Steve_L Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 These are pictures of the 13th project in my build theme of "Models of Cars I Have Owned or Driven." In late 1960, my Dad brought home a new 1961 Ford Falcon Station Wagon for our family car. I immediately hated the looks, color and gutless performance. However, I said nothing because my Dad originated the phrase "It's my way or the highway." I had a lot of "first dates" in that car, but not many "second or third dates." That was because many girls did not want to be seen in a station wagon with a fold down rear seat. LOL! I combined an AMT 1961 Ranchero styrene kit with a ModelHaus resin 2-door Station Wagon kit and converted it to a 4-door. The good news was that I found a reference picture of me and my brother John next to the car. The bad news was that I found that reference picture; I realized I needed to add the side trim and roof rack to the build. And I needed to take out a loan for the BMF, too. LOL! I modified the front seat and painted the interior with Desert Sand Duplicolor Interior paint. I followed that with BMF and detail painting. I made the side and rear window glass from clear .010 styrene plastic. I used .040 half round styrene for the side trim and made the roof rack supports from .060 half round. I adapted other roof rack parts from a 1959 Rambler kit and my parts box. I had the Mint Green paint custom mixed at a local auto paint store and shot it through my air brush. I covered that with Duplicolor Clear and finished up with polishing pads plus Novus and Meguires polish. I had a lot more fun building the model than I ever did driving the 1:1 car! Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Wow looks good.. I wouldn't mind driving that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porscheman Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Beautiful Build!!! Love the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxicoop Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 WOW !!!! wonderful work ...... changing a truck to a station wagon great job !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Sweet!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Well this is nice, really good looking model. Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Nice ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donb Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very Cool! Love that theme too. Nicely done., Great color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaguar man 21 Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very nice I love the old ford wagons great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very nice....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanr Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 that is a greattttt looking falcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platerpants Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragcarz Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very nice build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 That is just flat-out beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Very nicely done, Stephen. Do you have any more in-progress pictures?C Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 That is very , very nice Stephen ! Excellent work on the conversion . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Impressive work Steve, BMF application must have been a task and a half ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Very nice Stephen! I'm not much of a wagon fan myself, probably mostly because my mother carted me around in every ugly Mopar wagon produced from about 1965-1978. But it's a very nice conversion! I had a good friend back in the early 80s who had a '61 Falcon 2 door sedan that we "dubbed" the "Flintstone Mobile" because the floor boards were so rusted out you could watch the road go by between your knees! Great job!! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard_2_Handle_454 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Excellent Job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badluck 13 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Now that's a Sweetheart !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBoyle Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Excellent job on the Falcon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 She's a beauty!! A little wash on the grille would make her even more beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Morgan Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Very nice work. Cool story behind the build as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 A real beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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