ModelcarJR Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 This is a Lindberg kit that was sold with the Dodge L-700 trick as a WalMart special years ago. Its a pretty nasty kit and its no wonder it is pictured as a junker on a trailer pulled by the L-700 on the box art. I painted the exterior with Dupli-Color Royal Blue (the can calls it a Ford color) and the interior is primer gray with some clear coat on the dash, steering wheel and column. The engine is totally a creation of mine out of the parts box using the block from the kit. Wheels are the Aoshima 15" big and little American Mags but I couldn't use the tires that came with them so I just substituted a set of Goodyear L60-15s. The chassis is a mess so I won't show that and I had to round out the wheel openings a bit to fit the wheels and tires. Thanks for looking! ? 10
STU111 Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 That is one neat looking 40 Ford. Beautiful colour. ?? 1
Zippi Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 I really like the body style on the 40 Fords and blue is my favorite color so I'm diggin this build John. Nicely done there man.
ModelcarJR Posted October 24, 2024 Author Posted October 24, 2024 Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments!? 1
espo Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 The paint color and the finish really look great. Clean chrome body trim. Like the wheels and the stance.
Dennis Lacy Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 (edited) Talk about first-class turd polishing! I was given one of those kits and about barfed looking through it. Very nice work making something beautiful out of nothing! ? Edited October 24, 2024 by Dennis Lacy
TransAmMike Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 Oh yeah John, prrrr-ty in dark blue metallic. Great job?
Dragonhawk1066 Posted October 24, 2024 Posted October 24, 2024 Turned out really nice! What a great color!
XYHARRY Posted October 25, 2024 Posted October 25, 2024 Your 40 Ford coupe looks great John, that colour is gorgeous. The wheel and tyre combo looks good too. Well done. Cheers, David. ??
ModelcarJR Posted October 25, 2024 Author Posted October 25, 2024 Thanks, everyone! I appreciate your comments! As the "old man" Donn Yost says, 87 percent of contest judging is based on paint finish. I don't know what scientific analysis he did or if that is just his wry sense of humor. But paint and foil are two skills I have tried to improve on through the years. It just goes to show that if you get the paint right you can even make a turd look good! Thanks for looking! ? 2
Ragtop Man Posted October 25, 2024 Posted October 25, 2024 Wait - the Lindy (ex-MPC) '40 had an opening hood? That fills my quota of "one new thing" today. Always thought it was a curbside like the '49 Mercury... Well, dang.
mr moto Posted October 25, 2024 Posted October 25, 2024 1 hour ago, Ragtop Man said: Wait - the Lindy (ex-MPC) '40 had an opening hood? That fills my quota of "one new thing" today. Always thought it was a curbside like the '49 Mercury... Well, dang. The Lindberg '40 actually was originally a Palmer tooling. However bad that kit is, it's probably the best thing ever done by Palmer!
Rattlecan Dan Posted October 25, 2024 Posted October 25, 2024 Gorgeous '40. Color is great. Nice job.
Ragtop Man Posted October 26, 2024 Posted October 26, 2024 11 hours ago, mr moto said: The Lindberg '40 actually was originally a Palmer tooling. However bad that kit is, it's probably the best thing ever done by Palmer! Shiver me timbers, matey! That is a completley new one on me - was this a Palmer / Lindy only, or did this eventually become the MPC? I seem to recall a review stating that it had been copied so carefully, even so,e feed tags were in the same place as AMT.
deuces wild Posted October 27, 2024 Posted October 27, 2024 Nice!... I wonder how that one looks under the sun???.... Hint, hint!...? Try it and post a couple more pictures please....??
mr moto Posted October 27, 2024 Posted October 27, 2024 On 10/25/2024 at 9:35 PM, Ragtop Man said: Shiver me timbers, matey! That is a completley new one on me - was this a Palmer / Lindy only, or did this eventually become the MPC? I seem to recall a review stating that it had been copied so carefully, even so,e feed tags were in the same place as AMT. I wish I could find my source on that but I believe it was an article in MCM. It said that Palmer had carefully copied the AMT kit as best they could. I have no insight into any possible MPC connection.
TarheelRick Posted October 27, 2024 Posted October 27, 2024 Very beautiful fat-fender FORD; that is some serious blue - love it.
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