Lovefordgalaxie

They all look nice to me! Is it me or everybody builds the 1932 Ford altered in some way? What about a community build of factory stock '32 Fords for a change??

Great work!!! That '57 Ford... Just perfect!!

Real cool and great looking builds. Your weathering is great to say the very least. The '55 chevy would be the one for me. Loved the color, the stance, the wheels...

Thank you guys I'm trying to squeeze another one still this year, a '60s custom '57 Ford by Revell, but it's on the water and acetone now to strip the paint I tripped just after giving the clear coat, and let the body to have a close encounter with the ground... Will see if I can repaint it in time.

If they ever decide on making a '57 Ford Fairlane or a '66 Galaxie 7 Litre, or a '65 GAZ Volga, I would pay even more. For a Lambo? No thank you.

Liked them all, but that Testors '48 is something. Just to build the kit out of the box is a pain, now imagine to customize it... No wait, I don't want to imagine!!! Styrene must obey your thoughts!!!

And the rest: 1957 Ford Fairlane Club Victoria by AMT: 1957 Ford Road Racer par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1957 Ford Custom Tudor by Revell: 1957 Ford Custom Tudor par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity And that's about it!!

Here are the Fords I built this year. It's odd, but I didn't build any Chevrolets, what is unusual as I use to build two or three during the year. 1962 Ford Thunderbird by AMT: Test Shots par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Another 1962 Thunderbird, this time a custom, also by AMT: Improved Thunderbird par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL by AMT: 1963 Galaxie 500 XL par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 XL by AMT and Model King: 1964 FORD Galaxie 500 XL par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 427 R-Code by AMT: 1966 Fairlane 500 427 par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1962 Ford Galaxie Sunliner by AMT (original annual AMT kit): 1962 Ford Sunliner par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1961 Ford Galaxie Club Victoria by AMT: 1961 Ford Galaxie Club Victoria. par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 "Galaxie" by AMT (original annual AMT junior kit): 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL by AMT: 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity 1957 Ford Fairlane Club Victoria by AMT: 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Vicky par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

Here goes the link to the original psd file on filedroper: http://www.filedropper.com/estofamento

I use to make new clear parts, including windshields with a mini torch, some soft drink bottle plastic and a little patience. Here are some pictures of the build process of a replacement windshield for a Edsel pacer: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovefordgalaxie/sets/72157638988824146/

That's just awesome

You can go to my Ipernity page and download the image, but when I converted it from psd (Photoshop) to JPG I used medium size compression, so it's not the full resolution image.

That's great!! Some more foil on the windshield column and it will be perfect!!!!

This may not be the best place for this, but if it's suppose to go somewhere else, please Harry, move it OK? I started a new build on the Revell '57 Ford, and I'm going '60s custom with this one. Like I wanted a Tuck n Roll upholstery, but didn't want all the hassle of actually doing it in plastic, I decided to go the Revell Way, and just to make some decals. Went to Photoshop, and drew some patterns. I'm going with the green one, as my car will be green some day (Christmas and all, I don't know when I'm gonna paint it...) Anyway, I wanted to share the patterns with you guys, as I thought some of you would actually like them. The problem is that the original Photoshop file is 149MB. So e-mail is out of the game... Transforming it to JPG will get the size messed up and the parts won't fit the Revell seats anymore. If someone has a nice idea on how I can share the file or even to convert it without messing it up, I'm all ears. Tuck n Roll Upholstery par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

Great!!! Love this generation Mustang... Wait, I love ALL Mustangs Yes, It looks like the real deal. I almost bought one back in 2000, but ended buying my '74 Galaxie instead. Same money, and it was a tough decision. I finally chose the Galaxie because it's a '60s car (our Galaxies here are all the U.S. 66).

Oh my God, this Impala is stunning!!! And the tuck'n Roll interior? Killer!!!

