Lovefordgalaxie

I need to give that guy my address, he or she can trash lot's more models on my house any time.

WOW, that's some cool paint job!! I always liked them Novas, they are great looking cars.

This Mustang is a sharp looking model for sure!! Loved the paint, and the engine detailing.

That's a great looking Ford!!!

That's a great looking Fairlane!!!

Well guys, I can only thank you again for the wolcome you gave to the little Fairlane. If it looks real I can only "blame" the AMT kit, that has lot's of detail features, like the nice decals for the badges, and a separate chrome part for the 427 emblem on the front fenders.

Fantastc looking Ford!!! Great detail on the trunk, and that Y-Block (my favorite engine ever) looks ready to start playing it's music.

Thanks again guys

Not only a Ford, but a Galaxie on top of that!!! Can't get any better than this...

Thank you my friends for all the comments

I finished the Fairlane, posted it to "Under Glass" about an hour ago.

A few more pictures: 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Finished the Fairlane last night. It's a box stock build, and the only things that were not included in the box are the paint, foil, and the custom licence plate decals. The paint is PPG automotive synthetic enamel in Wimbledon White, the only color available from Ford for those cars. I usually don't work with PPG, but I got the paint from a friend that has a body shop, and I'm better find out more models to paint, bacause I got almost a liter of it!!! The rest of the model was painted with a mix of Model Master, Revell enamels and Humbrol paints. Thank you for looking!!! 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 427 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Not into this style of car, but my vote is for real. if it's a model, it's a 1:1

Thanks!! I always loved Galaxies, they are the best cars money can buy, not only great looking, but also of extreme reliability. I've being driving Galaxies since I was 13 years old, and never one let me down. My '74 still had points distributor, and a vintage Autolite 4100 carburetor. As long as you have some basic spare parts and simple tools, a car like that will never let you down. That's why I don't trust or like modern cars with electronics everywhere, and even owning two newer cars, I only really trust the old Galaxie.

Looks great!!!! The conversion work is very good, and the colors are great also.

My daily driver is this Brazilian built 1974 Ford Galaxie 500: The stripes are back. by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr The stripes are back. by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Factory original 292 V8, with some speed mods: The "B" Intake manifold in place by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr The "B" Intake manifold in place by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Also have this one, a 1982 Galaxie Landau, unrestored original, with factory paint, and 78.000 kilometers from the factory. Saturday at the gas station by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1982 Galaxie Landau by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1982 Galaxie Landau by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Also have this 2001 Focus as a back up car: 2001 Focus by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr And a '98 Chevy S-10: 1998 Chevy S10 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1998 Chevy S10 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Just glued the body to frame, and it fit like a glove!!! Hope to finish the Fairlane this evening.

Thank you guys for all the comments. For sure I was not expecting so many!!! Yes, I noticed this when I built my first Fairlane, and had a LOT of trouble with the body to frame assebly. I did a dry fit, and it was going to happen again, so this is what I did: I cut about 2 mm from the base of the windshield, and glued the rear window as high as possible without showing the edge of the glass. This apears to have solved the problem, because the body fits nicelly, at least on a dry fit test. About the heads, well, I know they were supposed to be blue, but Ford had some cool accessory parts for this engine, and I'm representing a R-Code 427 with a set of accessory heads. Just to meka sure all those Camaros on Mopars will only see the Fairlane's rear end!!!! The one thing I'm in doubt is about the side windows provided with the kit. They do fit, but I'm not sure if I will isntall them.

And here is where I am at the present moment: 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Then it was time to paint to start on all the remaining parts 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

After the paint was dry enough, I aplied the nice kit's decals for the FORD lettering on the hood, trunk lid, and also the Fairlane 500 scripts on the rear quarters 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr After that, I started working on the other kit's parts. The first step was to glue the major sub-assemblys together, and using super glue as filler, to make the seams to disaper. 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Also assembled the front end of the unibody "frame", so I could get it painted as a unit, just like the real car woud be. 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Usually, my builds are quick, and there is barelly time to take some pictures of the process. This model I'm building is taking a good while, as I'm in the middle of a big ptoject on work, so maybe a WIP would be possible with more than maybe six or seven pictures Anyway, I started building this 1966 Ford Fairlane 500 about two weeks ago. Right now I have all parts painted, and just final assembly is now remaining. To remedy my delay on posting here sooner, i'll be posting the pictures in about 3 or four replies untill I catch myself. I'm sorry about that, and next time you will have real time updates. When I start a kit, the very first part I like to paint is the body. Why? Well, because if I mess up on the body, I wouldn't even bother building the rest. Had some bad experiences detailing carefully frames, interiors and engines, and then messing up the body, having no way to finish the model up on the standard I would like it to be when finished. On this build, I started with the hood. The real car has a fiberglass hood, with an air intake. The model by AMT has a two part hood, with a separate part for the air intake, and it has to be carefully glued and filled/sanded to merge the air intake into the hood without leaving any seam, or evidence that it was once a separate part. This took me almost a week of after hours work. Then I prepared the body to paint. Those 1966 Ford Fairlane 500s with a R-Code 427 V8 were only produced in Wimbledon White, so Wimbledon White it would be!! I went to my favorite 1/1 car paint store, and had a can of synthetic enamel mixed into tyhe correct color. I like working with synthetic enamels, and I even like the extra time they take to cure. 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr After the body had all tyhe mold lines sanded, and it was as smooth as I could get it, I airbrushed the paint on bare plastic. 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1966 Fairlane 500 WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Well, I couldn't resist. I took the Galaxie apart, and did a slight detailing on it. I foiled the trim, gave the grille a black wash, painted whitewalls on the tires, painted the black details on the wheelcovers, and painted the interior red, as it was an option. 1969 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1969 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1969 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1969 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1969 Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Boys, this little rascal may look like a '66, but it's a '69. It's a Brazilian built Galaxie