Lindberg's '53 Ford - following the instructions

[bill-e-boy]

8 hours ago, customline said:

I still need to deal with goofs by adding  some Molotow here and there.

Looking Good

And the Molotow touch ups are what is done - well at I do it too

[customline]

A picture is worth a thousand words. 

The left side skirt won't play well for some as yet unknown reason. The skirts were glued on way back when and were smoothed on the inside for the sake of chassis installation. Somewhere along the way after being brought into the house from the detached garage ("the paint department") the left skirt went missing.  Luckily, I was able to use one from another kit. I painted it and glued it on with CA yesterday and before the the end of the day I was thinking about how it would look without skirts. It fell off again...hmmm......🤔

[customline]

Except for the upper radiator hoses, this puppy is finished unless I find any more parts in the box that avoided my attention. Try to imagine them in place in that engine shot. 😉. I added an aerial that had to be there.  They had to have a working radio back in '64. This build of the '53 Ford Victoria has a good memory for me. It belonged to my older sister's boy friend (she was 17) who is largely responsible for my life-long obsession with hot rods and old cars in general. He could remove the roof on nice sunny days and leave it in his yard. His dad owned a body shop. They got wet occasionally.  And now you know. 😎 Thanks for all your comments, help, encouragement, and praise. 

[espo]

Beautiful looking finishes throughout. 

[bamadon]

On 8/8/2025 at 3:17 PM, customline said:

I built the ragtop. If I'm not mistaken,  the ragtop is fitted with dual exhaust. Yes? I need to go look but it's way up high. 😒

My mistake. When I went to look it is the hardtop like you're building. Even more important for me to follow along with you.

[customline]

20 minutes ago, bamadon said:

My mistake. When I went to look it is the hardtop like you're building. Even more important for me to follow along with you.

Anything worth learning is pretty much done. The fit on final assembly had nothing to locate the floor relative to the body so I added some styrene inside the body at the gas filler area. This gave me something to anchor the rear while I clamp down the front fenders. The kit had some twist issues. Next time I would do some easing of the windshield edges and the dash mating surface. It doesn't need much.  The most annoying thing is detailing that dash 😣. Adding the side trim is not to be attempted while under the influence of caffeine. I used CA for that operation. I sanded the plating very, very, very carefully 😬 with a white stick. I spread the glue with a green plastic toothpick In the trench. So when you're ready for the trim be SOBER, DON!

[customline]

4 hours ago, espo said:

Beautiful looking finishes throughout. 

Thanks, David.  There are some...rashy areas that are hard to see unless you look really close. That's the down side of clear. Rub-through 😵

[Quiet Eric]

Gorgeous! 

[customline]

The engine room is done now that the upper hoses are in place. After looking g at some cars on the web, I found that body color is what you would see in these spots (arrow) in case you build this pretty decent kit. My instinct was to black them out but then I figured I should check 🥴.