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This is a beautiful build of my favorite Galaxies!!! Rod, could you tell me what kit has the headers you used for this build??? I hope my build is half as nice as yours!!!

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As a former 64 Galaxie owner I have to say that this car presses all the right buttons. I hope I don't start waking up with the idea that I have to have another one!

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It's a beautiful build. One question - why does it have a scoop and then two cold air feeds from the front of the car? Where does the air from the scoop go?

Sorry that's two questions!

I wish I could build to that standard tho.

Posted

O.K., so when you say "full detail build" what you actually mean is "superlative example of the pinnacle of model car craftsmanship". Have I got that about right? No need to answer; the other replies have pretty much put paid to that one.

I can't possibly list all the stunning details that jump out at me here, but that engine, I think, deserves special mention.

Thanks for sharing this.

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well i dunno if this is good or bad looking at this build

at work my shirt is soaked from drool. this is too cool

Michael

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It's a beautiful build. One question - why does it have a scoop and then two cold air feeds from the front of the car? Where does the air from the scoop go?

Sorry that's two questions!

I wish I could build to that standard tho.

Cold air goes in thru the air feeds from the front of the car and the hot engine air goes out the scoop.

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Wow. I built one of the original kits back in late '64 and it didn't turn out anything like that! Seriously, that is one truly nice model- should definitely be a feature in a magazine or two. Set it up outside, take a few pictures and you'll have a lot of people wondering "It's not real?" Very, very nice.

Posted

OK, just scanned through all the notes again, and I either missed it or it is not there, but what did you use for the interior side panesl to eliminate the dog legs? I too am doing a build similar, and while I cut up most of the interior to use, I just do NOT like the side panel detail. Is there a resin piece?

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OK, just scanned through all the notes again, and I either missed it or it is not there, but what did you use for the interior side panesl to eliminate the dog legs? I too am doing a build similar, and while I cut up most of the interior to use, I just do NOT like the side panel detail. Is there a resin piece?

I made the side panels from layers of sheet styrene . The pleats are half round styrene rods heated to bend over the top edge . The handles were removed from the AMT 1960 Starliner kit.

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Cold air goes in thru the air feeds from the front of the car and the hot engine air goes out the scoop.

Thanks - I always thought the air went in the scoop like the TransAm shaker scoop or some tunnel ram scoops - even though they face backwards, they pick up the slow moving high pressure air between the scoop and the windscreen. :

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This really is one helluva model car!!! One of the best open trunks I've ever seen, just to name one outstanding feature.

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