1961 FORD Galaxie

[tomsheehy]

Great job. You do wonders with your models.

[bondo bill]

very sharp build!

[Pete L.]

Really slick...looks like a 1:1 scale car !

[Erik Smith]

Excellent work. Beautiful model.

[jtsimeral]

Very nice! Great color too. I love those old Fords with the big round tail lights. Excellent job!

Jerry

[sbk]

That one came out really nice!

[Davewilly]

Very nice build. I also like the simple builds now and then so I can finish one now and then being I dont get the time to build I used to have when I was younger and had kids living at home to help with the chores!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

My friends, once again I thank you all for the commnts. You all surprised me again, as I wasn't expecting much, after all this is a curbside model, and I couldn't find many of them built to take some ideas from, so I concluded it would be a low interest model.

Thanks again!!

[pa3de8]

Great job! Looks awesome!

[John Goschke]

Really outstanding job on this build!

[drifterdon]

Beautiful build Tulio. Like you, I love the old Fords. My first car was a '68 Galaxie convertible. Current old Ford is a '66 T-Bird.

Don

[charlie8575]

Ahh....someone else who sees the difference in digital and color; I do, espcially with a lot of reds/pinks/oranges and occasionally blues. One of the many, many reasons I still shoot 99% of my pictures on film. It works.

I am curious, Tulio, how do you find your older-model car runs on the sugar-based gasoline they're using in Brazil? Did you have to modify it in any manner?

As to the model...another great stunner. Beautiful, well-built car and a gorgeous color choice.

Charlie Larkin

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Ahh....someone else who sees the difference in digital and color; I do, espcially with a lot of reds/pinks/oranges and occasionally blues. One of the many, many reasons I still shoot 99% of my pictures on film. It works.

I am curious, Tulio, how do you find your older-model car runs on the sugar-based gasoline they're using in Brazil? Did you have to modify it in any manner?

As to the model...another great stunner. Beautiful, well-built car and a gorgeous color choice.

Charlie Larkin

Yes, there is a huge diference between the digital, and film cameras, and I think film cameras are far superior, but, they are not so practical as the digital.

Our gasoline here has 25% in volume of alcohol. The modifications needed are just bigger jets on the carburetor, and adjusting the ignition timing. On the maintenance side, you just have to use the car at least once a week so gas won't evaporate on the carb. That's because the gasoline with alcohol creates a gely residue that clogs the carburetor up. To avoid that, you have to drive the car enough to keep the carb full, or to dry it in case of stooring the car.

[Brudda]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mj-Styro]

Very nice!!!!

Love the back drop! makes the car look real!!!

Mj

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Well, I was never 100% ok about how the Galaxie turned out, and I discovered why. It was the tires.

All the times I saw one of those cars it has a set of whide whites, that even not being as whide as the ones from the 50s, still were wider than a set of plain white line tires, so I copied a brochure, and painted some whide whites on the tires. Also added the cool rear view mirrors that came with the kit, that look alike the optional mirrors that Ford ofered for those cars.

Note how the color changes on those indoor pictures.

1961 Galaxie by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr

1961 Galaxie by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr