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(hope this does not post twice, my screen vanished as I was putting this up a few minutes ago)

This build was inspired by a car in my hometown that I saw about 13 years ago, and I am just now getting around to it, DOH!

I always like the body of the 64, but since the kit was a curbside, I will be borrowing the chassis and motor from the Starliner kit. (yeah, I know, not accurate for replica stock, but this is not a replica stock build, please forgive me purists ;) )

I am not good about keeping a lot of pics going, so forgive me..

Hood cut away and ready for the lip to be installed

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The tub style interior was chopped up, so the dash, console, and seats will be seperate, and the sides and rear seat will be one piece. (pic before final cuts)

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The motor so far, I removed the molded fuel lines from the bottom up to the carb and replaced with wire.

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The chassis will show some weathering, as this car will be one that is driven, not a show car.

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Edited by Modelbuilder Mark
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Nice job! I bought several of the 60 Starliner kits way back to do just what you're doing here; update those nice old AMT bodies!

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Very NICE job so far Mark, nice engine detail also, my first car was a 64 Galaxy 500 289 HP 3 speed red on red wish I still had it, oh well hind sight is always 20/20 huh? great job got a color scheme picked out yet?? :D

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@ Joker, Rob, Nick, Ray and Carl, thanks fro the feedback guys!

@ Rusty, yeah, the Starliner kid has some great detail, wish I had bought several more last time they were around. I plan on picking up some more at my next contest I attend if I can find them.

@ Larry This one will be bright red as well! Baby Moons on Chrome wheels, black interior. Got the paint to finish out this week and the rest of the foil I did put on before paint.

@ Plowboy, yeah, I am up in the air about the doglegs. I do not know that I am good enough but I am certainly no a quick enough builder to add that to the list of things to do before 11/03 which is my target date....well, 11/02 actually, have a local show on 11/03 :-) We shall see tho.

@ Richard, thank you sir. I am trying. This one, like most all of my projects the last year, the paint seems to be fighting me. I already shot this one, started the buffing process, and a couple spots will need touched-up/shot again.

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Great Engine!

Very Realistic... B)

Great Engine detail! Cant wait to see some more of the whole car

Thanks guys, I should have some more picturesup tomorrow. I started the buff work on the paint already. Then I can finish up the interior, then final assembly!

I started this a few weeks back, but have not been good about taking pictures along the way. :huh:

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The pic is not very good, (taken on my step-daughters cell phone) but I got the foil done today. I still need to finish the polishing, and then start final assembly. Having a hard time getting the foil on the door handles, so I will likely Alclad them. Will take some better pictures this week.

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  • 2 weeks later...
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OK, I think I am in the backstretch on the Galaxy. I am not happy with the paint, after I polished it out, the clear coat has continued to shrink a bit. Despite the fact that I let the red cure for over a week, and I used a clear by the same company, it has spidered in a few places, so more polishing etc. Still, since this is primarily a shelf build for me, I do not think I will strip and redo the paint, too much work in it already at this point.

I failed to dry fit the firewall, so I will be having to trim and adjust that. But overall, the look is coming along as I had hoped.

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I could not get the door handles and key hole foiled correctly, so I used liquid mask and shot the handles with Alclad, I think they turned out pretty decent.

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