Hubley 60 Ford Fairlane

[FordRodnKustom]

I just shot some pics of my copy of this kit for a discussion on another board, Thought I'd drop it in here in case anyone was curious about this kit or has never seen one. It looks to my eye to be close to 1:24 scale. My father built one for me when I was a kid and it was my favorite toy. I put many miles on it running my back yard and living room "roads". Enjoy.

[Art Anderson]

The Hubley 1960, 61 and 62 Fords were 1/24 scale.

Art

[disabled modeler]

NICE...!  I use to have one of those...very cool...they also made a wagon of it too.

[High octane]

Yes, I would be interested in a wagon if I ever came across one. I remember those kits from "back-in-the-day."

[Sixties Sam]

Nice kit! Being a four-door, it would make a great police car.

Sam

[Dave Darby]

Oh, if only the tool still existed.... Those would be some fun slump busters.

[unclescott58]

I want one of each. A '60 Fairlane sedan. And a '60 Country Sedan wagon.

[Tom99]

I have a 1960 Hubley Ford Fairlane, and a Country Sedan promo station wagon in my collection. You don't see either one very often.

[Atmobil]

Cool looking kit, maybe it would be possible to make castings out of one?

[disabled modeler]

I love 4doors and wagons always looking for more...from my dads old stuff there is a 61 wagon shame it got busted up badly and missing a lot its really cool.  Hubley kits were neat but the promos warped badly but the kits seemed to be less prone to that...nice find your lucky.

[John Goschke]

Fortunately the kits were molded in styrene, so they didn't warp like the acetate promos. The kits and promos have undersized wheels and tires, more like 1/25th, however, Hubley's rendition of the '60 Ford full wheelcover is far better than AMT's somewhat flattened version.

[Edsel-Dan]

I have 3 of the Promo of the wagon, and fin ally got a Built of the kit.

I have a Box for the Fairlane Sedan!!!

I too wish these could be re-issued.

 

I have Sedan & wagon 61's, but Neither is complete

Worse, Wagon was Cut open to Pretend to be a Ranchero!!!

Still a 4dr, and with second seat!!!

 

Both 60 & 61 Sedan kits would be Correct Andy Griffith Mayberry Sherriff car!!!!!!!

 

I know the Rolls, Mercedes, and "" were re-issued by Entex, and others, but, 

What Did happen to the tooling for these Fords??????

 

[ChrisBcritter]

I've wondered about that myself. I wonder if the '60 tooling was modified into the '61 and then '62 wagons? 

I have a '61 wagon that's been in progress for about 35 years - paid $9.00 for it at an Old Town Escorts swap meet way back then; also a '62 promo wagon that isn't warped much. The kicker is I've seen a Ford Motor Company photo showing promotional models of its 1963 line - and there was a '63 wagon. Wish I could find that photo...

[disabled modeler]

Chris...the 60 and 61-up were completely different cars no chance they used the 60 tooling to make 61-ups due to that.  I really like these old Hubley kits.  Id love to find the parts to repair my 61 wagon I am a 60s wagon and 4 door nut anyway.  A 63 would be cool..!

Edited September 11, 2015 by disabled modeler

[Ron Hamilton]

I have a rather whipped '61 wagon on the stash. I would love to use it, and do this...

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg59/RonHamilton/Long Roofs/1963FordCountrySquire2_zps45b919de.jpg

 

 

[Casey]

Oh, if only the tool still existed.... Those would be some fun slump busters.

Is that wishful thinking or is this a known fact? Hubley has been more or less forgotten and disregarded when it comes to plastic kits, but I'd be interested in reading what happened to any and all of Hubley's plastic model molds...or were the '60 Ford Fairlane Sedan and Station Wagon the only two?

 

I'm assuming the AMT '60 Ford Starliner (after the chassis stretched is used) would be an ideal frame/floorpan/suspension donor for one of these bodies?

[keyser]

They did 60,61 sedans, and  60,61,62 wagons. I've got all the wagons, 62 hardest IMO.

They did the Rolls Cloud and TR3 in 1/23rd ish that still are floating around. I forget what else, but would pop all the wagons again for sure. All the promos of same warp badly, but they did nice job on the Ford kits. Cool box art too. MIB 62 wagon kit went for huge money on the bay awhile back. 300+ iirc.  

[Ramfins59]

Hubley also did a Nash Metropolitan.  One recently sold on EBAY for crazy money.

[keyser]

Here's box art from the auction. $282 sold.

Forgot about Metros. They were really nice, a bit big but really well done. 

 

[Edsel-Dan]

Their Triumph kit Built just ended today

Was under $20.oo last I looked.

I know the Rolls & Mercedes were re-issued by at least 2 different companies

After Hubley.

I almost bought the Rolls in Pittsburgh as an Entex kit,

but got the Estes Flying Klingon Battle Cruiser instead.

(I already had Enterprise and AM a Trekkie)

I Think Minicraft was the last to offer the Rolls. They had 2 box art, One a Phnatom "Squire"

Woody!!

 

After this time, I Would guess only those tools are left, and the Fords were scrapped.

Afterall, The Rolls, Mercedes and Triumph would sell better in Europe & Asia

Or the "New" owner would think so back then ??Late 60's-early 70's??

[disabled modeler]

They did 60,61 sedans, and  60,61,62 wagons. I've got all the wagons, 62 hardest IMO.

They did the Rolls Cloud and TR3 in 1/23rd ish that still are floating around. I forget what else, but would pop all the wagons again for sure. All the promos of same warp badly, but they did nice job on the Ford kits. Cool box art too. MIB 62 wagon kit went for huge money on the bay awhile back. 300+ iirc.  

You have all the wagons...Nice..!   Me I am a 60s wagon nut just love them sir.

[FordRodnKustom]

Looks like there was Mercedes in the mix too?

 

[keyser]

We forgot about the Dauphine!!

I found pics of an SL, kinda lumpy but that was it. Entex issued that iirc. 

I'm thinking the gassers may be familiar here 

[sjordan2]

Hubley's Mercedes roadster was a well-done if oversimplified kit. Their Rolls Silver Cloud (supposedly the only promo ever authorized by Rolls) is another matter-- while the body shape is quite acceptable, it's loaded with flash, terrible mold seam alignment, wide gaps in the opening hood and trunk, undersized tires and a blob of an engine. And the Flying Lady mascot is ginormous for the scale. All of this remains in the Minicraft reissues. Minicraft's "Phantom Squire" version tosses in ugly stickers to build a woody; They even issued that one with a misprint on the box saying it's 1/16 scale -- wrong! It's the same 1/24 kit, and I have it. There never was a 1/16 kit of this car.

Edited September 13, 2015 by sjordan2

[keyser]

Skip, I do think the SL was OK, and was only option for a long time. Not trying to start the usual drama by thinking the windshield is tall and narrow, and the car is a bit rotund. Not much, and it pulls it off OK, but the windshield hurts. Not too hard to drop posts, but harder to reposition uprights and make new glass.

The Rolls can be built into a nice 7410 Mulliner Park Ward drophead. Or at least be a 80% completed project.

Sides are a bit deep and lots of tweaking needed, but nice. http://www.vantagemotorworks.com/pre-owned/1964-rolls-royce-silver-cloud-iii-h-j-mulliner-convertible-lscx283-67484-miles/# This is Cloud III with quad lights, but same body. Same site has nice 300SL roadster that may (or, around here, may not) show my issue. Dealer has great references for building the Cloud standard sedan too. Wish someone did a BC47 Continental fastback.