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The only thing I dislike about this kit, is it’s lacking the vent window glass. Easy to make, but still annoying, for such a nice kit.

Ahhh, gotcha.

Tamiya thin and regular cement. Bob Smith Industries gold, as it won’t fog clear parts. Watch crystal cement also for certain things like windows and headlights . I also use two part, 5 min epoxy most of all, as no scraping of paint or chrome to bond. Elmers white glue for mock ups, but I did try the micro liquid tape, but tossed it in the trash after I had a heck of a time removing it from a build.

Superb build. You put a lot of work into this build. And it shows. Now to move on to another lightweight.

Yea, that’s a lot of g’s that instantly reverses.

Sounds like a cool build. Why not just use the factory aluminum headers that the 421 had. Sought after, very rare headers that preformed extremely well back then.

I looked at his site several weeks ago, and it looked all funky. Then I looked on it recently, like last week, and it was totally different, and easy to navigate. Then I spoke to Scott at Futurattraction concerning what lugs to use on his drag rims, and after that conversation, I ordered what I needed from RBM. Today as soon as you log onto the site, it displayed what Bill posted. I suppose this build will be shelved for a while. At least I made the deadline. Oh well…….

Oh nooooooo, I just ordered a 20 pack of lug nuts to install on my Futurattraction rims. Hope it’s not a six month wait.

Not sure if the 1:1 really sure that high in the front. Looks like it’s lifting upon the launch.

I agree with the rims. The rims and hub caps on these kits look really off. Your paint and detail work is impeccable. From the engine to the grill and rims, I can’t believe how beautiful everything has turned out. I can’t wait to see more, possibly under glass?

Coming along nicely. The paint, and foiling and chrome all look spot on. The extra attention to detail payed off.

Looks good to me. I should get better decals for mine. I don’t like the way they laid down. I had Cady decals for approximately 10 Thunderbolts, so I built 14. That including the kit supplied decal cars.

Don’t forget to post the final pics. Do you have any other S/S cars planned? I know what you mean with the new project though. I’m diving into a JR Salvinos Kyle Larson 2024 NASCAR Camaro kit for my brother in law. I normally don’t build any NASCAR, but I have to admit it’s nice to get involved in something different. I’m enjoying the build. I put it on hold though, as I had to make a paint run.

I hear ya, the first and even the second can be a learning experience. You did a really nice job of making that interior look correct. I don’t think I could have done what you did. I had the luxury of using the resin interiors for some of mine. Now it’s time to move on to another fabulous Ford Lightweight.

My stress test, and all the other tests I had all came back good. But I was still having a minor pain in my chest. So the cardiologist wanted to go in through my wrist, and look around in my heart. There he found two 80% blockages in my LAD, otherwise known as the “ widowmaker”. I was shocked the tests didn’t show anything. I’m sure glad I had the scope and angioplasty done. I feel 200% better, and no more feeling like death wasn’t too far away. It’s amazing how your mindset knows something isn’t right. I guess all the years the blockages were forming, you really don’t notice, but once they were opened up, msn I felt the difference.

Thanks guys.

Ignore the last one. My bad.

I don’t remember ever encountering any of the problems you specified in your build. I’ve built many Galaxies and never ran into the fire wall problem. I mean just some minor trimming around the edges of the fire wall, and very slightly shortening the floor pan, but nothing major. Here are a few pics of some of my Galaxie WIPs. By the way your interior, and the mods you put into it are fantastic. The overall car looks fantastic also.

Started to get some WIPs completed. Got toying around with the Nova, and completed it yesterday. Eventually I’ll get it under glass.

Nanticoke PA. Just moved here a few months ago. It’s near Wilkes Barre, which is near Scranton.

With the name Zippi I thought you were a young lad like myself? Lol

My dad was a big Ford nut, and when I started to drive, he used to bust my hump on liking Chevrolet. My very first car was a 73 LTD. Now I had a few wicked fast cars, that I used to race, and he was proud, and even used to come out and mess around under the hoods sometimes. But, as far back as I can remember, he had some really cool Fords. And I plan on building a few of them. I was just a little one when he had his red on red 62 Galaxie. And the list goes on. All two doors except one. 62 Falcon 66 Fairlane 390 ( I remember this car being really super fast, would plant you seriously in the seat) 69 Galaxie Sports Roof 302 71 Ford custom 4 door 72 Ford Galaxie Brougham Then he started driving those big boat, four door Mopars. I learned to drive on a 74 Chrysler Newport. I sure wish I had one or two of those cars today.

I was always a Chevrolet guy, and when I drag raced it was SBC. But since I got back into models, I learned a thing or two. I’m not knocking Chevrolet or any GM product, but after doing research on some of the cars I like to build, I found out about the big Impala Z-11 cars that came out in 63, and then they pulled the plug on racing. So I’m kind of a Ford guy now. If I ever got another toy 1:1 car it most likely would be an old Ford.

Thanks. The 62 is a resin body, with the Starliner under pinnings. I have a whole bunch or Starliner bodies left that I stole the chassis from. I was on a Ford kick a while back and built a whole bunch of Thunderbolts, and lightweight Galaxies. I had a bunch of S/S decals that I wanted to use up. So as of right now, I have the 66 Fairlane Ulrey Bros car on the bench. Getting close to completion. My goal is to get all the WIPs that survived my recent move,( some didn’t) but it’s cool. I was really upset over my Moebius Ventura drag car. But I have a few more of that kit in the stash. I had a ton of work in that one. I almost cried.