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I have some parts from the Lindberg kit, and that hood is from it. Notice it does not have the "hinges" the AMT hood has.

WOW!!! You guys made my day. Thanks for the appreciation on the old glue bombs I build. As for the '48 Sedan Coupe, I agree on the roof needing more "meat" and on the somewhat odd shape of both, the quarter windows, and front windows. To be completely honest with you gentlemen, I'm still to see a perfect kit. The closest I ever saw in person is the AMT '57 Ford. They did a superb job on that kit. My only worry on building the '48, was the headliner showing trough the roof once painted. It didn't happen. I'm happy. I just don't have the patience to correct a model kit body, for details like the ones Revell did wrong. I was just so happy to see a proper '48, with the proper roof height, and that does look like a '48 Ford that I just started building them!!! Have three built so far. The black '48, a maroon '47, and a rodded '48. I'm happy with them, even tough they are not 100% accurate to the real body. 1948 Ford Sedan Coupe Super Deluxe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Garagem de sonho 001 copy by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fords e Aliana 009 copy by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

I couldn't agree more. The AMT tooling, from 1959, builds a model that can be compared with the modern tool Revell kit. The AMT finished car is way more robust than the Revell car. Revell has some flaws. One of them is the door panels, that have the Convertible pattern on the top. The seat is also a Convertible item (Deluxe) but lukilly, the "leather" seats were available on base models as well, so it's presence is acceptable. The Revell kit has a less accurate representation of the rubber vulcanized to the running boards, and out of the box, the front wheels rub the fenders. The major flaw I see on the AMT is the fact it uses the AMT standard edition 15" tires, that look a tad small. The simple frame doesn't bother me at all.

Oh, fantastic... Now I'll "have" to buy 10 or 20 of those. Thanks Round2.

Here is a real Wide Oval with white letters: 1974 Ford Maverick GT 302 V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Here is a Wide Oval with pin white line: 1974 Ford Galaxie 500 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Saw on youtube a review of a AMT 442 kit with the tampo printed Wide Ovals. Well, they are not Wide Ovals, they have the same thread as the Good Years, just with the Firestone Wide Oval lettering on the sidewall. Pretty fake. The Wide Oval has a completely different shoulder design, and a very characteristic thread, the AMT tire lacks.

True!! Try having an U.S. designed or built car outside of the U.S. I have two sets of tools, one metric, and one in inches, so I can service my british designed Ford Focus AND my U.S. designed Galaxies, plus to work on U.S. import Fords I do service on.

My polishing is usually just sanding with a 3000 grit wet sanding paper, then using some automotive solvent based Nº2 polishing paste, usually from Anjo, or Autocolor, or even some 3M paste polishing compound. The final touch is done with a soft cotton rag and Meguiar's Tech Wax 2.0. The wax also is great to protect the foil, and bring out the shine even more. It will react badly with bare Metal Foil tough. I use home made foil.

Front suspension was from Opel. The car used two sets. Some Japanese cars of the 1970s had very similar front suspensions.

That would be cool to save some space, if I could see them... Can barely see i/25 scale good enough to detail paint them. I need new glasses, but I refuse to admit I'm getting old.

I'm a Ford guy, that's no secret. That being said, the 1958 Ford is like a heavier less elegant version of the fantastic design from 1957. For me there is no car, by any manufacturer in the 1950s that can touch the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 series in elegance, grace, and harmony. Yes, I really love the '57. What you did was to make the heavy looking '58 front end more harmonious, but I think it's even heavier than the original with the massive taillights used. That was the part I didn't like on the concept. The execution is top notch.

Thanks!!! Thanks Carl!! So, what do you think, with or without hubcaps?

I have one, but it's so rare to find, and precious I'm not really going to build it. Once in a while I look for a restorable glue bomb. The standard radio is AM only. The AM/FM/shortwave was an option. FM was almost a desert in 1967. Some years ago, I had the luck of working on a unrestored original '67 Galaxie, that was mint. I have it on youtube.

