Dominik Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 very nice looking Ford from your bench Tulio. Love the color!
Geno Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Like it, hell, I love it. Absolutely kickass job. I applaud you Tulio.
Earl Marischal Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Pardon my ignorance but what is an E Code car? Thanks steve
Rodent Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Pardon my ignorance but what is an E Code car? Thanks steve Dual 4-barrel 312. The Paxton supercharged 312 was the "F code". Came from the character in the VIN that denotes the engine.
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 4, 2015 Author Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks again my friends!! I really love the read your feedback. The Revell kit has among it's particularities, both good and bad, almost all the stuff to build a factory E-Code, that is indeed a dual quad carburetor 312 Y-Block. Why did I say "almost"? Well, that's because they just didn't tool the factory air cleaner... They did it for the single four barrel engine, but not for the dual quad, even tough all other parts are present in the kit, like the fuel line, double quad intake, and the extra carburetors. Instead of tooling the factory dual quad air filter, Revell provides the kit with two Mercury style small individual air filters for each carburetor, what is not correct for a Ford car. To go around this problem you have two ways: Taking a similar to stock air filter from the AMT 1965 Ford Victoria kit, or to scratchbuild a correct part. Since the filter from the AMT kit I have I'm planning on using on my '56 when I build it, I scartchbuilt the correct part for the '57 Ford out of epoxy putty, and modifying the two single carb air filters provided with the kit. For doing that I used my Dremel as a lathe to cut the still not fully hardened epoxy putty into something that would look like the factory air filter, then, also using the Dremel, I rounded and shortened the Mercury style air filters into the proximate form needed to recreate the factory style dual quad filter. My home built part is not 100% accurate, but is very close to the correct part.
Earl Marischal Posted June 4, 2015 Posted June 4, 2015 Dual 4-barrel 312. The Paxton supercharged 312 was the "F code". Came from the character in the VIN that denotes the engine. Thanks Steve! steve
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 4, 2015 Author Posted June 4, 2015 This picture is of a factory stock E-Code Engine: Factory stock E-Code Ford V8 for 1957 by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr Here are the factory dual quad intake and extra carburetors, among the "drag" parts on the Revell kit: Picture Review: Revell 1957 Ford Custom Tudor. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr That smal air filter, part 150, just above the muffler, is one of the Mercury style single carb air filter provided on the kit Picture Review: Revell 1957 Ford Custom Tudor. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr By this shot of the instructions, you guys will notice that the "drag" engine is just a E-Code with Mercury style air filters. Picture Review: Revell 1957 Ford Custom Tudor. by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 4, 2015 Author Posted June 4, 2015 This is how I tried to replicate the stock air filter for my E-Code Ford: Scretchbuilding a E-Code air filter by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr The main body is epoxy putty. The bulges are modified Small air cleaners from the kit: Scretchbuilding a E-Code air filter by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr Parts in primer surfacer to eliminate major defects: Scretchbuilding a E-Code air filter by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr Scretchbuilding a E-Code air filter by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr Air filter already painted Argent: Scretchbuilding a E-Code air filter by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr Scretchbuilding a E-Code air filter by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr On the car: 1957 Ford Custom Tudor E Code by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 4, 2015 Author Posted June 4, 2015 The AMT 56 Ford has the correct air cleaner. Yes!! But I wanted to save it for my '56 Ford build that will happen soon
Lovefordgalaxie Posted June 4, 2015 Author Posted June 4, 2015 Thanks Steve! steve F Code engine: 1957 Ford Custom Tudor (indoor pictures) by Túlio Lazzaroni, on Flickr How to build it? Easy, just steal the parts from the Fireball Roberts '57 Ford kit!!! Bad part, can't build the Fireball kit anymore... Good part: Lot's of extra parts!!!
om617 Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 Looks really good,clean and shiny. Did not know anything about E-code so there is a free history lession included.
khier Posted June 8, 2015 Posted June 8, 2015 and kind of gives the model a too much metallic look. Did you ever consider mixing metallic paint with solid color to "kill" the metallic effect?
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