Lovefordgalaxie

Thanks!! Yes, the cars were similar. Both were designed to appeal to the very same buyer. Thank you!!

Thanks gentlemen!!

Going to a car dealer today just gets me bored, but, it was way different in 1953. Ford and Chevrolet were doing battle, with ads bashing each other. Me? I got both!! The Bel Air looks bigger, and taller, but that is because the Revell kit is 1:24 scale, and the Crestline by Lindberg is 1:25 scale. 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford and 1953 Chevrolet by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

I agree 100%. Never the less, I built a few 1957 Fords by Revell. I bought enough of those to build one in each color Ford offered, and I plan on doing that. Next one will be Colonial White. I wish I had started this project building the AMT Ford.

That's cool. Had watched already. I watch almost all of Adam's one day builds. By the thumbnail on youtube I thought with myself: "What a (offensive word that would make snowflakes cry) is Adam building a xerox machine for?"

Here is the body just painted:

Started building this baby last week. Did some bodywork on it, and deepened all the molded panel lines. Painted it Inca Gold. Now I'm gonna start de chroming de engine, and separating the rest of the parts from the flash.

Tasty!!! Love the fact the body is not chopped.

I'm disappointed. The colors are not Crazy Jim accurate Looks like it was built by a guy called Stock Jim. Who are you, and what did you do to Jim?? The car looks great by the way

Welcome Muhammad. Cheers from Brasil.

Thanks guys!! Well, the wheels are from the Revell 1957 Ford. Since I didn't want to ruin a kit, I did resin copies of them. The hubcaps were scratchbuilt using my Dremel as a lathe, them airbrushed with Molotow chrome, and protected with two part clear.

Here are some Sunliner in the SUN pictures. 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Will be following with interest!!! Built two '56 Fords as rods. One with a super charger, and another with the dual quad E Code.

Thanks guys!!! The wheels are resin copies of the steel wheels on the Revell 1957 Ford kit. I always loved dog dish hubcaps. Never liked wire wheels. Even the nicely molded ones. Full wheel covers are way nicer than wire wheels, but my real favorites are the dog dishes. Thank you!! You don't recall wire wheels on Fords in 1953, because they were only installed on the Indy Pace car, and on the replicas Ford sold. The 1:1 wheels were made by Kelsey Hayes using as a base their Buick wheels, but with a Ford lug pattern. Those were not available on regular Sunliners. The Lindberg kit was originally released as a Pace Car. They never revised the wheel problem on the non Pace Car reissues.

Now I can say I like how the car looks. 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Before: 1953 Ford Crestline Sunliner by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Kind of refreshing to see steel wheels on this car. Way better than what comes in the kit.

This kit has some of the better representations of the Jaguar wire wheels I ever saw. But again, it's Tamiya...

More like a circa 1925 Model T Ford. Not a '29. Those were Model As.

It's a cool car. Nice execution as well.

Not a fan of the wheels, but loved the paint job. Had one of those kits, I got with another kit in a trade. This week I finally traded it on a new release AMT '49 Ford.

Yep, that's a winner!! And what a nice color.

WOW!!!!!

That is a great build, for sure. Also great subject matter. A tri color '58 Edsel. What a car.

Thanks Carl, Bo and Tyler!! I know the wire wheels on that kit, and they are vastly superior. The biggest problem for me is that I don't like wire wheels. They have a look I don't dig. Plus, they are a pita to clean on a 1:1 car. Since I don't have another donor kit to rob the wheels from, and don't want to buy a diecast car just to rob it's wheels again, I'm contemplaing a set of Cragar mags, or even using some 1956 Ford wheel covers I have in the parts box, from the AMT '56 Vicky. They look close to the stock wheel covers, and would look nice.

I miss nothing, as I daily my Galaxie. Just came back from a 1500 km trip, and no problems. The car has a V8, points, condenser, a 4 barrel carburetor, bias ply tires (that I import from Coker and pay a lot for, as I hate radial tires), a great power steering, power brakes, A/C, 3 on the three, a drinks gasoline like mad. When I travel, I take a spark plug wire, one spark plug, basic tools, spare belts, a spare set of points, one spare condenser, and one fuel pump. Never had to call anyone for help, or a tow. I wouldn't daily drive a new car even if I were paid big bucks to do so. They are all ugly, look alike, and have computers for everything.