That are the kit's decals!! And this kit has some great decals. There are decals for the FORD lettering on the front (I didn't use as I painted them silver chrome) and decals for the hood emblem and the trunk emblem. There are decals also for the upholstery pattern on the interior, and for the speedometer face. Even tough was pretty happy with this Ford, The air cleaner was kind of "calling my name" and saying "hey, you didn't finish me!!" So, I gave it a very light dark gray wash, and painted the edge of the air filter element. Now I can't "hear" it anymore '57 Ford Engine par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Also started another one. YES, another '57... This one will be painted with some leftover automotive paint I have from my '61 Galaxie, it's some Willow Green metallic, so I gave the body a couple of coats of Testors white acrylic primer to protect the plastic from the "hot" automotive urethane paint. Started another '57 par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity I think this one will take some time, with Christmas and all, but I hope to post it here soon. It's gonna be a drag car.

Thanks guys!! That's correct Mike, when I use Tamiya paint I don't use any primer. I just use primer when I paint with real automotive paint, because it's very "hot" and would damage the plastic badly. The main reason I do this is because the primer coat is never 100% as smooth as the bare plastic. Not even if you painstakingly sand every square millimeter of the body. Some orange peel will always remain. Also, Tamiya's TS paint is formulated to be used on bare styrene without causing any damage whatsoever, to dry showing all the fine detail, and to "stick" to it without the need of primer. Yes, I do sand all the mold lines away with 600 grit sanding paper, and then go all the way down to 2500 sanding paper. I do this because the smallest scratch will show trough Tamiya paint. Usually I give the body a very light sanding with the 2500 sanding paper just to flat out the plastic taking away the shine.

Thanks agains guys!! Charlie, by me, the ideal would be a separate chrome part. It would be just a pair of tiny parts. If molded to the body, everyone that would want to build a single tone Custom (the vast majority of cars sold) would have to sand them down. That's my opinion of course. I wouldn't mind having to sand two tiny trim pieces down. I think this shows the basic difference between us car modelers and the airplane/military stuff builders. They demand accuracy, and won't buy something that's badly done. We car modelers couldn't care less. Take a look at AMT's '58 Plymouth with that bent side trim... And people are still buying them. AMT couldn't care less, in fact they even released a "Christine" series without fixing the problem. See that I'm not criticizing anyone, I myself have a couple of '58 Plymouths. The thing is, we build those things to have fun, and most people do modified versions of the cars anyway, so accuracy ends going out trough the window. I never saw anyone to build a P-47 Thunderbolt "Hot Rod" airplane, so, they have to be built "factory stock". Also that's one of the reasons I love so much the old dealer promo models, and kits released of their molds, as they had to be accurate to be shown on dealerships.

Very very well done!!

Just loved this one!! As a fanatic fan of Star Trek (please, exclude from that the trash movies being done now with Chris Pine) I just love the Enterprise. This Enterprise is the Bandai 1/850 kit, that actually come predecorated. and with complete wiring to lights. I would recommend it to any Star Trek fan, it builds very easily, without issues, and results on a cool looking model. Enterprise par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Enterprise par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Enterprise par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Enterprise par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Enterprise par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Enterprise par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

Another of my paper models. This one is a WAK of Poland kit, in 1:33 scale. The aircraft is the Lavochkin La-7, in my oppinion, the best aircraft of the WWII. To go with the plane, I created a base on Photoshop, added some "grass" to it, and scratchbuilt out of paper and some old toy wheels a little bomb car. The slogan on the bomb car says in Russian: "Take this Adolf!!!" Lavochkin La-7 par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Lavochkin La-7 par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Lavochkin La-7 par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity Lavochkin La-7 par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

This is so swee!!! The good old NCC-1701-D "Gone before her time" as said by Jean Juc Picard himself.

Isn't that wing going to make the Talladega to rust like a Mopar?? LOL!!!! Ford 4 ever Ray!! Very nice looking build by the way.

Eye candy!! Liked them all, but really loved the Mach 1(Diamonds are Forever?), the Mustang II and the Gran Torino (kid, get the phuke out of my lawn!!).