46 Chevy Aerosedan Mass. State Cruiser

[Rdkingjay]

This is a Galaxie Limited 46-48 Aerosedan kit. This is a great kit for an experienced modeler. It is one of the most detailed kits I have ever built, in that the company has taken strides IMHO, to produce a kit, that when finished, does not have any of the gaps or wiggle room characteristics of off-the-shelf kits. I am essentially building out of the box, but I did replace the solid molded front springs with real ones and added hoses/wires/fuel lines to the engine compartment. Oddly, the color I choose for the engine, based on pics of the real thing, is pretty close to the french blue, that is a signature color on our cars, to this day.

[gwolf]

Wow...that is looking impressive!

[Bob Ellis]

Is that oil filter representative of an aftermarket or optional item on a '46 Chevy?

[PappyD340]

Very NICE detail, looks so far!!

[Guest]

Stunning work so far.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice work, and I agree it's a great kit. One thing to watch for though...the corners of the front fenders (under the headlights) are much more square than the real car, and it's probably due to how the molds were designed to release. It's not hard to fix if you study online pix of the 1:1, and there's plenty of plastic already there to round the corners more realistically.

[Rdkingjay]

Bob, I cannot give you an accurate answer because I don't know. I used what the kit provided. This car is about 15 years older then the oldest types of cars I usually go for. My car model tastes hover from the early sixties to the seventies. So I would assume it is a stock appearing piece, save for molding/scaling issues.

Bill, I was not aware of the discrepency with the front fenders, but thank you. Future ref for the next one. The car is nearly complete now. Those photos are 7 months old.

[Foxer]

an Areo Statey! .. definitely want want to this in our colors

[DumpyDan]

Nice detail on that engine, look real enough to start up.

[Jeremy Jon]

Very nice detailing, looks good!!