mrmike

I really like this! Far better than the one I built from an AMT '69 GTX and the old MPC kit.

Thank you, slick and Lee!

Thanks Joe! It's getting there. Slow, but sure...

Thank you Jim, Dennis, and David! I would think of it as a Day 2+ look.

Thank you Jim! And, it's shiny, too!

Bare Metal Foil is applied and done! Now I can get onto other aspects of this build like...everything else! I even foiled the tailgate release handle. The ends of the tailpipes will be shortened and replaced with aluminium tips. They are just too long and awkward looking... More to come...

Thank you guys! This '56 came out looking just as I had hoped it would. It was a challenge to build one of these old AMT kits and I am quite happy with it!

It has been almost a month since was going to continue foiling the '72 Sport Custom today, but after looking over the body and hood, I decided to add two more coats of Tamiya TS-42 Light Gunmetal Metallic. More to come...

This is my completed '56 Ford Fairlane aka '56 Vicky. It is painted two-tone Go-Mango and Pure White with a matching interior. It has a dual quad 292 CI with a Ford C4 automatic transmission. Cragar SS mags and Goodyear wide white lettered tires. MCG seat belt buckles, powered master cylinder from my parts box, and traction bars from the kit.

I am nearing the finish line with my '56 Fairlane! I noticed that there is no master cylinder on this car, so back into the parts box and I found a power brake booster and master cylinder. I drilled a hole in the firewall and added the brake assembly. Another thing I noticed was no pipes to the rear bumper exhaust tips. I made a set painted and installed them. I added the trunk lid crest and rear plate holder. I need to detail the crest. More to come...

I miss all the dogs I have had over the years, but there is one that I truly miss the most and his name was Dakota. I have a photograph of him lying on the front lawn looking like a lion with a massive amount of chest fur and his total weight of 105 Lbs. He was a big boy!

Works the same way! Some things cannot be accomplished when a family pet is around.

Have you ever tried to wire an engine with a Golden Retriever nudging your arm to get your attention? It doesn't work too well...

Well David, I am finding that, at my great age, little things mean a lot. I add details that stand out and the other details can be done by those who are well enough to do them. Adding plug wires is one thing, but when you have them routed like they are on a 1:1, then it just looks better. Now, if I can figure a way to get rid of all the dog hair this model attracts, I'll be golden! BTW, I have two dogs. A Terrier mix and a Golden Retriever and they both shed like crazy!

Thank you guys! Well, I went and did it...I disassembled the '56 Fairlane to modify the mounts for the dash and to reinstall the dash again. Everything looks like a better fit this time. More to come...

Thank you Tulio! Unfortunately, the dash still sits a little too high, but I will try again to get the windshield installed. As for the inside rear view mirror, my kit didn't seem to have one and I couldn't check my empty parts sprues to see if there was one at all since I throw them out when the are empty. I can go into my parts box and find one if I really need to.

The 56 Vicky is coming together! Yesterday, I got the body interior, and chassis together after I installed the glass. I ran into an issue with the front windshield not fitting correctly. I had to trim the mount on the side panel top lower the dash and as I was packing things up for the night, the windshield popped out. I didn't lower the dash enough. I'll have to figure a way to reinstall the windshield without have to resort to taking everything apart. The windshield was cleaned up and the taillights have been detailed. More to come...

Thanks David! This Ford didn't take me a long to foil as the Monogram '59 Cadillac did. I spent two days foiling that behemoth!

I have finished foiling the '56 Fairlane. Now for some touch ups and into the dehydrator for a few hours at 105 degrees for the Molotow Chrome to dry. More to come...

Now that I have been able to get my hands on a decent sheet of BMF, I have started foiling the body on this '56 Fairlane. This took me almost an hour last night including polishing the foil. So far, so good! More to come...

Thanks Carl! I'm not 100% sure what had happened over time, but that wheel and tire were put together correctly. When I fixed the issue with the toe out, the issue of the camber showed up. Perhaps the camber issue was because of the wheel not sitting flush on itself and I may have turned the wheel.

Tulio, I understand your concern as I see the thickness of the headlight lenses and the depth of the reflectors within their shrouds. The backside of the lenses are scooped enough that sanding them on the back should reduce their thickness considerably and a thin coat of gloss clear will help to "polish" them. If worse comes to worse, I feel pretty confident that I have other lenses in my parts box that are thinner.

It's been almost four weeks since I have done anything with the '56 Fairlane. I took the Fairlane with me to my Play Date with two of my fellow Club members and used Barry's marvelous paintbooth! I sprayed the Fairlane with two coats of Tamiya TS-65 Pearl Clear and it looks fabulous! It is kind of hard to see the pearl, but it is there! I decided to paint the engine compartment with Model Master Go Mango to match the exterior and then I placed the body into my dehydrator for four hours. Next up will be to paint the headliner flat white and then to foil the body now that I have some decent foil. More to come...

Thanks Jeremy! I hate to tell you this, but that is not the complete episode. That episode runs for 32.08 minutes and the actual aired episode is just over 43 minutes long without the commercials. I didn't bother with Dailymotion.

I have been doing a bit...no...a lot of research on the Bullitt Mustang lately. I even spent some time looking at Google Images for pictures of the Bullitt Mustang for my screen saver and I came across an image that I had forgotten about. The image came from an episode of the CBS TV drama Blue Bloods starring Tom Selleck. The episode was titled simply enough, The Bullitt Mustang. Season Six, Episode Seven. I have tried to find that episode for free on YouTube and anywhere else and it is only in episode previews or small snippets, but not the complete episode. More research and I found that the complete episode is on NetFlix, but I don't have an account with them. But, my wife does and she has previously told me that I could use it when I wanted. I tubed up the episode and watched it and completely enjoyed watching it. I added some more detail to the 390 CID engine and I may add more. More to come...