Captain Spaulding Posted April 12, 2021 Posted April 12, 2021 Looking through my kits on the weekend deciding which one will be next and decided to build AMT's 1970 Ford Galaxie Police Car. Not going to be any specific region, got 3 sheets of police decals from Ebay a month or so and plan on using some to turn it into a county sheriff car.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 13, 2021 Author Posted April 13, 2021 4 hours ago, slusher said: Nice decal sheets.. Has an abundance of decals on them, got them off Ebay for under 20 bucks. Too good of a deal to pass up.
David G. Posted April 13, 2021 Posted April 13, 2021 It's a fun kit. I built mine as a PA daily driver with snow tires and road grit. I still have one left in my stash, and I'm thinking Ohio Highway Patrol or US military staff car. Can't wait to see what you do with yours. David G.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 13, 2021 Author Posted April 13, 2021 1 hour ago, David G. said: It's a fun kit. I built mine as a PA daily driver with snow tires and road grit. I still have one left in my stash, and I'm thinking Ohio Highway Patrol or US military staff car. Can't wait to see what you do with yours. David G. Great job on yours David.
kruleworld Posted April 14, 2021 Posted April 14, 2021 i like this kit. i built mine as the KLF's "Ford Timelord". fordtimelord014 by aus_mus, on Flickr
Captain Spaulding Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 1 hour ago, kruleworld said: i like this kit. i built mine as the KLF's "Ford Timelord". fordtimelord014 by aus_mus, on Flickr I really like how yours turned out, great job.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 14, 2021 Author Posted April 14, 2021 Got the motor all painted up nothing too fancy, waiting to put the exhaust manifolds on until after the exhaust are mounted.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 15, 2021 Author Posted April 15, 2021 Got the chassis painted and the tires and rims mounted. Coming along good so far.
David G. Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Simpler kits like these are good when one needs to feel a sense of progress. Good progress on this! David G.
doorsovdoon Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Nice simple kit, one of my favourites. looking forward to seeing it progress. Somehow I had Chicago PD decals with mine but they were the mid 70's decals so wouldn't have looked right.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 15, 2021 Author Posted April 15, 2021 1 hour ago, David G. said: Simpler kits like these are good when one needs to feel a sense of progress. Good progress on this! David G. Thanks David, enjoying this one simple and easy to build. 33 minutes ago, doorsovdoon said: Nice simple kit, one of my favourites. looking forward to seeing it progress. Somehow I had Chicago PD decals with mine but they were the mid 70's decals so wouldn't have looked right. There's 3 or 4 different decals with mine but decided not to use them on this build.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 Put the first coat of black on the Galaxie this morning. Came out pretty good, think one more should pretty much cover everything up.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 23, 2021 Author Posted April 23, 2021 (edited) Got the body painted, not perfect but none of those old cruisers weren't pristine by any means. Have the interior painted and almost together as well, will post a pic when it's done. Edited April 23, 2021 by Captain Spaulding
doorsovdoon Posted April 24, 2021 Posted April 24, 2021 Looking good. Paint looks to have covered well. I find black doesn't like to stick to high spots like trim lines and such, especially if I go too heavy at first.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 24, 2021 Author Posted April 24, 2021 4 hours ago, doorsovdoon said: Looking good. Paint looks to have covered well. I find black doesn't like to stick to high spots like trim lines and such, especially if I go too heavy at first. Thanks bud, have a few areas that might need touched up especially under the front doors.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 25, 2021 Author Posted April 25, 2021 8 hours ago, FLHCAHZ said: Lookin’ good Captain! Thanks pal appreciate it.
David G. Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 Good work on the paint. Just can't beat a good ol' black & white scheme. David G.
Bob Ellis Posted April 25, 2021 Posted April 25, 2021 On 4/14/2021 at 11:06 AM, Captain Spaulding said: Got the motor all painted up nothing too fancy, waiting to put the exhaust manifolds on until after the exhaust are mounted. I could never understand why AMT put a Blue Crescent engine in this Police car?
Captain Spaulding Posted April 25, 2021 Author Posted April 25, 2021 10 hours ago, David G. said: Good work on the paint. Just can't beat a good ol' black & white scheme. David G. Thanks David 7 hours ago, slusher said: Nice paint Jason.. Thanks pal
Captain Spaulding Posted April 26, 2021 Author Posted April 26, 2021 Got the interior finally assembled,nothing too special just plain jane like those old cruisers were.
Captain Spaulding Posted April 27, 2021 Author Posted April 27, 2021 The kit is finished and has been posted in the under glass section. Thanks everyone who took the time to look or comment.
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