Lovefordgalaxie Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 Since my friend Thomas posted a couple of pictures of the car, I decided it's better to post a few more. Lindberg kit, painted in factory colors of Raven Black and Sungate Ivory. Paint on body is automotive synthetic enamel. The rest of paint is Revell acrylics and Testors enamels Foil is home made. My first Lindberg kit that I actually built. Based on their '40 Ford, I was avoiding to build it, but once I had the box open, my opinion on Lindberg kits changed completely. 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr 1953 Ford Crestline Victoria by CCCP Digital Studio, on Flickr
SfanGoch Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 Solid, Tulio. One should expect nothing less than perfect from you. One of the best designed kits by any manufacturer.
Bernard Kron Posted August 9, 2018 Posted August 9, 2018 12 minutes ago, SfanGoch said: Solid, Tulio. One should expect nothing less than perfect from you. One of the best designed kits by any manufacturer. I can only agree. And I've always been tempted to get one of these kits because they seem so "on the money" regarding detail and proportion. Built to this level makes it all the more impressive.
Lunajammer Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 They're beautiful kits and you did a splendid job on it. The kit was produced in big numbers and under appreciated, which make them one of the nicest cheap kits you can get.
Sledsel Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Stunning build..... The convertible next? Many of the newer Lindberg kits are of equal caliber.
dshue76 Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Great looking build. This is one of my all time favorite kits. Most of Lindbergs kits are excellent.
SfanGoch Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Newerkits?!? Round2 relabeled all of the better quality Lindberg releases (the '64 Dodges, Belvederes, both '53 Fords, '66 Chevelle, '61 Impalas) as AMT. So much for keeping a classic brand alive. BTW, I got a convoluted response from Round 2 regarding this on its FB page. Verbose, vague and completely avoided answering my question.
ChrisBcritter Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Beautiful work as always, Tulio! Be careful with the tires - the ones in my kit started melting the whitewall inserts very quickly (going to cast the inserts in resin when I get back to it).
Lovefordgalaxie Posted August 10, 2018 Author Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Sledsel said: Stunning build..... The convertible next? Many of the newer Lindberg kits are of equal caliber. Convertible? Yes, and a very clichê at that. A red convertible.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted August 10, 2018 Author Posted August 10, 2018 37 minutes ago, ChrisBcritter said: Beautiful work as always, Tulio! Be careful with the tires - the ones in my kit started melting the whitewall inserts very quickly (going to cast the inserts in resin when I get back to it). I painted the inserts with acrylic flat white, on both sides. Hope that helps.
dshue76 Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 2 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said: Beautiful work as always, Tulio! Be careful with the tires - the ones in my kit started melting the whitewall inserts very quickly (going to cast the inserts in resin when I get back to it). I was looking over Lovefordgalaxies 1940 Ford coupe builds the last couple of days and now his 53 Victoria and it made me take my 53 off the shelf and look it over. Sure enough my white walls are starting to burn. It's been complete for about 15 years. Resin pieces would be nice.
Ballroad Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Just wondering if you were showing a 1/1 real car, once again as always your workmanship is amazing, I have a question about the stripes on the drive shaft, clue me in...... thanks
Lovefordgalaxie Posted August 10, 2018 Author Posted August 10, 2018 19 minutes ago, Ballroad said: Just wondering if you were showing a 1/1 real car, once again as always your workmanship is amazing, I have a question about the stripes on the drive shaft, clue me in...... thanks Those are application color code stripes. depending on transmission, version, model, etc, the driveshafts had differences between them. A given set of stripes represented a specific part number driveshaft. Same thing was done with many other parts. It was a easy way to fast ID the part on the assembly line.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted August 10, 2018 Author Posted August 10, 2018 10 hours ago, dshue76 said: I was looking over Lovefordgalaxies 1940 Ford coupe builds the last couple of days and now his 53 Victoria and it made me take my 53 off the shelf and look it over. Sure enough my white walls are starting to burn. It's been complete for about 15 years. Resin pieces would be nice. Are your inserts painted or in bare plastic? I ask, because I have a few Monogram 1/12 scale Chevrolet Bel Airs. I always paint the inserts with semi gloss or flat acrylic white. The one I left bare plastic is melting. The painted ones, are fine.
dshue76 Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, Lovefordgalaxie said: Are your inserts painted or in bare plastic? I ask, because I have a few Monogram 1/12 scale Chevrolet Bel Airs. I always paint the inserts with semi gloss or flat acrylic white. The one I left bare plastic is melting. The painted ones, are fine. I left them bare.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted August 10, 2018 Author Posted August 10, 2018 2 hours ago, dshue76 said: I left them bare. I think it has a lot to do with the melting.
Sledsel Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 16 hours ago, Lovefordgalaxie said: Convertible? Yes, and a very clichê at that. A red convertible. Of course in Red.... is there any other color for a rag top? It can be Richie's car from Happy Days
ATHU Posted August 10, 2018 Posted August 10, 2018 Absolutely gorgeous!! Flawless paint job as always!
PARTSMARTY Posted August 11, 2018 Posted August 11, 2018 Another beautiful build as always from you Tulio !!!
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