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Thanks!!

Very nice job. Saw all the build thread, and the kit looks very detailed out of the box.

Thanks gentlemen!!!

Thanks a lot!! And the paint is old and obsolete automotive synthetic enamel. No fancy base coat clear coat. cars weren't built like that in 1948.

Thanks guys. Foiling the trim rings was NOT easy at all. I just finished foiling the trim rings on the last '48 I built, the Hot Rod. Now they all have the correct looking wheels. I used my circle cutter to cut foil rings larger than the trim ring on the wheel, then I installed them with a toothpick and pliers, trying to keep them the most round possible. That was hard as phuke. The foiled rings don't look perfect and have some defects, like you guys can soo on the last picture, but I thing they added to the looks of the car nevertheless. I guess i'm lucky I actually enjoy dealing with foil. I tried those. They look too big and inaccurate. They goo too far near the tire, and too far near the hubcap. The factory trim rings are thin pieces, just like Revell molded on the wheels. Overall I'm a sucker for trim rings. Always loved them. I guess it started with my mother's Maverick GT, that had some great looking stainless trim rings. When I decided to use dog dish hubcaps on my 1:1 Galaxie, I too a goo while to find a set of cool looking trim rings. I didn't want those round profile ones sold for cheap, I wanted the more square profile ones like Ford used on the Maverick. Ended buying some from wheel vintiques on e-Bay, and paid a fortune in shipping plus taxes... 1974 Ford Galaxie 500 by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Since I built the first Revell '48 Ford in December 2016, I noticed something quite odd. On some of the box art shots the car has trim rings, and that's correct for the car, but never saw any on the kit, no matter the version. By other hand, Revell's 1940 Ford Standard has separate part chrome trim rings... On a car that shouldn't have them. Tried to make many different trim rings to fit the '48 wheels. No luck, I always got a unrealistic look. Then, I decided to take a closer look on the wheels. The trim rings are there!!! Molded on the wheel, with the correct stamped detail and all. The easy way out would be just to "Molotow" the rings, and voilá, detail added. Tried that, I was less than satisfied with the result. Without protection, the Molotow paint will loose it's shine quite easily. If protected with clear, the shine will get a little less spectacular, and it will be too different from the kit's shiny chrome on the hubcap, and more like a old AMT chrome. For those reasons I'm only using the pen to touch up sprue attachment points on chrome parts. Decided to foil the rings. Well, that was easily decided and hardly done. Hard to foil detail. The result is not perfect, but I really think it added to the overall realism of the car. Now, will do them on the other Fords... Now, you guys tell me if the result is good. 1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

This is looking great!! Of course, the wheels are not 15 inch, but they will look amazing when done, like you said, a car that is on the road for 20 years. Real nice to see something in 1:8 scale being built here that I can identify with. Not a fan of the subjects Pocher had back in the day, and has now, so I just look at the builds to see the nice workmanship. Now with a real car being replicated, things started to get exciting.

The only doubt now is the color. I'm not sure about what color to use among the FoMoCo original colors for 1940. The car will be a factory stock '40 Ford.

Got this old build up from a friend that had it sitting for years forgotten in his hobby room: Restoration Project 1940 Ford. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Note how the BMF oxidized: Restoration Project 1940 Ford. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr I'm already having ideas... Restoration Project 1940 Ford. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Some paint and it's done, right? Restoration Project 1940 Ford. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Restoration Project 1940 Ford. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The business coupe body came from the parts box, as did the interior. Now trying to decide on a color...

It's being a long haul, and congratulations on not letting frustration to get the creation of this car stopped. One thing is bothering me on the last pictures: The vent window frame. Don't it have to be parallel to the back of the door? It looks like it's tilted forward. The glass would not be able to be lowered. Saw plenty of vent window frames tilted BACKWARDS, but I don't think it's the case with this vintage of Chevrolet.

I really think a semi gloss clear will do wonders for the interior. It looks kind of too shiny from the pictures.

The boys were all drunk and lost a Flathead.

