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Lovefordgalaxie

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  1. I'll still have one of these. My mother had one in yellow when I was growing up, and my uncle had one just like this one. For me it's the very best looking car ever made, being the '66 Galaxie 7 Litre a close second place. 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr
  2. Very well done!!
  3. Thanks guys!!! Never tried to sell any drawing, so it's just something I do once in a while. I used to draw even on my school books when I was young. The other day I found some of my school notebooks from when I was seven or eight, and they were full of drawings. I even scanned some. No, I don't think I would know how to shade or color much.
  4. Take a look on how that tutorial works Charlie: Original image: '40 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Altered: '40 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Did that following that tutorial.
  5. Those pictures were converted with Photoshop from regular 5 Mega digital pictures. There is a tutorial I found online that is very easy to follow, and was what I used to convert the pictures from color to sephia. http://stylishwebdesigner.com/how-to-give-sepia-effect-look-to-your-photos-in-photoshop/
  6. Go for it!! Just a hint: After I finished this car, and it's an old build, I found out that Tamiya French Blue TS-10 is the exact same color as Horizon Blue.
  7. That kind of money for a fake car. Ford can licence whatever they want, a real 1932 Ford was manufactured in late 1931, or in 1932, has a 65 Hp Ford flathead V8, or a Four cylinder B engine, mechanical brakes, fenders, bumpers, stock colors, stock wire wheels, hubcaps, stock interior, 6V electrical system, no A/C, no power steering, no power windowns, no carpeting, has bias ply tires, one barrel carburetor, one exit exhaust. and reproduction anything. Unfortunately, due to Hot Roders, a car like this today, is over 100 K Dollars or more. I know, because I dream about a 1932 three window coupe V8, bone stock, unmolested, and the cheapest I found had a asking price of 110 k Dollars, and for a car in need of restoration without the stock rear end. On top of that I would need to go to Uruguay to get the car. Here in my town there are two original cars. A beige and black Model B Cabriolet, with adapted juice brakes but otherwise original, and a green and black V8 roadster, all original. Well, almost all original, the radiator shell was chrome plated. None of the cars are for sale. Both are in the original families that bought them new. No chance of ever buying one of them... I drove the green roadster tough, more than once, and the car is a dream to drive. Other than the fact that you have to plan your stops way ahead, (it was a little scary the first time I braked and the pedal went almost to the metal) and be careful with the gearbox, one would never tell it was manufactured in 1932. Oh, and that V8 flathead sound... IMHO there is NOTHING better in the world.
  8. Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. The model does look good from a distance, but click on the pictures and go to Flickr to see them in full size, and you will notice the crazing on the body. If I had more time, I would had striped the body, and tried to sand the crazing off. Thane I would repaint the best. Now that the car is ready, I don't see myself doing that. It was the primer. I didn't give it time to "harden", so, the automotive paint attacked the body and did some crazing. The clear is fine, I use to clear automotive paint the same day even on a "normal" build. I learned that with a friend of mine that is a painter at Globovel Ford dealer. He said to me that with high solids clear is best to clear as soon as the paint is dry to the touch, what happens in minutes on the heated booth used for real cars, and in a half hour in room temperature.
  9. It's Desert Sand, a original color. Had 100ml mixed the day before the build in automotive urethane enamel. The clear is also automotive, it's two part high solids.
  10. Easy, it's a VW Bug.
  11. Thanks!! That's not a paint, it's a mess
  12. Cool, it looks very nice. I built one just like yours, same color. The one and only Mopar I ever built, some good 20 years ago.
  13. Amazing... If you have a fan club Yuriy, sign me in.
  14. Very nice!! Loved the blue. Also loved the '61 Galaxie with the Styline parts. Your custom mixed color almost matched a factory color!!!!
  15. I have a friend that is into this thing of building models only over weekends. Well, he asked me if I would join him and other two of his pals on a weekend build. The rules were simple. The model had to be 1/25 scale, had to had an engine (no curbside) and finally, all parts had to be painted, including the body (no such thing as "it's a lovely shade of plastic, I'll just polish it to a shine"). The guy is a GM maniac, he owns a sweet 1957 Bel Air four door black over red that I find to be of extreme good taste, and he was the one picking the theme. It was GM musclecar. For my luck I had just the thing: A AMT 1970 Chevelle. A simple kit, not too many parts, and that I thought it would be easy to put together. We had from 00:00 of Saturday to 12:00 of Sunday. I started painting the body, as always. Gave it a couple of primer coats, as I was going to use automotive paint, but couldn't afford to wait overnight for it to dry, so I shot the paint on the body just two hours after primering. That's when the problems started. The primer was not 100% dry, so the paint "called" some of the mold lines back. Also crazed the plastic a little here and there. No way I would strip that in time, so I just kept modeling. After another hour, I the paint was dry enough to decal the body. Decals on, I let the body rest on our summer 38 degree Celsius heat for some hours. Then, I used Testors flat black acrylic to paint almost everything else but the engine, that I painted with Testors Chevy Orange acrylic. When I finished that, the decals wouldn't move anymore under my finger, so I clear coated the body, and again let it to dry, this time overnight. Still on Saturday, I painted all silver details (exhaust, transmission, interior trim, dash trim, and some firewall pieces) with Testors silver chrome enamel. On Sunday, I foiled the body, detail painted the front bumper/grille and the rear bumper. Also painted the flat black detail on the wheels, and some lettering on the tires. Just after 16:00 I put all parts together. White glued the headlight lenses, and super glued everything else with care. When the model was ready, I managed to break and loose one of the parts box mirrors I had on it, so I had to touch up the paint, what let a messy spot on the passenger door. Finished it by 19:00, so I made a couple of "cowl induction" decals for the hood and custom licence plates on the spare time. The finished model is quite a glue bomb. Bad paint, crazed plastic, missing a mirror, almost no underside detail, but it was built in just a weekend. 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr
  16. Thanks again guys!!! Yes, I would love to do so. What is the address?
  17. Thanks again guys!!! Very very appreciated!! That's what I would call a dream car. I wish I had a original annual to compare. The oldest annual I have is a '59 Fairlane 500 Galaxie. Have one built and one new in box. Never found an Edsel.
  18. Very cool!!!! The car was in great shape two or three years ago when it was for sale. All original. I always loved Edsels and when I saw the ad I started counting dimes to see if I had enough to buy her and had her shipped to Brazil, but taxes would kill me. Still dream of owning one tough.
  19. Very nice!!!! Loved the color!!
  20. WOW!!! Any chance this is the same car? 1958 Edsel Pacer by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1958 Edsel Pacer by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr I found her on e-Bay a few years ago, and used as inspiration for the color combo on my Edsel.
  21. I always loved cars from this era. You are doing a great job Harry. What about a 1/16 scale R.M.S. Titanic? I beat you wouldn't complain about how small it is
  22. Put together the AMT 1958 Edsel prepainted and the AMT 1958 Edsel in regular kit form. The prepaint has foiled trim, Revell tires, tow ball, and engine wiring as add on detail. The regular kit was painted in factory colors of Frost White and Horizon Blue. Has Revell tires from the new tool 1955 Chev kit, engine wiring and some other small detail added. Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Edsel X Edsel by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr
  23. Very nice. First class work all around!!
  24. Chevy killer.
  25. It's so crazy it's cool!! very creative, and I bet it was super fun to put together. Good luck finding a gas station in the Wild West tough I have one question: With that "delicate" dual blower V8, WHERE IS THE BRAKE PEDAL??????
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