Loved it!! This baby could have done very well in the race. I want to build one, but for some reason, those Moebius kits are priced like gold here. It's unreal. I can buy 4 Revell kits with the value asked for one Moebius.

This one is the very first non stock Cadillac I liked. I guess keeping the stock top has a lot to do with it. The car is low and long, chop the top and it will look like a book on wheels with fins.

Ford Galaxie. Mais silencioso porque é mais bem construído (Ford Galaxie. Quieter, as it's better built) Filmed in a historic town in Minas gerais called Ouro Preto, with stone paved roads from the 19th century. A car has to be good just to keep in one piece there. My friend Douglas went there (Ouro Preto) and on return his 1 year old Honda Civic was full of noises it hadn't before. As a curiosity, Fiat used the town to test the suspension of their first Brazilian built car back in 1977, the Fiat 147 (Fiat 127 in Italy). They had to reinforce the front suspension as the bearings on top of the McPherson towers were disintegrating... Also, the rear leaf spring (just one, transverse that acted on separate arms) had to be reinforced. At the time my grandfather Mr. Ênio Lazzaroni was working at Fiat, as he was fluent in Italian and Portuguese. The cars as built in Italy would last two days without a major break in Ouro Preto. Even cracks on the body, near the "A" pillars were reported. The little car had to be massively reinforced.

Thanks guys!! here she is all clean, and polished, and with hubcaps. 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Thanks guys!! Yes, I do like factory stock way better, and for me there no such thing as a well done chop. All are bad. They make the car to look like something out of a cartoon. That being said, the Revell kit goes together pretty nicely, and for the ones that are into the ruined car stuff, it's a good canvas for almost endless ways of ruining a '48 Ford. The best feature is for sure the engine, with some neat Navarro heads and intake manifold. I once got this kit just to get the engine parts to use on a day 2 1947 Ford, that is otherwise 100% stock. That's my kind of modification. The kind that can be reversed to 100% stock leaving no scars on the car. That's what I did on my 1:1 Galaxie. She has a hopped up 292 V8, with all period correct parts, and the car can be made stock in a day, just by installing the factory stock 292 back. I even got glasspack mufflers the exact same size of the stock mufflers. On the '48, I got some pretty cool hubcaps from the AMT '56 Ford kit, that fit like a glove. Will take more pictures with the hubcaps on.

Revell has the color. Ochre brown mate. 36188. You can get the same color by mixing the Acrilex colors Thomas shown. They work as good as Revell paint. Just mix the colors and add Windex up to the consistency of milk, and you are good to go.

Awesome build. Great color choice, and super clean execution.

Got this kit for my birthday from a friend. She knew I'm into Fords, and that I love the "fat fendered" ones, so she bought Revell's '48 Ford Custom Coupe. Of couse I didn't tell her I hate butchered cars. Since the kit was not cheap, and being a A-Hole and complaining could had prevented the nice amount of fun we had latter... If you know what I mean. Anyways, I decided to actually build the kit. I was almost painting it black, but then I found some left over Mandarin Maroon from my '40 Ford hot rod. Added a bit more black, just to change the tone a bit, and painted the body with it. No fancy candy or metallic, just plain enamel. Still thinking If i'm gonna install some hubcaps or not. The only body mod I did was to recreate the hood centerpiece, as I really disliked the flat hood. Painted the glasspacks black to replicate JK style mufflers by Kadron, and painted the interior in two ton primer white, and custom mixed maroon metallic acrylic. Have to give the model a final clean up, to eliminate the wax on the shut lines, and clean some digitals on the chrome, and to the display case she goes. Time to work on a '53 Vicky. 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Wow!!!!!!! I'm really honored I could help. You did a fantastic job. The paint job look amazing!

Nicely done. In Highschool, my favorite car was the 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. Have a dozen... In 1:25 scale.

Thanks Carl!!