Lovefordgalaxie

Back in 1991 I built a Dick Tracy 1936 Ford. Painted it with Colorgin spray can black, even had the Dick Tracy decals on the plates. During my move in 2007, the box with the Ford inside had an accident. I let it fall from from the top of the boxes I was carrying, and accidentally kicked it. I don't have to say the Ford turned back into all it's original parts inside that box Fast forward to last week. Just had finished my new build of a '36 Ford, this time from a newer edition of the kit (from 2002 I now discovered), and decided to restore the old Ford. Fortunately, the paint survived intact, and only required a polish. By far the worse parts were the bumper supports that were in 20 pieces. To get the car back to what it was, I had to use parts from one of my two Dick Tracy kits, but it was worth the effort. I installed all new chrome, new bumper supports, and made new licence plates, because I didn't want to use Dick Tracy plates now that I'm not 13 years old anymore Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr During the restoration, I found out that there are actually two DIFFERENT TOOLING for the '36 Ford five window coupe!! Check the comparing pictures: Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Restored 1936 Ford by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

The exact same thing that I thought!!!

Great job!! What a perfect paint and detailing.

Please, don't feel offended Dr.Kerry!! The workmanship involved into the model is great to say the least. I just thought about telling what my opinion about the subject is, after all, isn't this one of the functions of the comments? I build by your exact same politics. Build for myself, and what I like, and there is nothing wrong about it. I think the fact we being all friends here give us the freedom to tell each other our opinions. For example, I don't like rusted out cars, and ratty builds, but that doesn't keep me from being friends with Dr. Cranky.

I'm Italian from both sides of the family, and I don't like this. It's the kind of car that would give Henry Ford and Enzo Ferrari the urge to kill themselves. It's kind of a combination of two ruined cars, a Mustang and a Ferrari. No offense intended, just my honest opinion. I'm what you would call a "purist", I like my Fords all Ford and my Ferraris all Ferrari. I know, people will say "Engine swapping is the base of hot rodding" Well, I'm not a fan of hot rods.

Oh, I just found the grille of my old furnace!!! And someone chrome plated it and installed into a really odd generic sports car.

Ahhh, a nice '57 Bel Air... I'm afraid I went more popular and painted mine black. This cars is so beautiful that is almost as nice as a 1957 Fairlane 500. Almost... No it's not. The Fairlane is much nicer.

You are now in James Bond's hit list

That will be a great looking '59 Ford. Mine was painted Indian Turquoise and Colonial White: 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1959 Ford Fairlane 500 Galaxie by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Yep, I know the "product" (have a set of their white line tires), the quality is great, I just don't like the fact the tires don't have manufacturer names on them.I think this is the main reason I never bought more of their tires, but if I do, this is really the case of buying more than one set, considering the cost of sending the tires to Brazil, buying just one set would make no sense. I also need a set of replacement wheel covers for my '62 Galaxie Sunliner, that came with only the custom wheels when I got her. Maybe I'll pay Modelhaus's site a visit in the future. Depending on the tire, I think painted whitewalls can look good. For example, the Firestones on the '36 Ford, they do look good with painted whitewalls, but are incorrect for a 1960's car. The Firestone Supremes also from AMT, do look awful with wide white walls painted, but do look good with white lines.

Be careful. It's trying to fix things like that that we end phuking things up for good, if you know what I mean... The car looks great like it is.

Guys, I don't know how to thank you for the comments!! I think you guys are exaggerating a bit. I guess I'm going to buy the new issue of this kit, the three window coupe reissued by Round 2. My friend Mike Permanian (Mike 1017 here) got one and sent me some pictures. I liked the goodies that came in the box, not to mention the three window top is a lot better to make fit. The one thing I didn't like were the tampo printed tires. They never come with all four whitewalls perfectly centered, and have to be repainted anyway. believe me I bought the AMT parts pack with those tires, and had to repaint the whitewalls. Why didn't I like it? Because those tires are more expensive, and of course they contribute to the kit's price without the need, IMHO. And to be 100% honest, I love the traditional, good old AMT Firestones...

A very very well done Edsel. Just love those cars, and you did her justice. I built a '59 Galaxie from a AMT junior kit, and I like the junior kit's tires a lot better than the annual kit rock hard tires. In terms of model kits, this is what I love, metal axles, screws on the bottom, and no engine. I think I was born too late.

