a beautiful model. Really very well done. Makes me want to go out and build one myself. Which kit was this? Thanks! It's this kit from AMT
bh1701 Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 Excellent work! I have a 60 Starliner waiting to be built - I hope mine comes close to what you have achieved!
espo Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 Another beautiful looking build. You're right about the '60 Starliner being a great looks car. I have always wanted a 1:1 myself.
RAMBENNA Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 absolute beauty, great job. looks great. love the color
Spottedlaurel Posted July 31, 2020 Posted July 31, 2020 That's very nice, so much better than the box art! Excellent work on the chrome trim.
jbattersby Posted August 1, 2020 Author Posted August 1, 2020 On 7/31/2020 at 1:57 PM, Spottedlaurel said: That's very nice, so much better than the box art! Excellent work on the chrome trim. Thanks, the box art definitely doesn't do this beautiful car justice!
jbattersby Posted August 1, 2020 Author Posted August 1, 2020 Here's a turntable of the model to go with the previous photos:
Husky1943 Posted August 2, 2020 Posted August 2, 2020 Jason, that is a beautiful car! You did great with the color, inside and out. Absolutely gorgeous.
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