'65 Galaxie

[Chuckyg1]

Finished this over the weekend. Built OOB except for the tires. Paint is Behr roasted corn over Tamiya gray primer. Not my best work, but looks OK. What do you guys think? Thanks for looking.

[johnyrotten]

Sharp looking galaxie. The wheels/tire combo looks good on there. Like the interior color as well.

[karbuildr]

I like it, very nice looking build.

[sak]

Cragars look great on this model.

[charger74]

Looks pretty good 

[Mike 1017]

Very Nice

[drodg]

Looks good and just this weekend I was thinking I need to finally build a 65 Galaxie.  Good work.

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice-looking build. Good job!

[kelson]

Love the subtle color choice, i has that early 70's street cruiser look.👍

[ncbuckeye67]

That looks great! I've never seen one in yellow before.

[PappyD340]

Great looking Galaxie!

[espo]

Great looking paint color and chrome trim. The contrasting interior looks good. Like the wheels and stance. 

[happy grumpy]

Very nice Galaxie, every time I see one , I can't help but think about "The Invaders ". Fords were vey prominent in the show. Thanks for sharing.

[Chuckyg1]

Thanks everyone for your kind comments.

['70 Grande]

There's a lot to like about this build! I'd enjoy seeing some pics of the engine compartment and chassis, too! I have a couple of questions:

Is this the 1/25 AMT/Round-2 kit with an opening trunk? (If so, it looks like you might have glued the trunk lid shut and really cleaned up the look of it)!

How did you do the silver for the various emblems on the body? They're all very crisp and clean!

Great work on this build! 

[David G.]

A very nice build of an old and tricky kit.

I built one of these last year so I know how much work this kit can be.

Well done!

David G. 

[Chuckyg1]

1 hour ago, '70 Grande said:

There's a lot to like about this build! I'd enjoy seeing some pics of the engine compartment and chassis, too! I have a couple of questions:

Is this the 1/25 AMT/Round-2 kit with an opening trunk? (If so, it looks like you might have glued the trunk lid shut and really cleaned up the look of it)!

How did you do the silver for the various emblems on the body? They're all very crisp and clean!

Great work on this build! 

Thanks for looking, I glad you liked it. I couldn't get the trunk to lay evenly, I omited the hinges so it's just sitting there. For the emblems, I used BMF trimmed as close as possible before priming, then removed it from the emblems using thinner and small Tamiya swabs. It's tedious and you have to work slowly. But it's worth the effort. I did the same after the color coats. Nothing spectacular in the engine bay. I did add a battery and radiator hose. Looks like I have an exhaust leak! Thanks again.

[Geno]

Looks purdy darn sharp to me.😎

[David G.]

Yeah, there was sooo much that needed to be adjusted when I built mine. I found that the interior and rear window interfered with the trunk hinges and needed to be filed down quite a bit for the trunk to fit properly.

 

Pretty much every feature of this car needed to be adjusted, tweaked or corrected. 

I didn't even bother with the exhaust. I wanted to use the side pipes included in the kit but couldn't figure how to mount them so they looked operational.

I think you did a great job with a rather difficult kit.

David G.

 

[slusher]

Great looking Ford!

[AMT68]

Excellent detail and the color is a great choice for that era Ford.