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Thanks Frank!! Harbor Gray is a cool color, but it's not a 1940 color option. Harbor gray started to be offered on the 1941 model year. The other gray for 1940 was Folkstone Gray. That color was REALLY gray.

Thank You!!

Thanks a lot Greg!!

Thanks!! FoMoCo 4 Ever!!

Thanks!!! Well said!!

Thanks Carl!!

Thanks Thomas. First of all, don't listen to the guys praising the Duco paint. The only thing in favor of it is the fast drying time. But, just because of that, it won't self level like the automotive enamel will. Used Duco once and didn't like it. Even tough, you should eventually give it a try, to take your own conclusions. I always dilute the Lazzuri paint with 25% of 410 for airbrushing, and it's what works best for me. Be very carefull with the Sherwin Williams 410 reductor, the stuff is pretty toxic. Wear a mask. while painting. I have my compressor set to 30 PSI when airbrushing automotive enamel. 25 PSI for acrilic. After the body is painted, you can handle it safelly in two days, but wait a week to polish. If using conventional thinner, like the 2750, or 3020, the drying time will be a full week before you can safelly handle the body. And the shine will be way lower.

Thanks gentlemen!!

Thanks!! Loved those cars you built. One can never had too many Fords.

Thanks guys!!

Thanks guys!! The '57 Fords will take a while.

Thanks guys!!

Thanks gentlemen!! Very appreciated. That's the Ford way of naming colors. This is a very cool color. In sunlight it looks a greenish gray. Indoors, it looks more green. When I took pictures with my cell phone, it looked blue... I had the paint mixed with the original formula from Ditlitzer for their FDE (Fast Drying Enamel), so I know the color is what Ford used. That being said, I also saw a LOT of forum posts on some 1:1 scale cars communities about what is the correct Cloudmist Gray, as the cars look different from picture to picture. I guess the restored cars they show picture of are all more or less correct, what varies is how the various picture taking devices show it. More or less like another Ford Color, Inca Gold, for the 1957 line. For the naked eye, it's a greenish yellow. Some pictures show the cars almost in Cannary Yellow. Others even make them to look cream. I built two Fords with the very same paint. Took pictures of the first one with my Fuji camera, and the car looks like painted in taxi cab yellow. The second one, I took pictures with my Sony camera, and it looks almost what I see with the naked eye. Take a look at the pictures. It's the very same paint, from the very same can.

Thanks guys!!! That will take a while. Have more 10 cars to go... The Ford is strong on us. May the Ford be with you.

My bad, sorry about that. I thought you were Portuguese. I'm not Portuguese, but we here in Brasil do speak the same language... Portuguese!! What I meant was that I always start my builds by the body. Started doing so after I messed up a body during paint so badly, it couldn't be repaired. And that, before I had spent two weeks detailing the engine, and interior of the car... Ended having to buy a second kit, to be able to finish the build. That was kind of a vaccine. Now I always start by the body.

I have two all colors projects. The easy one is done. The hard one is building the Revell 1957 Ford Custom Tudor on all colors offered by Ford. Still have some to go... The easy one, as I call was started in December, and finished yesterday. It's the 1940 Ford Business Coupe in all of three colors offered by Ford, Black, Lyon Blue and Cloudmist Gray. The 1940 Ford Business Coupe was part of the bese model (the 1940 Ford Deluxe Business Coupe was available in a lot of other colors, being a Deluxe model. Ford didn't use the therm "Standard" officialy for 1940, so you had the base model, and the Deluxe model), thus the three colors only. Even tough the cars were basic models, one could get some treats with a few more bucks, like color matching wheels, whitewalls, trim rings, rear view mirrors... So, the cars sre not bare bones, and even have the optional leather interior, even tough the leather was only on the seat, and backrest. The remaining opholstery was matching leaterette. The Revell kit builds nicelly, with only one issue, that is the too wide front track, that results into the front tires rubbing the inside of the fenders. To remedy that, I cut 3mm off of the front axles, and adapted the steering mechanism to fit the shortened piece. The only other delicate area is the rear glass, that is a real tight fit, and doesn't have much of a glueing surface. Well, here are the cars: 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr And here are the builds of this kit I have in the shelf. The Mandarin Marron car is a resto rod, painted on a Deluxe color. Not stock. 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Stock and resto Rod: 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Business Coupe All Colors Project by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Way cool. Perfect job on the mastering of the body.

That is way cool!! Lokks very beliveable as a real factory car.

Nunca consegui pintar o motor antes da carroceria. Meu pensamento é: Se eu fizer besteira na carroceria, não passei um tempão pintando peças a toa.

Isn't that nice when tires have an actual brand name on them? Are you listening Revell???? I had this kit on hand a few years ago. Traded it for a Tamiya '95 Mustang GT, that sits unbuilt in the stash. The B pillars were super fragile.

That was fast!!

Thanks a lot gentlemen!! Built I have four. Also built one for my cousin, so that's five. Also have 2 unbuilt in the box. One can never have enough of a model kit, it's worse than crack...

The title should have being "Suicide Machine" or "The Widow Maker" The Hp to pound ration on this is insane. Yes, I like it very much.

Finished this one last night. Since it's raining, took some indoor pictures. It's the final piece on my all color colection on the 1940 Ford Business Coupe, that was available in Black, Lyon Blue and Cloudmist Gray. All three cars were built with the extra cost color matching wheels, and whitewall tires. Also with some Ford accessories, like the rearvier mirrors. Hope you guys like it. 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Bisiness Coupe V8 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr