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Some more progress... Removing the trans support bracket will allow access to correcting the floor and I may need to change it for the engine swap anyway. Looking at a few reference pics I see that the inner fenders on the AMT kit are not really very accurate. I decided to remove the kit parts so that I can either correct the shape at a later stage or I may leave them off all together. I don't know if they would be a structural part on the 1:1 car? I guess the inner fenders are not a structural part as the 65 Galaxie has a separate chassis. I may also need the clearance for the bigger engine and the accompanying tubular headers. Looking at pics of the 1:1 chassis the kit looks OK.

Nice one Michael. I love the colour.

Well done. That's a great looking model from a great movie.

Thanks for all your suggestions guys. The Ford Cammer V8 and the 428 Boss really appeal, but then again the 427 out of AMT's Fairlane kit is a great engine too. The exhaust was mostly cut off using a flat ended blade in my craft knife. It works like a mini chisel. I think it is referred to as number 17 - and there is a wider one available as number 18. Mmmmmm. That does look good!

Good luck with this project Mitchell. The old Hasagawa kit is very good in my opinion. I have owned 1:1 924 and 944's in the past and I can say the accuracy of the body is very good. It would make an ideal model to super-detail!

This kit has always had a special place in my memories. I built a Barris 'Cruisin USA' kit when I was a kid - it was one of my first models I ever build. It came out pretty well (by my standard of the day). I wish I had kept it, but many years down the line I have no idea what happened to that model (but I a few of the parts have turned up in my spare parts box!). I found a more recent re-issue of the Galaxie on eBay. It has been started and is missing the engine. I thought it would be great to do this kit again - only this time, I'd like to think I have a better set of building skills. My intention is to build a 'tough as nails' street machine with modern day 'real-world' upgrades. I'm thinking lowered suspension and monster V8, standard bodywork with simple de-badging and plenty of detail. If anyone can suggest a good kit source for a Ford V8 I would be grateful. I know the standard engine would have been a FE 427, but I'm thinking of a monster crate motor. The first area needing attention is the floor/chassis... Although the exhaust could be made to look good with careful painting, I want to replace it with a 'performance' exhaust and I do want to up the level of detail as best I can. ...after an hour or so of scraping, filing and cutting one exhaust is gone. With both exhausts removed, this has left two holes where the silencers were - now filled. Any suggestions for a V8 would be welcome, as would your comments.

WOW! I was never a big fan of the Pocher kit - as I thought it was a bit too toy like for this scale, but with your skill and that transkit this is truly turning out to be a masterpiece. I am speechless! Keep up the good work - I will be watching with interest.

That looks really good Ronny. I love the colour and the stance is just right. Sometimes the chrome in the kit can make or break the use of bumpers and often I have to colour co-ordinate the bumpers because the kit chrome is not up to scratch. In this case you have made it looks great! I have stayed in Dhaka (Dhanmondi area) on occasions and you should be able to receive deliveries of most model stuff there. Orders from USA and Japan should be able to make their way to you. Keep up the good modelling Ronny!

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the difference other than the badging? Is the body of the 67 and 68 the same?

Its nice to see the cabrio... but don't we already have a decent hard top Beetle available from Tamiya?

You can't beat a Willy's with a massive V8. Nice work Jesse. That's a cracking model!

WOW. I did not know this kit was available. I have seen the Revel/Monogram 78 model and had at first just assumed this was the same kit in the box. I've always wanted to build a Bandit, but have not been keen on working with the AMT kit (which is not as nice as this by a long way). Thanks for this review. I'll get my order in.

That's a beautiful looking Jag Jürgen. I agree - the wire wheels really make it look better. Did you build the engine detail as well. If I remember correctly this kit has a rather nice straight six.

Those are two great looking models Larry. The finish looks flawless! I especially like the shape of the Fastback. Your 1:1 car is stunning too. It is interesting to see how similar the shape of the Fastback is to a 1951 Chevy Fleetline. I have the AMT Chevy on my desk right now and I was surprised to see how similar they look.

Really, really nice!!

That Galaxie kit is one of the finest 1/25 scale kits I've seen. You have done a great job there Terry - it looks STUNNING! A perfect colour and flawless finish. I have this in my stash and will probably build it box stock as its too nice to mess with! Am I right in thinking that Galaxie now offer this kit as a panel van kit?

A truly beautiful model of a beautiful car. I don't think I've ever seen this colour combination before - it looks great!

What a collection. They all look like 1:1 cars. I wish I just had the space to store a collection like that.

That's a really nice build Túlio, That colour choice really suits the Galaxie, and it's good to see one built stock. I see you did a really good job with AMT's pesky moulded in exhaust on this kit. You managed to make it look realistic.

An excellent job Dominik! That paint job came out well. especially considering it did not get polished.

Thanks all for the info. I guess this would apply any 60's / 70's muscle car. Ed, pics of the Mach 1 would be appreciated.

I'm building Revell's 1968 Dodge Dart and I got a question about the black stripe decal that I'm sure someone can help with. In fact, I guess this question would apply to any 60's Muscle car. It's being built as a factory stock car, but what I need to know is should the decal be placed before or after the clear coat? I would have guessed that the 1:1 car would be painted in the factory and then the stripes applied over the top, but I have seen pics of cars where it looks like the stripes are under the clear lacquer like this... help!

Nice clean build. As a GTO it had to be red It's curious that Revell made a whole new tooling for the GTO version of the 599, instead of just including some extra bits to the kit. I'm looking forward to building one of these.

Nice build. Looks really cool in white! I must get round to building my one.

Yep - the Revell kit has an engine. It's a full engine, but the induction pipes are a little out of scale (too thin). The whole Revell kit has slightly odd proportions. The Fujimi one is much better - but of course it's not a full detail kit. I've always thought a combination of the Fujimi body with the Revell engine/drivetrain would make a nice 1/24 model.