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Finally making some progress on the 1966 Coupe. Created water slide decals for the custom accent stripes on my daughter’s car and a Dr. Who Tardis decal like she has in her back window. Got the body in primer and fixed up some blemishes all over the body as well as mold sink spots in the trunk lid, started airbrushing a lot of the components. Only the ones in the clear container are done with their airbrushing pass, a lot of airbrush work to still go. Then detailing after that.

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Got most of the airbrush work done this weekend. All of the components except the body are done and ready for detail painting. The body is in color but there are a few small blemishes I want to fix and touch up before I chrome the trim and 2K clear. 

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Body looks a lot better after wet sanding out the blemishes and lightly respraying. Now wait to cure before Molotow chrome for the window trim, then waiting again to add decals and 2K clear. This part is a slow process.

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Got 2K clear on the body. Sadly got a run on the hood but I should be able to get it out when I wet sand and polish. Got quite a bit of detail painting, chassis detailing with fuel, brake lines and emergency brake wires. Started detailing the engine compartment. 
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22 hours ago, Duddly01 said:


Got 2K clear on the body. Sadly got a run on the hood but I should be able to get it out when I wet sand and polish. Got quite a bit of detail painting, chassis detailing with fuel, brake lines and emergency brake wires. Started detailing the engine compartment. 
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Man I love the brake/fuel lines on the car. They look amazing! The 2K turned out great. This car is looking fantastic! Keep up the good work!

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3 hours ago, FoMoCo66 said:

Looking awesome,  What color did you use on the interior and what color for the body? I'm going to build a stock thunderbolt and they had an interior color that is gold-ish silver like your interior.

Exterior is MCW finishes Wimbledon White. The actual ford factory color. Matches the real car well. The interior is Ivy gold & white pony interior and I decanted actual correct interior paint from National Parts Depot we use on the actual car. It is lacquer for both. Base colors.

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I have gotten a little bit of work on the interior. Still need to add the seatbelts and door lock knobs. I have 4-5 hours I will need to spend wet sanding and polishing the body now. The body actually came out pretty smooth and clean. I wish I could say the same for the hood and trunk lid. Got a big run in the hood and a small one with trash in the trunk lid, hoping I can wet sand it out of the 2k clear.

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57 minutes ago, Musclecarbuilder said:

Man looks great! How did you make that automatic shifter in the interior? It doesn't look like the toy-ish one you get in the kit.

Looks like the VCG resin ones.

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Hi Donald, amazing build you have going on here. Lots of fantastic modifications to the original kit, to create a very nice looking replica. Your white glue mock up really got me thinking. I often do mockups, but not the entire kit like that. Wow! Very thorough .
 I’m really looking forward to seeing the lighting when complete, that dash looks killer! I have done working lights on a few builds, but only on curb side builds, not full detail. Something I will do eventually, (I was thinking on an ElCamino, battery in the back under cover) so I am watching with interest. 
 

Cheers, Steve

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I was able to get the run out of the hood, but I burned through the trunk lid trying to get the run and trash out of the clear. Fingers crossed I can get a good color match when I respray it. 😢

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