Lovefordgalaxie

OK. Planned obsolesce. The more computers and chips on a car, easier it is to enforce it, and making the customer to "have" to buy a new model. Couldn't care less. Have a pretty good parts stock, even tough parts for my car are readily available. When cars are involved I demand a frame separate from the body, rear wheel drive, a V8, carburetor, points, three speed on the tree, bench seat, and bias ply tires all around. My favorite tire is the Firestone Wide Oval by Coker. They cost 5X the price of regular white walls around here, but driving on radials is not my cup of tea.

Spice Girls, I listen to their songs often. Have a CD that is old enough to vote. About cars, take a look at Shania Twain videos. '57 Chevy,Willys Jeep, and more can be seen on the original clip of "That don't impress me much".

You did a great job with what you had to start with. Awesome craftsmanship. The car itself is not what I would spend cash buying. The cars that make my heart to beat faster all have the blue oval, but for sure I can admire your hard work on this. Before it looked like a toy, now, it will put to shame a Dambury Mint.

Thanks a lot John!!

Fantastic work. The vinyl top detail gave the car a special touch, just to make it a little more classy.

Those are not real quality quits, just reboxed kits from other manufacturers done under licence. There were some great quality kits under the Revell-KIKO trademark, that was in fact a joint venture between Revell and a local toy maker. The kits were almost all WWII aircraft. A curiosity: The first kit injected in Brasil was the AMT 1959 Ford. The molds were sold to a toy manufacturer Troll, and the kits were made for a few years. Then, the molds changed hands, and vanished into some shed or deposit never to be seen again.

That is the very best Avanti I ever saw. Probably with a better fit and finish than the real deal.

I hear you Steve. I'm pretty happy, as I have a maniacal love for Fords. I guess the only other branded car from the decade I really love is the '57 Bel Air four door hardtop, that IMHO the Chevy is much inferior to the '57 Fairlane 500 Town Sedan. I would love to see a nice kit of a '51, '52, '54 and '55 Ford, and would be radiant with some AMT re release of their 1958 Ford, even tough the tooling is probably gone. That's about it for the 1950's on my book. I'm not bashing your choices, don't get me wrong, but I'm still pretty happy with what is available. I know you are into Mopars, but I'm not a fan. Also like Fords way more than their Mercury rich cousins. Not into wagons, so I won't be buying the Revell Country Sedan, and also, they didn't fix the proportions problems that were carried over from the Custom Tudor. The AMT 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria is my all time favorite kit. I just got 10 of those, and will have a ton of fun building them, and even converting at least one to a Town Sedan.

My all time favorite kit was just re released, and I just bought 10, so I'm pretty happy.

I think the BMF scare is in great part psychological. You hear horror stories about the stuff, and without noticing you get yourself convinced it's super herd to do. I started foiling models when I was 10 or 11 years old. At this age I first went to a hobby shop, and while there, and noticed many built models inside a glass cabinet. Not all, but most had chrome like trim. To say I was impressed was a understatement. I asked how that was done, and the owner of the shop said it was done with foil and white glue, and that he was doing it like that since the '60s. I was like, "How didn't I think of that!!" and started foiling. First you had to apply the white glue to the model, then the foil, then had it laid down the best possible, then the excess foil had to be cut, and then the excess white glue had to be wiped from the model with a wet cloth. THAT was hard. When I first got a package of the BMF you know about, I thought it was like cheating. Easy? Not exactly easy, but foiling a car like a AMT '64 Impala could be done in 30 minutes, instead of three hours.

I really think a bad foil job is better than a good Molotow pen job. The stuff is quite fragile, and if protected, it gets less Chrome like. I just use it for smal details and touch up. A lot of people do say foiling is their less favorite part on a build, but with some persistence and a little care, it can be the coolest part, and even can get very relaxing. Good results don't come overnight, just don't let the learning process to scare you off of the stuff.

A nice job on saving this one, that's for sure, and I really appreciate the respect you had for the original builder.

Well, I don't really display my models. After they are done, they go back to their boxes, and off to the "finished" cabinet. I just bought display casings for the models I finished when I wasn't into keeping the original boxes, and for my paper airplane models. I just have one model I had a special display casing done for, a Revell R.M.S. Titanic. And that's only because she would never fit in the box anymore after built. Once in a while, I really enjoy opening the boxes and looking at the old builds. Since they are not in sight all the time, it feels specially good to re encounter the old girls.

Anyone else is into watching Japanese modeling videos on YouTube? Can't understand shait, but man, those guys can build a cool model.

Never knew there were a kit of this car. The color suits it nicely. People say it looks like a toaster, and it kind of does, but so did the first generation Fiat Uno, and it sold like hot breads.

Thanks!! PM sent!!

What a beauty. Real nice car, and fantastic workmanship. Paint alone is fantastic.

Or to actually work, like paying the bills work. This forum is sabotaging my income, LOL!

The first generation of the VW Gol (not Golf) had the air cooled engine on the front, but it was a FWD car. I think this model is really interesting, and could actually be done in 1:1 form. The transmission would be a problem. How to make the torque actually go to the back? Turning the engine around and using a VW Buss transmission to drive the front wheels would work, but a different suspension would be in order, with some CV joints, and maybe longitudinal torsion bars from a 4X4 S-10, or something like that. Making a shift linkage would require some very creative engineering.

Very nicely done. The wire wheels are very realistic.

Thanks!! Thank you!

That's what I call a quality work. Two thumbs up!! One question tough: Did Jo-Han forget the tailpipe? I see the exhaust there, the muffler behind the rear end, but then nothing more?

You are welcome, and thanks for the comment. I have a video covering pictures of the entire build.

Thanks!! My favorite 1956 is the Fairlane Victoria fordor. Super cool hardtop four door. The Customline Victoria was replaced by the Fairlane Club Victoria in 1957. The top of the line for '57 was not the Fairlane anymore, was the Fairlane 500, the the Fairlane replaced the Customline as a mid line car. Thanks!! Factory stock. That's the way to go. At least for me.

You are referring to the red and white box art with different wheels on each side? That box art build is quite odd. The one I thought was yours is this blue and white factory stock Crown Vic: Loved your take on the car. 28 year old or not, it's still a great model. I really love this kit, and with that said, I think AMT never really intended it to be a Crown Victoria. Yes, they give us the chrome "tiara" and a roof insert, but that's about it. It would be necessary to have the chrome "tiara" for the INSIDE of the roof, a secondary set of doors with the Crown Victoria name on them, a separate set of chrome trim for the top of the quarter panels, and a different rear seat, with the correspondent chrome trim on top. Now, building a Fairlane Victoria, is straight forward, with no scratchbuilding is necessary. You can build a nice one completely box stock. In my case, it's not a problem at all, as I really like the Fairlane Victoria, and not so much the Fairlane Crown Victoria, or the Fairlane Crown Victoria Skyliner.