Yellow '57

[slusher]

Fantastic build Tulio. Great color...

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Thanks guys for for your awesome feedback!!!

tulio wherever did you get those "special" thunderbird valve covers......? very awsome supercharge setup crazy to think they have been "huffing" cars so many years now

The valve covers and their decals come with the kit.

The supercharger, I took from the Fireball Roberts edition of the Revell '57 Ford, as I'm not much into building race cars, but that supercharger was worth the effort.

[rmvw guy]

Every time I see a '57 Ford from now on I will think of you Tulio. I find myself admireing the under side of your cars more and more with the overspray technique you have mastered. Nice job once again, the yellow POPS!

[Helix]

Like some of the guys have said Tulio......nice taxi

Another beautifully done 57 mate, makes me want to drag out my AMT 57 and start that

[realgone58]

That's where all the new '57 Ford kits are...........at Tulio's house! Another beauty Tulio!

[PARTS GUY]

another very nice build. you keep going like this and you should have all the colors covered. thank you for the tips on building one.

[charlie8575]

That looks nice,Tullio.

An idea if that yellow is being a rascal to photograph- try a polarizing filter. As you still have some 35mm equipment, it might be wise to try that filter with the film; you may get a truer color.

Whatever you decide to do, that's another nice build of yours.

Charlie Larkin

[Teddy J. Tannehill]

You have built a really keen Yellow Ford....Some of my Pals are Car Guys and Hot Rod Builders....We got on the topic of Rear Ends....The '57 Ford "Smooth Back". Was mentioned by my Pal Russ Roth...I can't remember the details.

[1930fordpickup]

Looks awesome, as always .

[D. Battista]

Excellent Job !!!

[Duntov]

Pretty neat stuff ---

[Greg Cullinan]

Rad as always.

[JTalmage]

The first three pictures I would have almost bet were of a real full sized car... it looks great!

[the goon]

Beautiful!!

+1.

Mark

[Ron Hamilton]

_{Another winner Tulio!!!!!!!}

[Baugher Garage]

Tulio - AKA Ford Fairlane! Beautiful work!!

[Speedfreak]

Nice car Tulio, no sleeper with that color! Have you ever built a '57 Chevy?

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Guys, thanks a lot!!!!

I was not very happy about the car, because of the FORD lettering on the front end. I painted it ModelMaster chrome silver, but it kind of looked "fake". The kit's decals, are too small (in my opinion of course) and they also look "fake".

After about 10 attempts, I was able to actually foil the tiny FORD lettering.

I used my amateur microscope from when I was a kid (I'm not kidding, it's a toy, but it enlarges things a LOT more than just a magnifying lens) and I cut the letters on the BMF and after installed them on the car. Not 100% perfect yet, but better than paint and decals. Remember I build box stock, so, no PE allowed.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Nice car Tulio, no sleeper with that color! Have you ever built a '57 Chevy?

You know Gene, I ALMOST painted her white.

Guess my next one will be white.

BUT I saw a really beautiful Thunderbird in Inca Gold at a car show, and I "had" to paint the car this color. I never saw any other '57 Ford painted Inca Gold, maybe because in the U.S. the car would be called a Taxi. In Brazil, in the 1950s Taxi cabs were black, and 99% of them were Chevrolets or Fords four door sedans. Untill the beginning of the 1970s you could still see shiny and impeccable clean 1949-1952 Chevrolet Stylelines and 1950-1953 Ford Customs with a "TAXI" tag on the roof around town.

The stories the drivers use to tell were that the Chevy was your car for heavy city traffic, as the stovebolt six would never get hot idling on a car jam. The Ford was your car for long rides and taking passengers in a hurry, as the V8 loved the highway and could run 60 70 MPH all day long, while the Chevrolets from before 1953 couldn't, because of the non full pressure oiling system. Sustained high speeds on our hot climate would destroy the bearings.

Yes man, I built my share of 1957 Chevrolets.

The one I like the most is the Monogram Chevy in 1:12 scale.

Take a look:

It's all box stock. Just added quarter windows and chrome tail pipe ends.

[Speedfreak]

That is absolutley stunnng Tulio. That close-up interior shot could be a 'still' from a 1:1 car in a movie. Man, you even build Chevy's good! Do you display your model's at home, or , somewhere? You should have a big glass case for them.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

That is absolutley stunnng Tulio. That close-up interior shot could be a 'still' from a 1:1 car in a movie. Man, you even build Chevy's good! Do you display your model's at home, or , somewhere? You should have a big glass case for them.

Thanks, but remember, it's 1/12 scale, so detailing is easy, everything is big.

I have a closed cabinet, and I keep the models inside their boxes. Other than this, I have about ten clear styrene casings, and I rotate my models on them.

Never displayed them other than that, or took them to any model car show or anything like that.

[charlie8575]

Guys, thanks a lot!!!!

I was not very happy about the car, because of the FORD lettering on the front end. I painted it ModelMaster chrome silver, but it kind of looked "fake". The kit's decals, are too small (in my opinion of course) and they also look "fake".

After about 10 attempts, I was able to actually foil the tiny FORD lettering.

I used my amateur microscope from when I was a kid (I'm not kidding, it's a toy, but it enlarges things a LOT more than just a magnifying lens) and I cut the letters on the BMF and after installed them on the car. Not 100% perfect yet, but better than paint and decals. Remember I build box stock, so, no PE allowed.

VERY nice job on the letters!

Charlie Larkin