Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 (edited) Got this kit for my birthday from a friend. She knew I'm into Fords, and that I love the "fat fendered" ones, so she bought Revell's '48 Ford Custom Coupe. Of couse I didn't tell her I hate butchered cars. Since the kit was not cheap, and being a A-Hole and complaining could had prevented the nice amount of fun we had latter... If you know what I mean. Anyways, I decided to actually build the kit. I was almost painting it black, but then I found some left over Mandarin Maroon from my '40 Ford hot rod. Added a bit more black, just to change the tone a bit, and painted the body with it. No fancy candy or metallic, just plain enamel. Still thinking If i'm gonna install some hubcaps or not. The only body mod I did was to recreate the hood centerpiece, as I really disliked the flat hood. Painted the glasspacks black to replicate JK style mufflers by Kadron, and painted the interior in two ton primer white, and custom mixed maroon metallic acrylic. Have to give the model a final clean up, to eliminate the wax on the shut lines, and clean some digitals on the chrome, and to the display case she goes. Time to work on a '53 Vicky. 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr Edited March 23, 2018 by Lovefordgalaxie
Renegade Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 Another home run. Love it. Glad you got some { fun} for your birthday.
restoman Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 Glad you decided to do the car, it looks fantastic.
T.Henry Posted March 23, 2018 Posted March 23, 2018 I liked it a lot. Perfect example of less is more. Simple, yet very cool.
El Roberto Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Very nice build. I think it does need hub caps. maybe...
espo Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Another nice post war Ford. I know a butchered Ford bothers you but this turned out very nice. It must be nice to have a Lady trying to win you favor with a model once in a while.
peekay Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 I totally agree with your "stock is best" credo - but by keeping it simple and slick you've made a great looking custom. The interior is the icing on the cake.
donb Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, peekay said: I totally agree with your "stock is best" credo - but by keeping it simple and slick you've made a great looking custom. The interior is the icing on the cake. X2
Eric Macleod Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Man you do great work. I agree on the stock is best but changing things up occasionally can be fun.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 24, 2018 Author Posted March 24, 2018 Thanks guys!! Yes, I do like factory stock way better, and for me there no such thing as a well done chop. All are bad. They make the car to look like something out of a cartoon. That being said, the Revell kit goes together pretty nicely, and for the ones that are into the ruined car stuff, it's a good canvas for almost endless ways of ruining a '48 Ford. The best feature is for sure the engine, with some neat Navarro heads and intake manifold. I once got this kit just to get the engine parts to use on a day 2 1947 Ford, that is otherwise 100% stock. That's my kind of modification. The kind that can be reversed to 100% stock leaving no scars on the car. That's what I did on my 1:1 Galaxie. She has a hopped up 292 V8, with all period correct parts, and the car can be made stock in a day, just by installing the factory stock 292 back. I even got glasspack mufflers the exact same size of the stock mufflers. On the '48, I got some pretty cool hubcaps from the AMT '56 Ford kit, that fit like a glove. Will take more pictures with the hubcaps on.
Earl Marischal Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Excellent work as usual. Nice you got two presents for your birthday. steve
misterNNL Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Excellent work and photography. Except for that giant hand in a couple of the photos :) it looks very realistic. Thanks for sharing.
shoopdog Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 I think it turned out great and as someone else has already said the interior is the icing on the cake!
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 24, 2018 Author Posted March 24, 2018 Thanks guys!! here she is all clean, and polished, and with hubcaps. 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1948 Ford Custom Coupe by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr
ATHU Posted March 24, 2018 Posted March 24, 2018 Butchered or not it's still pure eye candy. Superb work!!
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 26, 2018 Author Posted March 26, 2018 On 3/24/2018 at 8:41 PM, ATHU said: Butchered or not it's still pure eye candy. Superb work!! Thanks!!! 52 minutes ago, slusher said: Beautiful Ford friend!! Thanks Carl!! So, what do you think, with or without hubcaps?
Mahogany Rush Posted March 26, 2018 Posted March 26, 2018 WOW! That is awesome. What polish technique and product did you use?
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 26, 2018 Author Posted March 26, 2018 12 hours ago, Mahogany Rush said: WOW! That is awesome. What polish technique and product did you use? My polishing is usually just sanding with a 3000 grit wet sanding paper, then using some automotive solvent based Nº2 polishing paste, usually from Anjo, or Autocolor, or even some 3M paste polishing compound. The final touch is done with a soft cotton rag and Meguiar's Tech Wax 2.0. The wax also is great to protect the foil, and bring out the shine even more. It will react badly with bare Metal Foil tough. I use home made foil.
HotRodaSaurus Posted March 29, 2018 Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/26/2018 at 7:31 PM, Lovefordgalaxie said: My polishing is usually just sanding with a 3000 grit wet sanding paper, then using some automotive solvent based Nº2 polishing paste, usually from Anjo, or Autocolor, or even some 3M paste polishing compound. The final touch is done with a soft cotton rag and Meguiar's Tech Wax 2.0. The wax also is great to protect the foil, and bring out the shine even more. It will react badly with bare Metal Foil tough. I use home made foil. Interesting what you say about wax affecting the foil. What happens please, I also make my own using Kit Kat chocolate biscuits wrapping but I have a little of the BMF still unopened. Cheers, J.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted March 29, 2018 Author Posted March 29, 2018 44 minutes ago, HotRodaSaurus said: Interesting what you say about wax affecting the foil. What happens please, I also make my own using Kit Kat chocolate biscuits wrapping but I have a little of the BMF still unopened. Cheers, J. The Tech Wax leaves flat stains on Bare Matal Foil. The only way to avoid it is to wipe the wax before dry. On my home made foil, that is household aluminum foil, it gives an awesome shine. To remove the stains from the BMF, you have to polish it with the polishing compound, what will remove the wax from the surrounding painted sections as well. This is just one of the reasons I stopped using BMF. The other reason is the odd texture it was leaving on the trim. Kind of an orange peel of sorts. It was NOT from the paint job. It was the foil.
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