Lovefordgalaxie

Question is: Was the color available on 1:1 Corvettes? It suits the car, for sure.

OK gentlemen, I'm back!! More work done to the Sunliner. Painted the argent on the splash pan. Also, painted the body color overspray over the primer on the floor pans. Engine now painted "reddish orange", even tough it looks red on pictures. Some touch up necessary on the transmission. Wheels and tires ready. Black parts painted. All black now will be brush painted on (frame rails, inner fenders, radiator support, and small details). Interior is almost done, still missing the detail paint and foil. Steel, aluminum, and zink plated parts painted: Carburetor and fuel pump: Also have to foil the body. More to come.

Thanks Geno and Ray. Hope to keep the Fords rolling out of my "Rouge" assembly plant.

Painting started. Engine is painted, and I redid the chrome. This time I liked the result more. Also painted the basic colors on the interior.

Very nice work!! The black is as smooth as glass, love it. It looks like you are painting all the chrome. Is it Molotow paint, or Alclad? Did some tests with both, and Molotow paint with automotive clear (verniz bicomponente) seems to look the part. Even tough, I only do that to restore damaged chrome.

Thank you guys!!

Tthanks for the comments guys! Did a little more to the car. Built the front suspension, the engine, and fixed some sink marks on the leaf springs. Also adapted the kits wheel backings to work with my resin "steel wheels" this way the wheels and tires will mount on the frame like they are supposed to, and I'll still have spinage action!! Lol. Next step is to prime and paint all the parts...

COOL! The car looks pretty good in that color. Better than the universal red and white that seems to be the norm for those cars. That, or all the ones I come across are red and white.

So, here we are with some more work done. Yesterday, I gave the body a good polish, and I'm happy with the paint. No wax yet tough. The foil will go on before the wax. Also, started sanding away the glue joints on the front seat, on the engine, and blower motor. Also prepared the rear end sanding the mold lines, and gluing the leaf springs in place. The leaf springs have to be mounted in a way they will meet the mounts on the frame (springs converge to a imaginary point ahead of the car), and I'll still have to putty some sink marks on the top of the springs. The bumpers had some ugly scratches on the chrome, so I stripped them, sanded the mold lines, and airbrushed some Molotow chrome on them, and also on the dog dish hubcaps. Also gave the chrome a clear coat to protect the fragile Molotow paint. Not 100% happy about the chrome tough. Here go some pictures!!

Loved this one since you first posted it. Also a great recovery after having to be re assembled.

Thanks guys, I just finished gluing the the front seat halves, and the engine halves together. Those are the only glue joints that will show, and now it's a waiting game for the Revell glue to dry. All going well, I guess the clear will be hard enough for me to polish the body tomorrow. Using automotive two part clear, so the stuff gets real hard and difficult to polish if I wait too much.

Started building this one (yes, another one of those) on Tuesday. The only thing done is the body paint. decided for Majestic Maroon metallic, a Lincoln color. One could get a Ford like this, but the car had to be special ordered ($$$). Had the color mixed with the original code, but as a base coat clear coat. On the pictures I took today, the body was just clear coated. Some polishing is going to be required. Now to start working on the interior. I'm divided between the brown/tan and gold option, and the red, white and black option.

It's going to look killer. You are giving me the bug to build another one of those.

Thanks guys!! I don't do nothing special, just airbrush enamel with a old single action airbrush. On the next car I may try to film the painting process. Did that before, but the video is not very good. I spend way more in kits than in cameras Here is the old video: https://youtu.be/kwkdLh7QbOw?t=336

Very nice!! I have two of those ProShop kits, one built, and one unbuilt. Foiled both tough. The one I built, I did a modification to the tires as I didn't like the small white wall on the kit supplied BFG. I did some adhesive wider whitewalls with adhesive paper, and a circle template, and the result was pretty nice. I wish AMT had done other color also, when they released this kit.

That's in Argentina.

Thanks guys!!

The car on the picture is a VW Gol. That is pretty much all we see at drag strips in Brasil. FWD cars. It's the old story of regional differences. In a country like the U.S., where the regular man's car had a V8 and rear wheel drive, and a 302 is small, the logical way to go drag racing is using a big old V8. Here in Brasil, there were three (03) car lines with a V8. Galaxies, Mavericks, and Darts (including it's variants). Production figures during all the time they were built is less than 200.000 cars, all included, and they were the most expensive cars available. When the cheap V8 was the working man's cars in the U.S., here in Brasil, the norm, the average guy's car, was a VW Bug, a Renault Dauphine, a DKW Vemag, and that evolved into the VW Passat, the VW Gol, the Chevrolet Monza, the Ford Escort, all four cylinder small cars. Only the guys with deep pockets, drive a V8 on the track.

I assemble them the way I like doing so. I love to paint, and I try to do that well. I also love to foil, and I try to do that well (with less success). Also have a huge love affair with Ford cars. Assembling models is something we do because we like to, and having limited time, I only "build" the cars I love. One thing I really don't enjoy doing, is making tiny holes for spark plug wires, fuel lines, making tiny supports, braces, linkages, tubes, boots, and the sort. It's not like the little thing is going to start and drive away . A super detailed engine bay does look amazing, but for me it's a burden, and not part of the fun, so I just do't do it. I don't consider myself a model builder, as I don't build anything in the literal sense of the word. I consider myself a model kit assembler. I take the parts that come in the box, and try to paint and assemble them the best I can while enjoying myself. It's quite simple really. If during the process I break a tie rod in half, I can just glue it back together, give the glue joint a sanding, and be done with it. Doing that on a real car would get me (or someone else) killed in a hurry. That's why 1:1 car work is work for me, and not a hobby, as is assembling model kits.

It looks great, and very accurate.

Very nice!! That's how this car should look like.

Thanks guys!!

LOL!!!! I saw what you did there. Corvair power, and safe at any speed. Great one. One thing I will say, it looks way better than the original Piranha. Great job!!

Thank you gentlemen!!

I remember seeing your Thunderbird, and getting great ideas from it. Went to look at the car again, and the pictures won't show on your topic. Do you have a working link for them?