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The body being stripped from the 1992 paint. The paint can, the reduced paint, and my favorite airbrush, a cheapo replica of the Badger 350.

This kind of custom is not my cup of tea, but WOW, I loved the quality of the build!!! Slight weathering on the botton, and the engine detail is great. Also agreed on the PE set for this car. I got one for using with a Starliner kit I got from Round 2 and the only way I imagined of using the grille is by cutting the headlight buckets from the original kit grille with a Dremel tool.

Thanks guys!! Just painted:

This kit started life in 1992. I built it to replicate a car I saw at a car show. It was a Super clean and low mileage (something around 30k) original car, with factory paint, upholstery, never molested engine, unused factory spare tire and some more special features: It was painted Miami Cream, a extra cost color for a non-convertible, and had a tan interior, also a extra cost item. The car was there with the son of the original owner that was too old to drive. It was love at fist sight. I built a model of her alright, but never matched the color, as I was using spray cans and never knew what an airbrush was. Fast forward to 2007. I moved from Balneário Camboriú, my natal town, to Florianópolis, and the ford was one of the models damaged on the move. Worse yet, the hood got lost. I attempted to make one out of aluminum sheet, but it lacked detail, like the 3D FORD lettering. Painted with the same brand spray color, never matched the rest of the car. At least the hood emblem that I've made turned out good... Fast forward again to 2014. Saw on eBay Brasil a 1949 Ford kit with missing mechanical components. Probably the guy used it as donor to some kind of resin body conversion, and was selling the remaining parts cheap. That was all I needed. Got the kit, used the brand new hood, some new chrome, and decided to restore my '92 build. Striped the body, painted it correct Miami Cream, cleaned the interior, restored the engine, and added some more detail to it, and voilá. Hope you like the result. 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1949 Ford Custom by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

I use this technique to paint white lines on tires.

The worse part is: I can't remember if I posted something or not inside this interval... I must be getting old.

Perfection!!!

I think that to avoid confusion, we should just follow what the topic says: '57 to '59 Fords. You can create a post asking for people to post Fords of any year. I would contribute to your post gladly.

I have a favorite carburetor, one that is correct to most Ford cars since 1957 to about 1967, and I just love the thing in 1:1 scale. It's easy to work on, has no joints below the fuel level, and just plain works. That's the Autolite 4100 I'm talking about. To my knowledge there are just two kits where it can be found. The AMT 1957 Ford, and the AMT 1962 Thunderbird with the single quad option. The carburetor on the '57 Ford is a very basic representation, barely recognizable as a 4100. The one on the Thunderbird kit is way better. Even comes in two parts. 1962 Thunderbird WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr And the real deal: 1974 Ford Galaxie 500 by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Did that on this '66 Galaxie. It's something I wouldn't care doing again. It's a real pain... 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 7 Litre by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Friend of mine has one, but it's not a Universal. 1990 Trabant by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1990 Trabant by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1990 Trabant by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Very nicely done. For me what comes in the box has always being enough.

Both really old build. The Mercury has new wheels from one of the 1936 Ford kits I built. Wanted a more '70s vibe for her. The '29 is a really really old Monogram kit built more than 20 years ago. The chrome is all peeling off... '70s Rides by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr '70s Rides by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr '70s Rides by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr '70s Rides by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr '70s Rides by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Maybe we could turn this thread into a "tell your Christine case" kind of thread. Feel free to do it guys, it's being really interesting!!!

Heavy... Maybe the truck was assembled on a day when the local team (football, baseball, basket?) lost a championship. Or the Monday just after a long weekend... Sorry about the bad luck with the truck Mike. being a work equipment this is a REAL pain in the rear end.

Those are actually GOOD curses, if this sort of thing really exist!! If it were an Stephen King story, it would be a obscure and really bad "price" to pay for such good luck Great that this is real life and not a Stephen King book

So far so good!!!

