Terminator-Fox Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Fantastic work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Been watching this thread since day 1, and this is beautiful attention to detail! Just a thought on your hinges; if you thin the trailing edges of the plastic, it will do alot to lighten them visually. Just file a light taper from front to back, removing nothing at the front, and maybe 2/3 of the thickness at the rear edge. Big change in appearance, and shouldn't affect their strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Awsume progress. love the engine and intake... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Truely amazing to watch this build, I am in awe of your creative abilities sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 This is killer work,, LOVE the trunk hinges, best I have ever seen!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Edman Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 awesome work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingSix Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 loving this build !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Been watching this thread since day 1, and this is beautiful attention to detail! Just a thought on your hinges; if you thin the trailing edges of the plastic, it will do alot to lighten them visually. Just file a light taper from front to back, removing nothing at the front, and maybe 2/3 of the thickness at the rear edge. Big change in appearance, and shouldn't affect their strength. Nice idea Rusty. I think I'll give this a try. I think I may have to 'shrink' the depth of the hinges a little too as they do look oversize once in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted September 27, 2013 Author Share Posted September 27, 2013 Nice work on the hinges Sonny! What are you going to do about the package on the interior? Hi Roger, This is a good question. If you mean the rear package shelf then - yes - this is going to need some modification. The kit part is flat and also acts as the anchor for the kit trunk hinges. It will not fit with my new trunk hinges in place. The 1:1 package shelf has a kind of kick-up at the back edge to meet the lower edge of the rear window. I guess I'll have to scratch a new shelf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragfan Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 very nice fabricating Sonny, looking really nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtienutz Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Great job Sonny, you've taken a bad kit of a neat American full size car and have put some very creative and talented skills to work. Carry on I'll be watching this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exesivefire Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Amazing work on the hinges! Thanks for sharing your process, I love all the little tricks I learn on this site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinky Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 Wow awesome, credits for the work you spend on the hinges they look so realistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyrichard Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 whow what a build !! those hinges are stunning , awsome mods and build !1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova-ss Posted September 29, 2013 Share Posted September 29, 2013 WOW I love what your doing here.all the detail...its amazing to watch.I'm going to be building this kit as well.my father had one when I was young.you have tought me and gave me ideas on building my projects.....smokin work!!! Thank you and keep up the great build you have going,Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Progress on project Galaxie has been embarrassingly slow. You know how it is; work, family, life... they all get in the way of our hobby . Anyway, with excuses out of the way, I thought it was about time I shared some progress with you all... I will be building the interior with no rear seats so I've had to fabricate the floor structure - where the seat would have been. The first thing is to add is the cross rib. The rear fire wall is not really the right shape. The kit part is completely flat and sits about 2 scale inches too far forward. Fine, if it were covered with the seat. In the pic below you can see that I have pencilled where two curved wheel arch bulges should be. I have decided to remove the rear parcel shelf. It will not be used in the final build. I cut away the rear fire wall and fabricated a new one a couple of millimetres further back. More good use of Milliput... ...and here it is looking roughly how it should! The area ahead of the rib will have the normal carpet. I've sanded away the 'texture' so I was thinking of using some flock. Now, I've never used the stuff before and I see there are many different brands - most coloured. Any advise on a good brand of flock material from you guys would be appreciated. It needs to be really fine - so that it looks in scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba1975 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I use embossing powder it comes in many colors but i get the white and paint it whatever color i need. It gives it a great look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66belair Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Glad to see this one up and going again,I agree on the embossing powder. Put on in white then paint it in any color you want. Great attention to detail by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Impala Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I use embossing powder also, it has a more realistic appearance than flocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 What did you use to get in all the nooks and tight spots to sand the texture away from the floorboards? I need to do this on a car I'm working on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctordarryl Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I also have a '65 Galaxie 500 on the work bench. I had been collecting parts for this build for 4-5 years. When AMT brought out the GoodYear polyglass tires (F-15 and L-15) those were the last parts I needed to build a replica of a real R code '65 Galaxie I had back in 1968 (my Green Monster). It was a side oiler 427 with 2-fours and a four speed. I used the engine out of the AMT 427 Comet. I put a hood scoop from a '68 Mustang on my real Galaxie and the Trumpter Falcon kits have a scoop similar to that which I used on the model. I also had Cragar mags on my Galaxie and I found some at the Toledo NNL a few years ago from an unknown kit. The real car was Ivy Green Metallic and I used Testor's British Racing Green Metallic. I just finished foiling the model and I used hood and trunk lettering from the Model Car Garage detail PE set for the 60 Ford. I hope to have this finished for the upcoming NNLEast. I street raced the real car and did not lose to too many challengers. I made more money street racing than at my day job at a chemical company. Those were interesteing days!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentak Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 As a kid I used to go thru the Ford brochures cover to cover and I remember seeing a listing for those clear headlight covers for the 65 Galaxie. I believe they were a dealer installed option and extremely rare. In fact this may be the first time I've ever seen a photo of them. In those days each state had rules about covering headlights and those covers may not have been legal in all 50 states. The '66 7-Litre didn't have them as standard and I don't know if they were offered. Great build! Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyBad Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 I do love the 65 Ford Galaxie and you are doing a unbelievablely Fantastic Realistic build.. Awesome work.. I will now go and hide mine from the world.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 What did you use to get in all the nooks and tight spots to sand the texture away from the floorboards? I need to do this on a car I'm working on. That's a good question Jesse. I used a sanding stick as far as possible. To get right into the nooks I used a combination of two methods... 1) Cut a pies of fresh 320 grade wet & dry paper with scissors for sharp edge and sand as far as possible into the edge. This is difficult as it is impossible to apply pressure over the last 1-2mm (not with the size of my banana fingers), so you have to rely on the rigidity of the we & dry paper. 2) I use a No 17 Xacto blade (flat square head - like a chisel). This is held perpendicular to the textured surface and gently scraped side to side. This is a really good way of getting right in to corners and giver a real sharp edge. I used this method to carve the detail into the underside of the hood too. Hope this works for your project Jesse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeRS Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Thanks for sharing those pictures of your Green Monster with us Darryl. What a great story to go with it. Looks like yours is nearly finished - its gonna look really good. I've often thought that I should build some models of my old 1:1 cars, but I don't have anything quite as interesting as yours in my past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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