David G.

It's fun watching all of this come together. David G.

It looks great in primer, I can only imagine how it's going to look with some paint on it! The chassis came out quite nicely too. David G.

An excellent solution Jim! The interior looks great! Nice and cozy. David G.

That works! Nicely done Daniel! David G.

Nice rescue Topher! Using styrene will also allow for fixed wheels instead of rollies. Probably a better outcome. David G.

Hello Everybody! This will be the final update to the WIP section for this build. I'm currently editing the final photos and hope to post them in the "Under Glass" section soon. Thanks to all of you who followed along and offered your comments, suggestions and support. I appreciate you being there. A few months ago when I was prepping this build by stripping all the undesirable chrome, I stripped and refinished the air cleaner. I repainted it in aluminum and used some BMF on the center fins and colored the foil with a purple Sharpie. Just to add some zing. Unsurprisingly, there are clearance issues with the air cleaner. It sits a little too high on the carburetors and is keeping the hood from closing completely. So I'm using my little grinder to grind away some material from the inside of the air cleaner. Success! ...mostly. One of the times I was using a tiny blade to clean the styrene dust out the locator holes, I accidentally poked through them. ? Now I have a little more work to do. Because the air cleaner sits about 2mm lower on the carbs, I had to grind away some of the bottom portion on the front to clear the distributor. The engine bay is done! There was no radiator hose (upper or lower) provided by AMT and I didn't feel like making one. With that, the 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL is complete! As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Oh, this one was full of surprises Robert! Thanks for your kind comment. David G.

Soon. I have it cleaned up and the final photos shot, I plan on editing them today. David G.

Well worth the effort, it turned out great! David G.

Nice paint fade, rust and weathering! That's a tricky kit to build well, I seriously considered doing something like this with the one I built a few years back. David G.

Thank you Will! It's pretty much done, I just have to wrap up a few details and shoot the final photos. David G.

I built one of these kits a while back and I thoroughly enjoyed the build. It looks like you have a great start on this one Jim. David G.

Fabulous work on these Len! It's nice seeing them both finished. I remember following along with you on the WIPs, seeing all the work you put into each. Well done! David G.

Clean and tight! Great color and excellent overall build! David G.

No worries, I sometimes have trouble reading a situation and have inadvertently offended with an innocently intended comment. Just checking. I think getting rid of the console is a good call Jim. Of course you could build a power control console like I did for my '58 Chevy Proton! Cheers! David G.

To me it means, "I'm taking the time to share my opinion with you but I won't judge you if you choose a different option. As I have no idea what your intentions are and I've seen people come up with some pretty amazing things that I never would have thought of myself." Have I been using it wrong all these years? ? But in any case, yeah that green stuff was kind of what I was thinking. I'm interested to see how you put it to use. David G.

It's coming along quite nicely. David G.

Hello Everybody! The work continues! I got the body and chassis permanently assembled. The trunk and hood are both held in place, captured by the interior. When the interior was in the proper location in the body shell there was an almost 2mm gap between the body and trunk lid at the front. I neglected to get photos of this as I was focused on solving the unexpected problem. There were two steps I used to correct this. First I did a little filing of the hinge location points on the interior's rear package shelf to allow the hinges to settle a little farther forward. Next, I used some hot water to heat and bend the hinges closing their arc just a little effectively shortening them. This allowed the trunk lit to move a little closer to where it should be. I also used some speaker cloth to add a little screen to the openings in the hood scoop. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to post any comments you may wish to share. David G.

The body work looks great in primer Jim! If I were going to use the diamond-tufted console, I'd also try to get some tufting elsewhere in the cabin- the seat cushions, rear cabin wall or door panels. Something like that. But that's just me. David G.

A good choice for the interior color! David G.

It's even prettier in sunlight! David G.

Nice work on the hood pin details! It's the little things that can make some of the biggest differences. David G.

Nice to see that it's still there! David G.

That's a nice color and the paint looks good. David G.

Thanks. -D-