1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe, now with outdoor pictures (pic heavy)

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Thanks guys!!

Since I posted the car, I foiled the trim rings, something I had forgotten. 

1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr

[DeeCee]

VERY VERY tidy as usual, great job on the interior effect too.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

VERY VERY tidy as usual, great job on the interior effect too.

Thanks!!!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Another awesome build!

I'm somewhat puzzled by the title "1948 Ford Convertible Club Coupe"...in my mind, a club coupe is a steel top.

Well, that is Ford for a convertible with a back seat in 1946/1948. It's how the car was refereed to on brochures. 

What would actually be a Club Coupe, Ford called Sedan Coupe. The Revell Police Coupe kit, is not just a coupe, it's a Sedan Coupe according to FoMoCo. So is the old IMC kit. 

[John Goschke]

Well, that is Ford for a convertible with a back seat in 1946/1948. It's how the car was refereed to on brochures. 

What would actually be a Club Coupe, Ford called Sedan Coupe. The Revell Police Coupe kit, is not just a coupe, it's a Sedan Coupe according to FoMoCo. So is the old IMC kit. 

Good Old FoMoCo!  Playin' fast and loose with the automotive terminology to everlasting confusion of succeeding generations of car enthusiasts everywhere!

Beautiful build, Tulio, particularly that interior!  This kit sure looks right from every angle.

[Simon]

I hadn't seen this until it popped back up at the top of the forum. The finish is astounding, and the subject matter is perfect for such treatment. I'll be back to look at this again.

[peekay]

Seems I missed this one until now. Tulio, you did a really beautiful job on an excellent kit! Bravo!

[1930fordpickup]

Looks fantastic 

 

[Dave Darby]

Drop dead gorgeous. And that interior is the icing on a beautiful cake. Tell us how you did the wood grain dash and door tops.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Drop dead gorgeous. And that interior is the icing on a beautiful cake. Tell us how you did the wood grain dash and door tops.

I'm terrible at painting wood. There are several complicated techniques to do so, and I never could get something acceptable. So I decided to cheat, and paint it the easy way. Just painted the dash and door tops with Testors enamel tan, close to the tone I wanted the final product and let dry. Then I added one drop of dark tan acrylic to 15 drops of Testors acrylic clear. The wood effect just resulted of using a somewhat hard brush to apply the dark tan diluted in clear to the parts. It took about 5 minutes to do.  

[Lovefordgalaxie]

I hadn't seen this until it popped back up at the top of the forum. The finish is astounding, and the subject matter is perfect for such treatment. I'll be back to look at this again.

Good Old FoMoCo!  Playin' fast and loose with the automotive terminology to everlasting confusion of succeeding generations of car enthusiasts everywhere!

Beautiful build, Tulio, particularly that interior!  This kit sure looks right from every angle.

Looks fantastic 

 

Thanks gentlemen!!!

[Jon Cole]

Man, that is so fine!

[f1ford48]

SUPERB attention to detail-  outside photos make all the difference

[Plastheniker]

Perfect model, perfect photography!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Man, that is so fine!

Thanks!! 

SUPERB attention to detail-  outside photos make all the difference

Thank you!!

Perfect model, perfect photography!

Thanks!! BTW, what sorcery do you do? That Pyro Auburn is pure magic. I have the kit, and that being said, what you did with it... WOW.