So beautiful!!!

Thanks guys!! Very appreciated!!! Yes, the color is on a Ford catalog for 1936. It was also called Tacoma Cream on the 1935 catalog, and it's a carry over color (same formula) that just changed name. On a ACME catalog I even found this color under the name Tacoma Yellow for 1936.

This is my 1936 Ford coupe. I built it from the AMT kit, and man, that was the hardest kit I ever built. All parts were "embedded" in flash, and just making the top to look like one piece with the body was a build in itself. The build is almost box stock. The only additions were the radiator supports, windshield wiper, and the tailpipe. The paint is synthetic enamel custom mixed in FoMoCo color Demonstrator Yellow, and then airbrushed. All the rest of the paint is Model master Acrylics. For more details, WIP here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=89018 Thanks for looking!!! 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford De Luxe Coupe by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Thanks a lot guys. I just finished the Ford. She will be under glass in a few.

Hi guys!! Finally, after a week without touching the Ford, I got into the build again yesterday, and it was the right move, because today it just started to rain cats and dogs, and I don't like to paint when it's raining. To paint the frame, first I assembled the front suspension. I would had assembled the rear too, but the molded in exhaust have to be detail painted, so I painted the rear end separately. Also painted all the upholstery, the dash, the engine, radiator, and all small parts. The hardest was to mask the body to paint the running boards and the roof insert. Now all I have to do is the detail painting, that takes a while, and the final assembly. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Looks like a Mustang. Nice improvement on the Scrub.

Oh, about the inspiration for the color, anybody remembers the movie "Maxie"?

Thanks a lot guys!!! I was planning to get this car finished by early next week, but will have to fix my 1:1 car tomorrow... Well, will try to find some time during the week. The paint is synthetic enamel, mixed by my friend Acácio, that owns a paint shop. He has a computer program, that has the formulas of about every paint color ever made. You just have to know the correct name and the original paint manufacturer. His paints are mixed with Sherwin Williams basic colors. He also puts paint on cans, but those are more intended for large areas and don't work well on models, so, I airbrushed the paint with my Badger 350 (really don't like double action airbrushes for body painting). Believe you or not, I regulate the airbrush to give me a spray pattern more or less like a Tamiya spray can, and this is the way I shoot paint. A lot of paint. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

What I did since last time: I'm dealing with the flash monster. My kit came with a really big amount of flash. I have the engine ready for paint, but still have to work on the frame parts. Also removed all body colored parts from the supports, polished the body itself, painted the whitewalls on the tires and assembled the tire/wheel assemblies. Polishing the body took me a LOT of time. Lot's of separate parts, and lot's of spots where going through the paint would be easy. Had to be very careful. On the photo etched detail sets, I won't be using any, just the kit's parts. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

Thanks!! I use a tiny drop of super glue.

Thanks guys!! Like I used automotive enamel, the body is almost dry enough to polish, but I want to finish the chassis first. Today I plan on gluing the engine halves ans sanding the seam, then to sand some injection marks on the frame itself. Also plan to paint some whitewalls on two sets of AMT Firestones, the one that came with this kit, and the set that came with my last build, the 1932 Ford. Will post pictures latter!!! I just used my exacto knife. Used the rear side of the blade to slowly cut the lines deeper.

Early last week I started building a old issue (just after the Dick Tracy) 1936 Ford Five Window. I'm having almost zero modeling time, but managed to compensate this May First, as I didn't have to work. My friend Mike Permanian is also building a '36, and I think he gave me the push to start this kit. I almost gave out right on the start, ans the five window roof was bent, and didn't want to align with the body at all. Since the five window door is a lot shorter than the roadster or the three window body, there is a nasty seam just behind it to be smoothed down and filled. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr This is my first attempt at blending the top to the body. getting the side stamped trim on the "sheetmetal" right was a major problem after all the super glue I used as filler. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Also deepened the door lines. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Now it's more like it. 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Mocking up the body. Just painted the body parts with custom mixed automotive enamel on a stock FoMoCo color: 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr 1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7313/14085542084_13a770628f_c.jpg1936 Ford Coupe WIP by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr