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I'm not a big fan of '65 Galaxie—have always thought the '66 was a much better looking car in every way—and have never owned this kit, or even much wanted to. But at last month's local toy show, something about this builtup just spoke to me. Maybe it was the stance, maybe it was the clean, unpainted body, maybe it was the fact that it came with very usable wheels and tires and I wouldn't have to scrounge those up. Whatever, it followed me home for just $5.

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The vendor told me he'd owned a '65 Galaxie with a “light green two tone” interior, so I thought it would be fun to do that to match pics I found on the net. I had some Krylon Italian Olive on hand, and bought some darker green acrylic craft paint for the second shade. But the Krylon turned out to be much darker than the cap led me to believe, and I ended up just leaving the whole interior in that, with some black and Silver Sharpie minor detailing.

White plastic is always problematic to polish. It's rare to find white styrene that's real opaque and doesn't look immediately like plastic. On this one, you could see the “shadow” of your finger through the plastic in ambient light. I tried something new and sprayed the inside of the body, hood, and trunk lid with four coats of a good flat white primer. Now you can't see your finger “shadow” through the body in ambient light, but you still can if you hold it up directly to a light source. The outer white plastic polished up quite nicely. Does it look like good white paint now? No, but it's a big improvement—about like the difference between skim milk and whole milk. (I don't know if you can see the difference in the Before and After pics or not.)

The rest was pretty standard Snake-Fu: Silver Sharpie trim, detail the grille and taillights, polish out the glass, and so forth. Not a perfect model, but a lot of fun and a decent shelf-sitter for $5 and maybe 10-12 hours of effort. Thanks for looking and, as always, comments welcome. Model on, all! B)

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Posted
17 hours ago, michelle said:

nice  work  and great  resuce 

Thanks Michelle! B)

 

12 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Real nice save!

Thanks Pappy! B)

Posted
11 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Nice! There’s just something to it when a model calls your name! 

There really is, isn't there? Doesn't happen all the time but sometimes when it does, it's just magic. 

Others turn out to be styrene sirens who lure you in and then lie to you. :lol:

Posted
9 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

How much time do you have invested in it? I have been thinking about putting some Snake-Fu on some of my old builds.

Had probably 10-12 hours in this one, as I scribed out the door lines. The chassis was also a gluebomby mess that needed some un-typical repairs. 

I've done over 40 of these "rescues" now (not full rebuilds, just Snake-Fu improvements to a builtup with "good bones" to start with) and they're all different. I guess the least time I have in one is about 3-4 hours and the most around 20. Most fall somewhere in the 6-12 hour range. For comparison, I figure on spending at least 40 hours building up a new kit from out of the box. 

Posted
11 hours ago, cobraman said:

Looks good. I like the 65 more than the 66 myself.

Thanks, Cobraman. Much appreciated! B)

Posted
16 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Had probably 10-12 hours in this one, as I scribed out the door lines. The chassis was also a gluebomby mess that needed some un-typical repairs. 

I've done over 40 of these "rescues" now (not full rebuilds, just Snake-Fu improvements to a builtup with "good bones" to start with) and they're all different. I guess the least time I have in one is about 3-4 hours and the most around 20. Most fall somewhere in the 6-12 hour range. For comparison, I figure on spending at least 40 hours building up a new kit from out of the box. 

I like your style in saving other people's builds. If I run out of kitty-proof display space, I may need to donate some of mine to a good home (like yours).

Posted

Great save Rich, I'm with you, I think the '66 is a better looking car but you've made this one look pretty nice.

Posted
On 5/19/2021 at 11:00 PM, slusher said:

looks super nice Snake, I like the green interior also…

Thanks! It kinda grew on me too when I got used to it. B)

 

On 5/20/2021 at 2:17 AM, Bills72sj said:

I like your style in saving other people's builds. If I run out of kitty-proof display space, I may need to donate some of mine to a good home (like yours).

Keep me in mind. The Snakepit tries to be a "no kill" shelter. B):lol:

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On 5/20/2021 at 7:40 AM, Geno said:

Great save Rich, I'm with you, I think the '66 is a better looking car but you've made this one look pretty nice.

 

On 5/20/2021 at 5:28 PM, ewetwo said:

looks great snake.

Thanks Geno and Ewetwo! Much appreciated! B)

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