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Their '53 Ford is quite good. The '40, is a very poor copy of the AMT kit. It even has some odd vertical trim on the grilles molded on the front fenders, that the real car never had. On the kit I had, the door lines were very faint, and the body had a sort of curve that wouldn't let it fit the fenders. Also, the heads of the engine, were part of the chrome three, and were too flat, and without detail. The air cleaner in two halves would have being a pain to make look good. But I can't complain, the bumpers, hubcaps, trim rings, and antenna did a nice job restoring a '40 I built more than 25 years ago.

Thanks guys!! Just finished painting the frame, and the first color on the interior. More pictures to come Hummm. I have one that was factory sealed. Once opened, none of the tops, and all the glass was missing.

Looks like the gold paint was too hot, and crazed the plastic. Maybe using a different primer can solve the issue.

Lindeberg '40 Ford. I had one. Used the chrome to restore a old AMT and the rest went to the bin.

Great!! That's another work of art.

Little more progress done. Built the frame as far as possible before painting it as a unit. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Think about a frame that has three times the number of parts I would like it had... 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The engine is done, and the seams are gone!! 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also finished the radiator, that is quite complicated to get rid of the seam. The upper radiator detail is split in half by the parts seam. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also finished the work on the exhaust. Divided it in three parts, like on the 1:1 Ford. This way I can install it even tough the frame is fully built. Not to mention it's easier to paint the muffler a different shade than the actual pipes. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also, polished the body, that is ready for foil. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

It's looking better and better!!! A masterpiece on the making. I just used PU parts on one car, a '62 'Bird, and went back to box stock. This trend of adding aftermarket detail can get out of control really fast.

Thank you!! Thanks!! A couple of years ago I bought a A-4 size sheet of styrene plastic with 0,5mm, specially to make side trim for a Testors 1948 Ford Sedan Coupe. Ford this build, I cut stripes about 1mm thick and glued them to the fenders.

OK!! First things first. Got the body in paint, and all the bodywork paid off. After polishing, it will look like a virgin body. No scars from the "hot" paint it was covered on, and my addition of the fender trim is unnoticeable. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also prepared for paint the up top, and top boot from the donor built up I got. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr In addition to those, I also did some more work on my own down top boot, the one I made from epoxy putty. What I did was to add some more in scale fixation buttons. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr At all I'll have three different tops... Anther thing I did was to start work on the drivetrain, gluing the parts together for posterior seam sanding: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr On the frame, I completely ignore the instructions and glue the X member parts together before installing the exhaust. This way I can treat the seams, avoid glue boo boos after the parts are painted, and I install the exhaust by cutting it in three parts, like on the real car. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr I was going to use all chrome from the donor car, but I didn't have the heart to take it all apart, so I got a donor kit for the chrome: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The donor car had to donate it's tires tough. The new kits come with poor tires with no names. Took the old tires from the donor built up Ford, wiped the printed white walls, and painted my own airbrushing some Model Master flat white acrylic. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The donor car will also donate it's air cleaner and radiator hoses, all parts that used to have decals, and the newer kits, like the Police Coupe omit. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Great quality, on a super clean, sanitary build. I must be perhaps the only person in the world that think this car to be butt ugly. Like a crossing between a flying saucer and a penis. Even tough, I would like to build one like Autin Power's Shaguar, with the UK flag painted on.

Finally have the body ready for paint. It was a long and booring job to fix the missing trim, and to sand off the crazed plastic. Even tough it is a restored body, I guess it will turn out nice. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr All crazing, and defects are gone now. The hood was bad. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr At least the rest of the kit is "virgin", and I now have all the missing parts.

I wish...

The most close to factory specs, the better the looks.

Very nicely done!! Refreshing to see a proper Model T.

Doing some baby steps on this one. Gave the body a coat of primer to see where I am with the restoration. Still lot's to do on the left rear fender, and chrome trim. The front end looks good. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The main problem is the excess sanding done on the body, that almost took the side trim away. That area will need some more elbow grease. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also, thanks to a gluebomb I got cheap, I have now the kit convertible top boot. May end using the one I made myself... 1948 Ford ragtop WIP. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Also, the hood has some crazing due to hot automotive paint being applied without the appropriate primer. Have to solve that too. 1948 Ford ragtop WIP. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr This monday A donor kit should arrive with all the chrome. Had to buy a Coupe for that. More to come!!

My '47 Ford. by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

Looks like someone stole the carburetor. You park your car a while and go do your business, and bang!! they steal the carburator... You can't park your car for 20 or 30 years no more.

Thanks guys!! Another happy customer serviced Maybe now he gives up asking for another '48 Ford Custom...

It looks amazing. Quite nice looking.

Many people will disagree, and some may even try to kill me, but the Nova is way nicer looking of a car than the Camaro. I also like Mavericks better than Mustangs. Any year of Mustang. I would love to own a black Nova, with redline bias ply Wide Ovals all around and a pretty uncomplicated small block. By the way, the racing green suited the car just perfect.

