Mildly customized Black Beauty

[fordf-100]

I recently finished this AMT Round two Black Beauty with some very mild customizing done. I went with Tamiya silver for the paint which I thought looked pretty good on it, I opened the rear wheel wells a little to kind of lighten the larger quarters in the back, added some 3D printed wheels closed off all the time fighting accessories and built the interior pretty much out of the kit! Overall I thought it came out ok and is a pretty nice kit. The plastic didn’t take to some of the paint I used especially on the interior as I think it was a little too hot. Let me know what you guys think!

[shoopdog]

Now that looks great.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Looks good! That would be my idea for this kit if I were to obtain one, build it in a different color as a "non Black Beauty".

[Stef]

Love what you've done, @fordf-100. Sick stance, colour, wheels, and overall sinister vibe.

I've been working on mine off-and-on since Christmas, and I'm finally getting close to primer. While I had my heart set on flat black, you're enticing me to duplicate your colour scheme.

[Chinacar]

Very nice! Good choice of wheels, great stance. The Dark metallic finish really sets it off.

[fordf-100]

8 hours ago, Stef said:

Love what you've done, @fordf-100. Sick stance, colour, wheels, and overall sinister vibe.

I've been working on mine off-and-on since Christmas, and I'm finally getting close to primer. While I had my heart set on flat black, you're enticing me to duplicate your colour scheme.

Stef that looks great! Looking at yours I wish I would have opened up the rears wheel wells like yours, I think that looks way better! You gotta finish it up!!!

[karbuildr]

I like it. Looks good in silver with different wheels. Nicely done.

[espo]

Like this color combination better than the prototype. Smooth finish and cleanly detailed trim. 

[echo]

I've had similar thoughts to make a mild custom of this kit, yours came out well, congratulations on a different take on the Black Beauty.

[Moparman18064]

Looks great, as stated before, looks sinister!

[spencer1984]

Very nice, I like your take on it!

[stavanzer]

I really like it is Silver! Your Non-Crime fighting version looks better to me than the Full Tilt Beauty.

I have to say though that to me the Wheels are just "Too Dang Big". They fight the vibe of the 1960's styling to my eyes. But that is just my own tastes.

The completed build is fantastic.

[PappyD340]

Super sharp, well done!

[XYHARRY]

Very clean take on the Black Beauty, well done Phil.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[slusher]

Great build, different!

[fordf-100]

Thanks for the comments, very much appreciated!

[Stef]

On 8/29/2024 at 4:46 AM, fordf-100 said:

Stef that looks great! Looking at yours I wish I would have opened up the rears wheel wells like yours, I think that looks way better! You gotta finish it up!!!

Thank you very much Phil, I'm honoured! I had already cut away my rear skirts well before seeing your solution, and I love yours better. Once carved out, those rear wheelwells are cavernous, and I think the Revell Concept Camaro tires and wheel rings I'm using are just a pinch too small for the rear openings. Your wheels/openings, to my eye, have a flawless balance and "weight". Ingenious solution; wish I'd have thought of that!

Apologies for any hijack; intended only as a sincere and timely inspiration to influence my current build, thanks!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Like the silver-look over the totally black. Nice job.

[fordf-100]

12 hours ago, Stef said:

Thank you very much Phil, I'm honoured! I had already cut away my rear skirts well before seeing your solution, and I love yours better. Once carved out, those rear wheelwells are cavernous, and I think the Revell Concept Camaro tires and wheel rings I'm using are just a pinch too small for the rear openings. Your wheels/openings, to my eye, have a flawless balance and "weight". Ingenious solution; wish I'd have thought of that!

Apologies for any hijack; intended only as a sincere and timely inspiration to influence my current build, thanks!

No apologies necessary! , I like seeing other peoples takes on the same kits, the club I used to belong too did a common kit build and that was always cool to see different takes on a kit!

[Stef]

1 hour ago, fordf-100 said:

No apologies necessary! , I like seeing other peoples takes on the same kits, the club I used to belong too did a common kit build and that was always cool to see different takes on a kit!

Agreed, Phil! You can take a club of 40 dudes, and each one will take the same 32 Ford and take it in a totally new, different, and unexpected direction. A bunch of guys in my club bought Black Beautys, and it's exciting to see what they're going to do with 'em. One guy started opening his hood, with plans to drop a 440 in there, heh.

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[Sledsel]

Looks sharp, I am planning on a custom with mine too!

 

[ReduitRetro]

Nice job!

[Stef]

Hello Phil, et al

Apologies for the necropost, just following up to show some fresh pics of my Black Beauty I finished last December. I loved loved loved yours so much, I changed my colour scheme to pay homage to it, with Tamiya TS-42! Thanks for the inspiration; you cats continue to blow me away with your creativity, skill, and vision, thanks!

[fordf-100]

7 hours ago, Stef said:

Hello Phil, et al

Apologies for the necropost, just following up to show some fresh pics of my Black Beauty I finished last December. I loved loved loved yours so much, I changed my colour scheme to pay homage to it, with Tamiya TS-42! Thanks for the inspiration; you cats continue to blow me away with your creativity, skill, and vision, thanks!

Stef that looks awesome! I REALLY like your tail light treatment and the hood scoops! How did you do the tail light?