Lovefordgalaxie

Be thankful the pictures didn't vanish, like 99% of the posts I have bookmarked to visit once in a while. Photobucket did a huge damage to most forums.

Didn't make a video on it. only have pictures.

To some people, having the exhaust molded into the floor, and having low parts count is low detail. Heck, people call the AMT '57 Ford a low detail kit, as the frame and exhaust are molded on the floor pans, and the engine has less detail than the Revell '57. Nevertheless the AMT '57 is still my favorite kit. I'm NOT one of those people. I like the AMT '40 a lot better than the Revell, that has twice as many parts, if not more (considering a factory stock build). The Lindberg doesn't have the same quality the AMT Coupe has. I bought one, and there are many parts that are quite crude if compared to the AMT, a 50+ year old kit. The engine heads are flat, the air cleaner comes in two halves, the radiator is one piece and it's hollow, there are two vertical lines on the grilles on the fenders that shouldn't be there, and my kit came with a body so badly molded the door lines were almost unresistant. The frame had a LOT of markings corresponding to scratches on the tooling, and flash was everywhere. LOt's of patience is needed to turn the Lindberg into a good replica, almost like working with a resin kit. I took lot's of pictures of the two side by side, Lindberg and AMT, and the AMT looks like a Tamiya kit close to the Lindberg. The better part about it are the chrome parts, like bumpers, headlights, hubcaps, trim rings, all interchange with the AMT kit, and thanks to that Lindberg kit I restored a very old AMT build that had missing parts. That's the reason I took so long to actualy buy a Lindberg '53 Ford kit. I was afraid it were as bad. My mistake, the '53 is a great kit.

The interior can be fixed with a little work. I plan on fixing it next time I build a '40 Standard. Some very cool kitbashing could be done using the AMT 40 Tudor and the Revellogram Standard, with the grille and dash, plus some massaging on the '39 hood, you can turn the AMT into a Standard. You can use the entire Revell chassis under it. I'm not much of a fan of the Lindeberg '40, as it has the same "low detail" people complain about the AMT kit, plus a lot more crudeness to deal with. By the way, are you building the AMT Tudor with a build thread? It's my kind of build.

Agreed, BUT if you want to call it factory stock, you have to build something the factory would build. If I wanted a Country Squire without wood graining I would just build it. Back in the day, you could even ask the dealer to do it for you. In 2001, when I bought my Ford Focus, I asked for steel wheels and wheelcovers from the base model, even tough 15 inch alloy wheels were standard on the LX version I got. Sure enough the Focus arrived a month latter with 14 inch steel wheels and wheel covers as I PAID!!! to be done. I'm not into alloy wheels. If I scratch one wheel cover I can just replace it, and no big deal.

I would say you nailed it. The color for sure gives the car that home built utilitarian look that I think to be very cool.

The one I built, doesn't have. Fixed the decal for the instrument cluster, but the rest I just left as it was.

The 1940 Ford Standard was only available in Black, Lyon Blue, and Cloudmist Gray. All colors could have the wheels painted in any color as long as it was black, or if one wanted to spend more asking for the extra cost color matching wheels. So, I was "forced" (haha) to paint my car black, so the wheels would match the body. My original intent was to delete the wide whitewalls, as few Deluxe cars had them, and they were almost non existent on Standard cars (you had to pull more cash from your pocket, and adding those things turned the Standard into a less attractive deal), but I like whitewalls enough to have paid for them, so whitewalls she has. Didn't care for the mirrors Monogram included with the kit, so I left they out. The car was painted with automotive grade enamel, and all detail paint was done with Acrilex acrylics. Foil is home made. It's a box stock build with the exception of a chrome exhaust tip, and welting on the fenders. Front and rear. The kit has a few problems, like the Deluxe Convertible upholstery pattern on the seat and interior sides, plus the Deluxe dash decal instead of the correct Standard decal. Fixed the decal, left the interior the way it came. Was not in the mood to sand it all, and make it correct. Maybe the next one. Hope you guys like her. 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Moparlover shoud change for Chevylover. Only love could make this. Not into the custom paint, but man, that's superbly executed. Very nice job.

Car is done gentlemen. 1940 Ford Standard Business Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Never saw one without the vinyl decals. BUT, I've seen '66 Galaxies painted from the factory with Mercury colors, '66 Country Squires with bucket sets, console and four speed transmission, also from Ford. That being said, if Ford could make it with the parts they had on the factory, they would. One just had to know a dealer in your DSO that would place a special order.

The car is coming along quite nicely. Harry wouldn't like it, but I won't install rear view mirrors. All of them were accessories, and back in 1940, you could take all day long to find a car with outside mirrors. The whitewalls tough, I just couldn't resist. LOVE whitewalls. Installed them even on my build of a '40 Sedan Delivery Deluxe. Thanks!! It was a must for a factory stock build. A Standard with a Deluxe cluster would be odd. The side panels and seat have the wrong upholstery pattern on them, Revellogram just copied what they did on the Deluxe Convertible kit... That would be a hard fix, at least for me, that suck big time at scratchbuilding. Fixed what I could. Thanks!!