The first time, no. I was "leaking" a little, and was more worried on getting some bandages. The second time, yes, and both cables are fine. There is no corrosion on the terminals, anything. Like Paul just said, it may be the key switch with a bad connection, after all the thing is 40 years old. But by other hand, all wiring is 40 years old... Ford Galaxies have what we call master connections on the firewall. All the electrical goes trough there. They do look like to big 380V connections just under the brake master cylinder. Once I was in a line of Galaxies going to a car meeting and a 1966 convertible just died out of the blue. One of the two connections had just disconnected itself. We plugged it back, and the car ran fine. We checked the connections on my car, and both are good. I'm telling you guys, Katia just hates Mopars. Even in 1:25 scale. She's fine with Chevies, I know that because I have a little S-10 and nothing like this never happened related to the S-10...

She looks great!! Nice color and also nice wheels. Cragars always go well with Galaxies.

I should had sung to her: You were never mine, and we don't belong together...

That happened to me with one of my father's Mercedes. I think it was a '86 E420. That thing hated me. I think she knew I hated Mercedes cars, and just hated back. On the rain she would do what your AMX would do on the snow. Chicks dig scars? have to find a knife...

No, I had no power even to light on the dash lights... Not to mention the tape player. And the tape on the car was from Abba. Nor John Denver or Richie Valens.

About the cotton balls, no, they didn't stick up in the paint. I never had this issue. When I'm not using Tamiya paint I'm using automotive paint, maybe that's the reason. Other kinds of paints may be more sensitive. Well, this morning it happened again. I didn't want to drive all the way to my cousin's on the Focus. It's an hour drive, and I really really like the Galaxie more, specially on highway. Put the kit in the car, and she just wouldn't start, it was like she had no battery on. Removed the kit from the Galaxie, and delivered it with the Focus. Got home and the Galaxie started just fine. Drove her to a friend's shop, and he tested everything electrical on that car. Found zero, nothing, nada. At the present moment she's driving 100% normal. Parked her in front of a house I had to take measurements of and when I got back, the car started right away. I thing the Galaxie just wouldn't haul that kit. It may sound hilarious, but she may have thought: "He started building Mopar kits, next thing is buying a Dodge dart. No no no, this won't happen" I just hope nobody saw me showing the '57 Ford kit to her on the garage, and saying "See, I just built that Plymouth to get this one" I'm also happy that there were nobody on the line to get a "weld" service on the leg yesterday, and I didn't have to spend anything on that and the pills.

This one is a true and mysterious story. Last Tuesday, I finished a AMT '58 Plymouth built as Christine as a "commissioned" build to my cousin, Marcelo. Yesterday, I got a bag of cotton balls, and placed Christine inside her box with the cotton balls all around to prevent her from moving inside the box in the travel to my cousin's for delivery. This morning I woke up early, and my idea was to take the model with me, deliver her, and get my Revell '57 Ford kit (the payment). Got to my garage, put the box on the Galaxie's front seat, opened the garage gate, and got into the car. Key inserted, I wouldn't even get the dash lights on. It felt like a 100% dead battery, and I had used the old Gal the day before to get that cotton balls at the supermarket. I thought maybe I forgot the headlights on or something while I was sitting there looking at the open gate to the street. Opened the door, and pulled the button to pop the hood. As I got out of the car, I pushed the door out, and it just came back while I was leaving, and hit my leg with the lower corner. My Galaxie is a 1974, but for you guys it's basically a 1966 Galaxie four door sedan, so you can picture how the lower corner of the front door is. Well, I had to "patch" my leg with the bandages from the first aid kit I have in all cars, and drove my Focus to the Health Post near my house, where the guys gave five stitches on my once virgin leg. Once home again, almost one hour latter, with the head full of pain killers, I took the kit out of the Galaxie and into the Focus, and decided to delay the "delivery" to tomorrow. I then went into the Galaxie once again to get the keys, and out of stubbornness I decided to give it a try. She started on the first strong and healthy turn of the starter.