The Very Last one: Ford Custom Kustom

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Managed to get this one finished.

She almost wasn't finished in time, as a little accident happened!!!

My original idea was to paint the Ford a 1961 Galaxie color, Laurel Green, and I had some left over from my '61 Galaxie build.

I painted the Ford that color, and like it was urethane automotive paint, I had to clear coat it. Everything went well until I cleared the car. Gave a coat of clear, waited a minute or so, then gave a second and more wet coat. The body really started to look great.

Then I took the body from my painting room, as I was going to paint other parts, and went to the house with it. The, disaster... I slipped, and the body went to the ground. About every single particle of sand and dust I had in my garage was immediately attracted to the body (or so it seemed) and the paint was trashed for good.

Took the body, and submerged it in 1,5 liter of water plus 350 ml of acetone (a trick I got from my friend Bill).

In about a hour and a half the body was bare plastic again with no damage to the plastic.

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

Like I was down on Laurel Green, and I wanted a green car, I decided to use some Verde Oásis (Oasis Green) a original Ford color for the Brazilian 1976 Ford Corcel MK-1, Maverick and Galaxie lines.

This time, the paint went smoothly and I had no more problems.

Now a little background on what would be the 1:1 car itself.

Doing some research on period pictures of custom cars I got to some conclusions:

We are kind of used to see on TV some modern day replicas of Custom cars from days past. Those are usually mega buck builds, with frame off restorations, and super mega shiny paints, using modern materials and are as fake as three Dollar bills.

Back in the day, those cars were usually build by kids with a budget, starting with a five or even 10 year old car.

They used to do nice new upholstery, nice new paint, and maybe even to change some parts like shocks, and spark plug wires.

Some late model or top of the line hubcaps were also a popular add on.

Body mods were less common than one could think, but a nice new set of white wall tires was almost mandatory.

Looking at some cars being painted at the time, reveals that they could care less about the car's underside. Unless of course we were talking about a builder that wanted to do a show car and not just a nice looking driver.

They used to cover the wheels, ans some even used to take all trim out, but you could see some pretty colorful frames back in the day. And it was not done on purpose!!

That is the look I wanted on my model, a 10 year old car, that was repainted, re upholstered, and won some accessories to become a lucky kid's ride.

maybe I did it right, maybe I didn't, but anyway, I hope you guys like my little Ford!!

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

[PappyD340]

She's a real beauty Tulio, love the color!!

[donb]

Yep been there done that with the paint issue.
The build is fantastic. Love all your 57's/

[rmvw guy]

I think you got it right Tulio. I like the overspray effect on the chassis... The engine bay almost looks too nice. That kid must have spent a lot of time under the hood. I always love your work.

[traditional]

That's really pretty! So glad you were able to save it.

[Greg Cullinan]

Looks great. I think I do that every time I paint,drop it. I started to tape the bodies to my paint stand.

[1930fordpickup]

Awesome as the norm from you. The last time I dropped a body (the second time) after paint , I stepped on it. You did a better job with yours.

[Jim Whalen]

Hi,

Nice job on the model, neat trick with the paint stripping (will have to try and remember that). When I paint my models I always put the parts into shoe boxes to keep the dust off. Little parts are taped to cardboard and the body is on a Tamiya paint stand that is taped to the bottom of the shoe box. I also try not to move them until the paint has cured (if I do move them I'm extremely careful). Despite all this care I do sometimes have disasters so I know what is like to have a disaster like the one you have outlined here - its great to see you did such a good job of saving the model (inspiring in fact!).

[cobraman]

Very nice clean model.

[S. Svendsen]

Very clean build

[bigphoto]

beautiful job!

[Apriliadan]

Very nice

[the goon]

Wow, you nailed it. Great color, and build.

Mark

[crazyjim]

Nice details. I really like the SHINY :)

[Danno]

Nice save; sweet build.

[Mike 1017]

A real beauty. Anymore Fords in 2014 ?

[hgbben]

Superb fit and finish.....not a 50's Ford guy myself but it looks good.

[slusher]

AN incredible build, looks showroom fresh. Great color also..

[oldscool]

That is just beautiful!

[Joker]

Great theme for this build Tulio.

It reminds me of what any bodyman/metalman/upholstryman/painter/pinstripper/mechanic/showgoer/car lover would drive everyday.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Thank you my friends, coming from builders like you, it really means a lot.

A picture of the interior still "outside"

1957 Ford Custom Kustom par Túlio Lazzaroni Lovefordgalaxie, on ipernity

[Kustoms Illustrated]

VERY, very nice! Love the color.

[peekay]

Another beautiful Ford from you Tulio.

[Chris White]

love the color

[slammedi'am]

Slick!!!!