Brutalform

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.

I really enjoy the scotches with more peat flavor. But I get ya, I enjoy and good spirit, either scotch, bourbon, or whisky. A few friends and myself, like to get together and try new bourbons, with a fine cigar.

So, you are off the meds? I would like to get off my blood thinners, but they still keep me on them.

Do you prefer Highland, or Islay, or some other? I have a pallet for them all personally. Except I stay away from anything that is “blended”.

Ahhh, a fellow scotch drinker I assume?

I’m just a 58 year old, but, I’ve been around the block, and got beat up a bit, to where I was rough around the edges. I have spinal stenosis, I need a knee replacement, have carpal tunnel syndrome, and sleep with a C Pap. I had two stents put in my LAD, also known as The Widowmaker. I’m grateful for Covid because after I had it, I started to get these weird, tiny chest pains, and passed all the stress test, but when they scoped me they found two blockages. I felt like a young man again after the ticker got straightened out. I couldn’t believe how much you slowly decline over the years, and then, BANG! All of a sudden you feel new again. Since then, I lost almost 60 pounds, and I feel the better now, than I have for several years. I go to the gym three times a week, and now I just moved into a new house. I’m starting to get moving on building more models now, as these ailments aren’t as bad as they were when I weighed 280. Now, I hardly ever use the CPap, and can get more bench time in now, as it’s not hard on my body anymore. That’s what I get, I suppose, from driving professionally and making deliveries for the last 30 years. Hopefully I’ll be around another 15 to 20 years? I just don’t ever want to go back to where I was.

Here’s another that comes to mind.

Here’s the two my decals didn’t have. The trunk BAM SAM means, “ By All Means, See Al Means”, on the tail panel BBARC means “ Bonners Bad Azz Race Car. You have to see Al Means Ford dealership, to buy the car on Monday, that you saw winning at the track on Sunday.

They did a lot of sayings on the rears of the old S/S cars. I looked yours up, and it said it means “ follow me”. Possibly meaning to advertise “ Follow me to Tasca Ford”? Some T Bolts had some ads also.

Very cool indeed! When I built Phil Bonners Al Means 62 Ford Galaxie, I had decals from MCW back when Dave owned it. But they didn’t include the BAM SAM or the BBARC for the trunk and rear panel. Then I had Whoopi Kat print me up a set that still didn’t have the trunk decals. So I just built the car without those two. It sure would have been nice to have them on the model though.

You’re welcome. I bought a big bottle of the Novus # 2 since I use that one the most. But the three pack will work for starting out.

Came out fantastic. Looks mean and fast.

This is my method, other methods vary, but, there are more than one way to do it. First I would buy some Micro polishing cloths, that have grits from 1800 to 10,000. I rarely use anything coarser than 3200, though, unless I really have to knock some serious orange peel down. What I like to use is the Novus polishing compounds. # 2 and # 3 would be the workhorse of them all, with # 1 used to clean fingerprints. Others like to use the Tamiya polishing compounds. I have those too but haven’t used them yet, though they look promising. I’d practice on some painted body that you aren’t using, and start wet sanding the paint in one direction. Don’t press but let the cloth do the work. Then go to the next smoother grit, and sand the other way, and so on. By the time you get to 10,000 it should start looking pretty shiny. Like anything the more you do it the better you’ll get at it. Then you can use a piece of flannel cloth and go to town with the Novus. Again not putting hard pressure on the paint. Always helps to lay a few coats of clear so you can work it down without hitting the paint underneath. Then you can carefully pick the Novus out of the panel lines with a soft bristle brush, or equivalent.

https://obits.andersonfcs.com/obituary/bruce-sadewater

Sad to hear about Bruce passing. Great guy to deal with. He used to be a partner with Decals By Lucas, many years ago, and I was dealing with them both before he ventured off to do his own, SMP. I just received an Ulrey Brothers Fairlane decal last month. His passing will be a huge loss to the modeling community, as he made decals no one else does, or will.

Any idea when we will see them on shelves?

Mega Hobby has a preorder, but it’s just to let you know when they will be in via email. Says October 2024.

Thanks everyone!!! Much appreciated.

The ProTech aluminum nuts are not inexpensive either. But I get it, as they are small, and made of aluminum, and the tolerances are right on, so I expect to pay for quality. I was looking into RB Motion, but their website is kinda funky, I had read that they are WAY behind on orders. I might assemble my wheel lugs tonight. I have the studs (rod) tips painted, and the wheels drilled, thanks to some helpful info on here.