AMT's 1965 Ford Galaxie 500 XL: WIP

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

The struggle for a clean paintjob on the hood seems to be taking a good turn.

The hood has been removed from the Purple Pond, cleaned up and primed.

 

 

After a day's worth of cure time, I did some color sanding. Good news! No sign of the previous flaws. I also added the hood hinges, more on that later.

 

 

Another coat of primer and it all looks good in the hood! I even got rid of that unsightly blob on the front center of the hood scoop!

 

That's all for this update.

Thanks for following along.

Comments are not mandatory but they are appreciated!  

David G.

[Steve H]

Sheesh…. That hood is a stubborn thing isn’t it. If anyone can sort it out it’s you David. It does seem like a very unusual flaw to keep surfacing like that. The build is coming along nicely, great colour!

[slusher]

David I sure hope you get it this time. Remember I have a new extra one if you need it no problem..

[Anglia105E]

I reckon you have cracked it this time David !  ( not literally ) . . .

David W.

[LennyB]

Amen, the curse has lifted. Alleluia ??

 

[customline]

4 hours ago, LennyB said:

 Alleluia ??

 

Who knows how to even spell that word, Lenny? Isn't there a "j" in there somewhere? Or an "H"? ?

Edited July 8, 2024 by customline

[David G.]

20 hours ago, Steve H said:

Sheesh…. That hood is a stubborn thing isn’t it. If anyone can sort it out it’s you David. It does seem like a very unusual flaw to keep surfacing like that. The build is coming along nicely, great colour!

Thank you Steve. It looks like I have it this time, I should have some photos to post tomorrow.

 

16 hours ago, slusher said:

David I sure hope you get it this time. Remember I have a new extra one if you need it no problem..

Thanks for your kind encouragement and even kinder offer of a replacement part. I don't think I'll need the part this time but I'm always glad to have the encouragement.

 

14 hours ago, Anglia105E said:

I reckon you have cracked it this time David !  ( not literally ) . . .

David W.

Yes, I'm feeling confident with this pass, thank you David .

 

10 hours ago, LennyB said:

Amen, the curse has lifted. Alleluia ??

 

So it would seem, thanks Len!

David G.

[LennyB]

7 hours ago, customline said:

Who knows how to even spell that word, Lenny? Isn't there a "j" in there somewhere? Or an "H"? ?

Sometimes….

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleluia

[customline]

1 hour ago, LennyB said:

Sometimes….

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleluia

Wow. Who knew.....how did the human race get along before Wikipedia?

[stavanzer]

Great Work on the hood, David.

Looks like the flaw is vanquished.

[David G.]

22 hours ago, stavanzer said:

Great Work on the hood, David.

Looks like the flaw is vanquished.

Thanks Alan, it does indeed look like it's finally under control.

David G.

[Zippi]

That hood is looking good David.

[David G.]

4 minutes ago, Zippi said:

That hood is looking good David.

Thank you Bob.

David G.

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

I'm going to be away on holiday and from the boards until the end of July. Before I go I wanted to post one more update, I just couldn't leave the "Saga of the Hood" without a conclusion of sorts.

This coat of paint looks pretty good. With a little bit of work, I think this will be the one. The hood scoop is masked off because I decided that I want to paint it flat black instead of the same color as the body.

 

 

In the previous post I promised some more details on mounting the hood hinges and here it is. The practical mounting of the hinges is actually a rather straight-forward process but there is a potential problem that I encountered.

 

 

When attaching the hood hinges, test fit and check the shape and evenness of the mounting pads. I've cleaned up and evened out the pad on the upper hinge. The lower one is still rough and misshapen. This will cause the hinges to mount to the hood incorrectly resulting in a misalignment of the hinges and hood. If you're building one of these kits, be sure to double check this.

 

I'll be back in a few weeks to wrap this up.

Until then, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to post any comments.

David G.

[jmk0303]

Looks great David. I have the “Jolly Green Gasser” in the stash so appreciate all your photos and tips!

regards, Joe

[Steve H]

Hi David, hope you have a fantastic holiday. I believe you showed that hood who the boss is. I like the decision to leave the scoop black. ?

Cheers, Steve

[David G.]

On 7/13/2024 at 4:45 PM, jmk0303 said:

Looks great David. I have the “Jolly Green Gasser” in the stash so appreciate all your photos and tips!

regards, Joe

Thank you Joe. It's good knowing that these WIPs I post can be of help to others.

 

On 7/14/2024 at 7:26 AM, Steve H said:

Hi David, hope you have a fantastic holiday. I believe you showed that hood who the boss is. I like the decision to leave the scoop black. ?

Cheers, Steve

Thank you Steve, I had a great time seeing the country and reconnecting with family and friends. I'm happy to get confirmation on the hood scoop, once I made the decision it just seemed like the right way to go.

David G.

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

I'm back from my North America Tour 2024 and working on getting my life back in some semblance of normalcy. In the interest of furthering that gola, here is the next update for my 1965 Ford Galaxie.

More color sanding in preparation for another coat of paint.

 

 

This coat came out pretty good. There are some residual scratches from the previous sanding, I'll have to see if I can polish them out.

 

 

Okay. I got the scratches smoothed out and I've started masking the hood scoop because I want it to stay black.

 

 

This is as good as it's going to get, at least it's as good as my patience will currently it allow it to get. At some point one just has to tick the box and move on.

 

As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to post any comments you may wish to share.

David G.

[slusher]

The black scoop on purple hood. Looks so much better , my opinion of course !

[David G.]

16 hours ago, slusher said:

The black scoop on purple hood. Looks so much better , my opinion of course !

Thank you Carl. I do value your opinion, thank you for taking the time to share it with me.

David G.

[NOBLNG]

It’s looking good David.?

[LennyB]

I like the contrast of the black scoop against the purple. Nice. Are you going to use the hood ornament? I see you left room for it.

[David G.]

23 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

It’s looking good David.?

Thank you Greg.

 

16 hours ago, LennyB said:

I like the contrast of the black scoop against the purple. Nice. Are you going to use the hood ornament? I see you left room for it.

Thank you Len. I thought so too, especially with the black interior. It's nice having confirmation on that.

I do plan to use the hood ornament, I'm not sure why though. Probably just because if this were my car, that's what I would do.  

I guess that's all the reason I need.  

Thanks again,

David G.

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

Needing a distraction from the plight of the hood, I decided to address the chrome issue for the rear bumper. Here I've stripped the old chrome and gave it a shot of primer so I can get it all smoothed out to be painted with Rustoleum Chrome paint.

 

 

It looks like a successful mission!

 

 

Photographing chrome is a bit tricky, so here's another shot to give a better idea of how it turned out. Pretty good, I must say.

 

As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to share any comments, opinions or advice you may have.

David G.

[slusher]

Man, that looks great, David!