Back in 2014 I built a AMT '58 Plymouth for my Nº 1 client, my cousin Marcelo. Well, looks like Stephen King was exaggerating a bit on the Plymouth's regenerative properties Story is: He was cleaning the shelf and the hood ended on the floor were the paint got chipped. I think he was doing what I do, playing with her, doing engine sounds, and smashing some Camaros, and the hood got chipped. Anyways, where do you guys think the good old Plymouth came back to? Who said my bench, is wright. The hood had a pretty nice chip missing on the blood red paint. Had some more paint mixed, stripped the entire hood, and did a basic repaint. Also, replaced the old tires with a set of Firestone Deluxe Champios I cast myself. The tires she had were some generic no name parts I found on my parts box and painted wide whites to. The originals from AMT, with that tiny white wall insert are really not of my liking. Well, here is she, the evil lady ready to kill again!!! Damage to the hood: Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fixed!: Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Fixing Christine by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

I think the color looks great on the car, and you could get a Standard in a De Luxe color. Just needed about $20 bucks more, and a little patience to wait for the car to be delivered. Like most people got what the dealer had, most cars were the three colors available for the Standard, but that doesn't mean your car is wrong. Could be a dealer repaint, or, like I said, had being ordered that way. If there is something one learns in the Blue Oval Universe, is that nothing was black and white. You could get many many shades of gray, so to speak. On the book "Ford classics" by the editors of the consumer guide, on page 41 you can see a '48 Super Deluxe Sedan Coupe painted a convertible only color. What I mean is, as long as you use a Ford available color, and a Ford available accessory, you are in the "The car came that way from the factory" area. There is on youtube a video of a super nice '66 Galaxie 500 XL two door, that the owner asked for the 427 R code engine, AND a Lincoln exclusive color. The car was delievered by the factory just like the original owner asked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLX-5FhWbTw

A few weeks ago, I got a '48 Ford Convertible kit on a trade. This one: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Since I already have the Monogram Pro Modeler issue from 1998, I was planning to only use the complete running gear to build a "show frame" for my Ford dealer diorama (in the works for a long time and not near completion). The kit was incomplete when I got it. Has no chrome, and has none of the two tops, the up top, or the boot for the lowered top. The body was also painted green, and I didn't like the work done, not to mention the trim on the fenders was sanded off. I soon changed my mind, and decided I was going to use the kit to build a replica of Biff's '46 from Back to the Future. I even got the '46 specific parts from a Testors kit: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr BUT I CHANGED MY MIND AGAIN!!! Now I want a factory stock 1948 convertible. Black with a tan and red interior. Managed to get from my parts box a set of 1948 hubcaps: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr And stripped the ugly green paint, and redid the stock '48 fender trim: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The lack of a top boot was bugging me tough. Decided to open my sealed Monogram kit, and copy the boot. Big disappointment: The kit came without the part, and without the glass. Guess is a little late to complain to Monogram, after about 19 years. Yep, I should had opened the box before. Still plan on getting a new old kit, just to have a complete one, but for now I just need to get a Revell '48 Custom, as it comes with all the chrome I need. Since the 1948 Convertible kit is very very hard to find here (the reason I got it even knowing it was incomplete), it may take some time to find one. Once I get a '48 Custom, the only part I will need is the top boot. Trying to get one for the last two weeks with no result, so I decided to give it a try to make one. Got some Durepoxi (Loctite two part epoxi putty) and modeled a top boot with reference pictures from books, and pictures of a 1:1 from my archive. The result is far from perfect, but will "keep the hole covered" until I get another kit and actually copy the kit part for this build. Here is my home made boot: 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr The underside. The part is solid, and a little heavy. I taped the body with Tamiya tape so the putty wouldn't adhere to the plastic. 1948 Ford Ragtop WIP by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr This one will take a while, as I don't even got the Custom kit yeat, but I plan on saving this kit, and building an acceptable '48 out of it.

I think Revell did great on the kit. And I'm not what you would call an avid Revell builder. Like AMT better myself. All those things, the trim rings, oil filter, radio, heater, well are all things the car could be delivered to the owner equipped with. Not to mention the Standard was only available in three colors "by the book" and Mandarin Maroon was not one of them. Whitewall tires were an option even on Deluxe Fords. As it was the heater, that could be of the hot air type, or the hot water type. Any 1940 Ford could be equipped with a very nice selection of accessories, like a governor for the carburetor, the new single button radio, licence plate adjustable chrome frames, locking gas cap, heavy duty air cleaner, both sides side mirrors, spotlights, seat covers, road lights, Center guards and end guards for the bumper, wide whitewall tires, only available in 4 ply type, and even matching color fender shields (skirts). If Revell had done a car with zero equipment it wouldn't represent well the average car, as the dealers loved to add accessories to the cars to make a extra buck. If you were patient, and had a few Dollars extra, you could even had your '40 Ford with a Mercury color for extra spark!!

I absolutely loved it!!! She has that stance that makes those cars so cool looking , that "get out of my way" stance. I think it's a great representation of a repainted car, or a car someone ordered in Mandarin Maroon, as the Standard was only available in Black, Cloudmist Gray, and Lyon Blue. Mine is going to be black, and I will use the whitewalls. But for now i'm trying to resurrect a '48 Convertible kit I got started in a trade.