Looks like a factory stock '32. Unfortunately, it's a rarity. She deserves to be stock. If a more accurate stock appearance is what you are shooting for, replace the wheels and tires by the ones in AMT's '34 Ford kit, They look better, not perfect, but a lot better.

Yes I know what you mean. Building a model under a deadline takes the fun of the thing. At least for me it takes. Usually if someone asks me to build a model (mainly my cousin), I just say I'll call him when done.

Hummm. Mansoon Marron. second to Medium Luster Black, this is my favorite color on a fat fendered Ford. LOVED it. Just missed the chrome trim on the running board and lower front fender.

It looks awesome!! Friend of mine has one in the same color. We both don't fit in the car at the same time, but it makes so much noise, and the feel inside the car is such, you think you are going about 200 km/h doing about 60. Fun little car to drive.

Talk about a second life for a model. I already posted this one. It's the donor car I couldn't take apart. Since i'm building a Ford dealership diorama, I decided it will in fact be a old dealership restored by a guy that happens to have some fat fender Fords, and used to keep the cars he has. The diorama itself was done, and redone, and done again, and I'm not happy about it, and am in the process of actually copying a picture of the interior of a old Ford dealership from the State of Rio Grande do Sul. It was a small dealership, with space for about six cars. They always had a frame on display in the showroom, and I already built the frame. Anyway, the guy that is preserving those cars, drives... a 1948 Ford convertible. Who needs power steering, power brakes, and a/c anyway (brakes on a '48 are not that hard, but the steering can be a bit "firm" on parking lots, if you know what I mean. Less heavy than the steering of a '90s edition Opel Corsa sans power assist. Believe me, I drove both cars quite a lot. I drove a '46 super deluxe fordor for a while, and I miss that car. This year looks like I'm in a nostalgic mood over '46-'48 Fords, as I found a picture of her side by side with my old '73 Chevrolet Veraneio, a car I don't miss at all (the '46 Ford, even without power steering was a lot nicer to drive, and the flatty V8...) 1973 Chevrolet veraneio by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Anyway Back to the '48 ragtop, I just added some bling to the old donor build, and some 60 something year old dirt to the underside. A car that was repainted sometimes, worked on, and has a lot of miles under it's belt, but is still driving around. 1948 Ford Daily Driver by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Daily Driver '48 Ford by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Daily Driver '48 Ford by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Daily Driver by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Here is the frame that will be on my garage/vintage dealer. 1947 / 1948 Ford Frame by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1947 / 1948 Ford Frame by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr And what about a transparent 1948 Ford? 1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

My only interest on the forum is posting and seeing factory stock builds. That's the vast minority of the posts "under glass".Don't care about exotics, don't care about rods, don't care about german or japanese or Italian, or British cars. Only care about V8 Fords, and some select V8 Chevrolets, done stock. Now, with our friend Harry gone, I've being seen pick up trucks, race cars, drag racers, nascar, and even a bike on the "under glass" section intended for cars. It's a mess. I use to spend 99% of my time here at the under glass section, and sometimes at the worbench section. Rarely go to the general section, and only looked at Big Boys to see Harry's builds. If the forum becomes a paid site, I'm out. Gonna be posting my builds only on the factory stock section of the Scale Auto forum, and the very few non stock builds I still do at their appropriate section. Never had the magazine (MCM) on hands, have zero interest on having it on hands, and it's not available in Brasil for sale, as are some others that I don't buy as well. I use my money to buy reference books on 1:1 Ford cars, of many different countries. I know it's not what the publisher wants to hear, but that's the truth, and I won't say i'm gonna subscribe, and that I'm gonna pay for using the forum, because I won't. Since the information reunited here, and the pictures of the builds shown is provided by the users, and not by the paid staff of a publishing company, the only possible cost to be shared to the users would be the cost to keep the forum running. That cost I would help paying gladly. Now paying for the right to see material that is being posted by the forum users themselves, that I will not do, as I post material here and don't expect any kind of compensation. If that really happens, i'll be deleting all my threads, and moving to another place. No I'm not a magazine supporter. I'm a forum supporter. If the cost to keep the forum running is to be divided among it's users I'm in. This value has to be proved true, and divided among the users that decide to help keeping the forum online. In this case I no longer agree on having the name Model cars Magazine related to the forum, as it would be user paid and maintained.

