1970 Galaxie 2 dr. Hardtop

[Plowboy]

Just finished this one up. It's an old Stevens International issue of the AMT kit. It was a project that I started several years ago and lost interest. Not a lot to it besides the obvious two door conversion. I decided not to add an engine. So, it's just a curbside build. Wheels are from an unknown kit with the kit hubcaps. Tires are the old Good Year hollow Polyglas. Paint is Tamiya TS-1 Red Brown with a coat of pearl and clear. The interior was painted with Tamiya AS-15 Tan. Although the detail and interior are lacking, I think it turned out OK. Something different from my normal for sure! 

Thanx for checking it out! 

Edited December 14, 2020 by Plowboy

[traditional]

Roger, you have such a clean build style......so impressive!!

[afx]

Another beauty Roger.

[cobraman]

That is one good looking Ford !

[Tom99]

Looking good.

[AMT68]

Beautiful clean build and flawless looking conversion to a coupe. 

[gks1964]

I really like it!!

[Bills72sj]

Very nice "plain brown wrapper". I like what the pearl does to the finish. It is more realistic.

[Classicgas]

That is beautiful Roger.

[Sam I Am]

You sure it doesn't have a load of moonshine in the trunk?

[michelle]

nice work 

[ChrisBcritter]

Good one, Roger!

['70 Grande]

Really like this build! Can you provide more info on how you converted that body to a two-door and where you sourced that roof from?

[espo]

Great job turning this four door into this two door. The body color and black wall tires reminds me of some of the old NARC units of that era. Nice paint finish and the interior color goes well with it. 

[Smitty]

It looks like a real sleeper. You could put a 429 under the hood! A great looking model. Razor sharp execution on this.

[slusher]

Looks great Roger, real nice paint and color!!   

[Ralph Henderson]

Man that's nice. you have a keen eye for this stuff, don't cha??

[Nxr]

Now this is a fine detective vehicle or even FBI, reminds me of Mindhunter. Lots of good old cars there.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[Chuck Most]

Love it. I've used the 71 Thunderbird "engine delete plate" in this kit a time or two.

[grodudulle77]

Very nice work, i really like the brown color with the black wheels !! ??

[falcon wagon]

Great job good looking car

[Plowboy]

15 hours ago, Bills72sj said:

Very nice "plain brown wrapper". I like what the pearl does to the finish. It is more realistic.

Thanx Bill! I really like the Tamiya Pearl Clear! It has a great effect that can't be captured in photos. It works best on lighter colors. In person, it's a little too obvious over this color.

[Plowboy]

11 hours ago, '70 Grande said:

Really like this build! Can you provide more info on how you converted that body to a two-door and where you sourced that roof from?

There's a build thread in the Workbench section. Here's a photo that pretty much explains what I did to it.

[Erik Smith]

Great model. Completely not over-the-top, which I appreciate and like. Boring brown, perfect. Lame steel wheels, perfect. 
Love the shimmer of pearl on the brown. Awesome work.