Painting of parts is done. Started assembly: 1940 Ford Standard Coupe. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

I'm building the Standard Business Coupe boxed by Monogram, and even tough the kit can be built stock, the upholstery is all done on the same pattern as the '40 Deluxe Convertible. They "standardized" the dash, but even tough the decal is wrong. Door panels, the seat, and side panels all have wrong upholstery for a Coupe, both Standard or Deluxe.

Well, the work goes on on the '40 Ford. As soon as I started on the interior, I noticed Revell messed things up again. They managed to get the entire upholstery wrong. They just used the Convertible parts (seats, door panels) and extrapolated a rear side panel also with the convertible pattern on it. Completely wrong for a Standard Business Coupe, or even for a Deluxe Business Coupe. I can say my preference for AMT is under no risk at all. To produce a accurate replica, one would have to redo the seat, the side panels, and fix the left corner of the dash, where they "forgot" some Deluxe trim... Not in the mood for such, I just decided to paint the parts the best I can, and build the Frankenstein anyway. Here are some progress pictures: Gave the whitewall inserts a coat of Tamiya acrylic white. Leaving them in bare plastic would result in yellowing on the long run. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Brush painted the headliner. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Painted the engine: 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Painted the heather box light gray. Some more detailing still to be done. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Door panels in all their wrongness: 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Chassis is painted, and there there is something non stock, the Columbia rear end. I could live without that. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Running boards painted: 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Some of the flat black parts, still missing some detailing. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Interior floor, with the rubber mat painted. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Thanks, but the decal resulted pretty nice. My camera didn't do it justice. Picture was a little blurred.

OK, Here we have the Monogram decal for the dash: 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr That's a Deluxe instrument cluster. Can't use it. Also, there is no decal for the trunk emblem. So, I went to Google, ad found a nice picture of a dash, re scaled it, and print on white decal paper, along with the trunk emblem. One for each one of my '40 Standard kits. 1940 Ford Standard Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Thanks! Will be painting the more parts tomorrow. I just noticed Monogram screwed up with the dash decal, and provides a Deluxe instrument cluster... Will have to make my own dash decal.

Thanks for watching! I use a little dab of superglue. Since the wood absorbs most, the parts stay in place to paint, but still easy to remove. When foiling the emblems, I cut the foil as close as possible. For glue on the home made foil I use gold leaf bond. I have a video on how to make your own foil.

It has a very Ute feeling to it, something Ford could have done.

My all time favorite kit and box art.

The under dash heaters were not white. On the Sedan Coupe, it was the same metallic gray as the dash. On the Convertible Club Coupe, it was the same light sand metallic as the steering column and parking brake handle. All 1948 Ford cars steering wheels were gray, with the exception of the Sportsman, that were only rebadged as 1948 models but were all left over from '47. Also for 1948, Ford introduced the option of blue cloth, leaving the gray stripped cloth from '47 also as an option. Engine was blue, but since all parts were painted before assembly, the bolts were natural metal color. Don't forget to paint the grille recesses body color, as they were part of the body on the 1:1. Only the stripes were polished stailess. The upper part of the grille, was stainless with a die cast central piece in chrome. Saw many '48 Fords that the builder left the entire grille piece chrome. More flash, but not stock. Revell 1948 Ford Sedan Coupe WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Never liked butchered tops, as the cars look like something from a cartoon. That's my opinion. I like cars as they came from the factory. That being said, I built the custom coupe for my cousin. didn't like the car's looks, and tried to bring more stock elements to it, like the hood, front fender separation lines, cowl vent, and some stock taillights. Revell 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The lowered roof ruined the cars proportions so I didn't like the end result. Yes I'm somewhat of a purist. Revell 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr BUT, the custom kit has some very cool features, like the lowered suspensions, the cool tuck and roll interior, and hopped up flathead. Lather, I got a custom kit just for those parts, and decided to build a hot rod more up to my taste. Something that if done in 1:1 scale could be reversed back to stock, so a classic Ford doesn't go to waste. That's my way of making a rod, always with reversible mods, and even tough I have about 200 completed cars, I can count about 10 rods, and only of cars I already have bone stock. I guess this one looks 1000 times better than the custom coupe I built for my cousin. Just don't tell him that... Like Bill said, it's a taste and personal preference thing. I just don't see the need to modify a car by cutting the roof. For some factory stock is boring, for me is the correct thing to do. Fords e Aliana 009 copy by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fords e Aliana 007 copy by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr So, my fix for the '48 custom, is just a stock '48 body.

Never though about that, but I filmed the paint job I did on my '60 Ford. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwkdLh7QbOw&t=635s

Yes. The front end eventually found it's way into the much loved SP2 and also on the VW Brasilia. Early versions of the Variant had the square front end with square headlights, but people didn't like it much.