Hummm. Looks like i'm going to get 5 or 6 of those 1957 Fords...

So, when I was building my '48 Ford Convertible, I had several parts missing. Just could get the top and the boot from a complete built up I got online. Other parts I got from the donor car were the radiator hoses and air cleaner, all parts that had the correct decals my incomplete kit didn't. I was going to take the donor completely apart for it's chrome parts, but just couldn't. Didn't have the nerve to do so. Instead I decided to buy a donor kit, a coupe, as a new, sealed Convertible is made of Unobtanium here. Ended combining that donor kit with a Custom Coupe kit and building the lowered black '48 I posted a few days ago. All that done, I decided to try to restore the donor car back to being a nice looking model, as it had no hoses, no air cleaner, no top, no boot, and no wheels and tires, not to mention the paint... Oh the paint... The original builder paint was falling apart. The car is blue, and if one rubbed it's finger on the car slightly, it would come out blue. The paint was enamel, for sure. Model Master Ford Engine Blue was a almost perfect match, and I think the culprit for the paint to be turning into powder was perhaps the place where the car was stored, or even some kind of wax used on it, as there was wax residue on a lot of places. I washed the car with some plain water and a mild soap, praying the paint wouldn't come completely off, and let dry. After that the paint turned flat. I decided to give a go to try saving it, and used some artists gloss clear from a company called Acrilex. It's intended as a protective and fixative clear for art work. Gave the body a couple of coats, and no strange reaction happened. After a week I could even polish it to a shine!!! The original paint had some texture, and most of that died under the clear. I redid some of the BMF that was falling off, or that had already fell off. Painted the grille parts that are supposed to be body color with Ford engine blue, and it's a great match. Not 100%, but very close. The interior was in good shape, only dirty. The paint there is all original. I just touched up the upper parts of the door panels, that were worn. replaced the radiator hoses and air cleaner, and installed a new set of wheels and tires, as I used the tires on my own project. I had some '57 Ford wheels and wide whites in the parts box, and just installed them on the '48. Maybe in the future I decide to paint the wheels to match the car color. It has '57 Ford hubcaps, as I used the originals on my black '48 Hot Rod (the Custom Coupe kit has all the stock chrome, but no stock hubcaps). Replaced the top boot with a part I did myself with epoxy putty. All in all i'm quite happy I din't take this one apart. Will keep my eyes open for some original wheels and tires to bring it back as it was first built. 1948 Ford Donor Car by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Donor Car by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Donor Car by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Donor Car by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Donor Car by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

She looks good. Not as good as uncle Henry made her back in '32, but at least doesn't have any of that high tech stuff I see on those cars. Being a model, it's perfect. If 1:1 I would reverse her back to 100% factory correct. Just love a Ford Model 18. Stock, that is.

Thanks!! I'm not really a Hot Rod fan, but can "dig" a car that is faster and handles better than 100% stock. Never the less, I only do mods that can be reversed to stock. So, no butchered tops, no body changes, etc. Things that would be hard to reverse. My own driver, the old '74 Galaxie is not stock. She has the original engine, but with more compression heads, a Isky cam, a four barrel intake, and a Autolite 4100 in place of the stock two barrel carburetor. Also have 6 inch wide wheels with Firestone Wide Ovals (F-70X15) in place of the stock 5 inch wheels and 7,75X15 tires. In place of the full wheel covers I have a set of dog dishes. The car can be all stock again in a weekend if I desire to do so. I tried to use the same way of thinking on the '48 Sedan Coupe. The hardest thing to redo in stock form would be the interior, but nothing some paint and the original upholstery won't do.

Thanks again guys!!

That looks awesome!! How did I loose this one??

A job very well done. This one deserved to be brought back. And I'm very biased to say something about the color...