1962 Ford Galaxie Sunliner

[smellyfatdude]

A recent acquisition.

Primed and sealed.

Painted, w/Duplicolor Victory Red, after foiling the Sunliner scripts and G-A-L-A-X-I-E lettering.

I'll let it gas out, then try the Tamiya clear on the hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . (crossing fingers)

[bbowser]

Can't wait to see it SFD, I know you'll do it justice.

[george 53]

Isn't it NICE when ya finally BUILD that old kit?!? Oh yeah, thats gonna be a nice one for sure!

[High octane]

I'm likin' that Sunliner a lot!

[IMPALASS89]

nice I like the color what color is the interior going to be??

[cobraman]

I will be watching this for sure. My first car was a 62 Ford but not a cool convertible. It was a baby blue 4 door I bought from my folks for 50 bucks.

[slusher]

Nice shade of red SFD...

[PappyD340]

I LIKE IT, more please!!

[Guest]

The color looks nice D.W.! Is that the up top I see peeking up out of the box?

[Joker]

The color looks nice D.W.! Is that the up top I see peeking up out of the box?

agreed...

but..what's in da box?

interested in seeing the custom pieces from these old kits

[smellyfatdude]

I LIKE IT, more please!!

Lol, well nothing else has been accomplished. But here's another shot, with a little more subdued lighting. I think it shows off the true color a bit better. And yes, that is the uptop you see in the box. Before final assembly, I may just take some shots with the uptop, first. I already trimmed and sanded where necessary, so there's a good fit on the windshield frame. The interior will be red/white. And I'm going to put a dab of glue on those axles, this time. No more rolling off the hood of the car, while I'm trying to take pics!

[Phildaupho]

It is great to see a '62 Ford being built as now I think they are pretty cool which is certainly not the way I felt about them between 1962 and 1967. My parents bought a new biege 4-door sedan Galaxie 500 with clear plastic seat covers. They still had it when I got my drivers licence in 1965. It had the smallest displacement V-8 with a 2 barrel and sounded like a vacuum cleaner when you floored it. I guess that is why I never had the urge to to build a '62 Ford kit back in the day. I have to say I was very impressed with my dad when he traded it in for a new '67 Mustang notchback.

[smellyfatdude]

sounded like a vacuum cleaner when you floored it.

Reminds me of my sister's ' 72 Vega wagon. If you mashed the pedal, all it did was make some horrific noise. The thing would barely move any faster.

Here's the body clear coated with Tamiya TS-13. Had to get all the paint off of the scripts, first.

[charlie8575]

Nice color choice. I like the early 1960s big Fords. Very clean, nicely-designed cars.

Charlie Larkin

[smellyfatdude]

Here's the white base coat on the interior, and the chassis all decorated. I left the promo style engraving of all the cars features 100% intact.

Next, mask the interior portions that will remain white, and spray the red. Yesterday,I picked up some Testors Dark Red to do the flocking.

[slusher]

Nice progress SFD...

[smellyfatdude]

Thanks, slusher. The interior is painted, now. Just needs a light misting of clear in a day or so.

[Tompidom]

Nice interior. Will look great with the body color!

[cobraman]

Agreed, nice interior.

[slusher]

Real nice two tone interior SFD...

[smellyfatdude]

Here's a quick mockup I did, after having to retouch some of the paint and clearcoat again. The tires are from the AMT ' 61 Galaxie re-issue. And here's a couple shots of the body, all foiled.

[peekay]

Looking good - you don't see that kit too often.

[charlie8575]

Very nice work on that, Darcy. This will be a very nice car when it's finished up.

Charlie Larkin

[smellyfatdude]

The interior is finished, finally. I added foil to the seats and panels for the silver piping, and foiled and painted as much of the other details as I could.That's Testors dark red over the embossing powder/flocking. A little bit more work should wrap this one.

[Ford guy]

Looking really good SFD. Love the red on red........sweet!