AMT 1970 Ford LTD 4 door hardtop

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I  finished this one a few days ago.  It was another built up. I stripped it, no body repairs needed on this one. The chrome on the bumpers wasn't very good which is  common on these. I have a set in resin but decided to try brushing on the Molotow chrome ink.  I think it came out looking okay so did not use the resin bumpers.  The interior is quite simple as they were much more subdued than in earlier years when they used sharply contrasting colors..  

If you are wondering how I'm getting these done so quickly it's because in the winter of 2020-21 I prepped and painted about 25 bodies along with doing the chassis, wheels and tires, and spraying the base coat of color on the interiors. Then I loosely assembled them and put them in my display cases. Lately I've been taking them out one by one and finishing them. Of course, I've been building other models all along.  I modify, repair, restore a lot of diecasts and white metal models too (all in many different scales).

                               I hope you like this one, I don't do too many newer cars (to me this is newer) but I like 4 doors. I appreciate all comments.

                                                                                                                                                          Rich

[kelson]

Nice choice of colors,gotta love those 70's land yachts!!

[cobraman]

Great looking model.

[Kah puts]

Dag-nabit you've come up with another one, you're foiling around the wheelhouse molding is surgical, and I think I've seen this color before and it looks marvelous. 

[Kah puts]

Oh one more thing, either you've cornered the market on Avanties or there's a mirror thing going on!

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44 minutes ago, Kah puts said:

Dag-nabit you've come up with another one, you're foiling around the wheelhouse molding is surgical, and I think I've seen this color before and it looks marvelous. 

This is a different shade of blue that I haven't posted before. I had some matte blue interior paint left over from my 1:1 63 Galaxie 500 (that I've since sold) and used it on this one, then clearcoated it.

Ha, ha, It's not mirrors, I have parts for between 1 and 200 of the Avantis. They are from a project I was involved in back when I worked making white metal handbuilt models in the 80's. The ones you see are some of the unfinished samples I painted back then. I plan to build them up at some point.

            

[charger74]

Very nice 

[Bainford]

Very nice! Beautiful, clean work and cool subject. I like!

[PappyD340]

Very nice LTD!

[Tom99]

Very nice!

[espo]

Another one of your great looking rebuilds. I never realized there were so many 4 door kits out there. The paint and color look great as does the interior. 

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3 hours ago, espo said:

Another one of your great looking rebuilds. I never realized there were so many 4 door kits out there. The paint and color look great as does the interior. 

Thank you David. I made up a list of all the 4 door model kits and non warping promos or promo reissues that were made between 1958 and 1970. I did not include resin models.There really are a lot of them and I have many of them.

[ChrisR]

VERY NICE!!

[Classicgas]

Beautiful.

[AMT68]

Awesome shade of blue on a very clean build. 

[Bills72sj]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. A high school buddy and I bought a 71 Galaxie 500 4-door in baby blue with a blue interior. It was a good running n reliable car for $350.

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1 hour ago, Bills72sj said:

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. A high school buddy and I bought a 71 Galaxie 500 4-door in baby blue with a blue interior. It was a good running n reliable car for $350.

Thanks Bill, I'm glad it brought back some memories!

[rsmodels]

I really appreciate all the comments.

                                                                    Rich

[slusher]

Beautiful model!

[kymdlr]

Good build. Where can I find that LTD grill ?

[ewetwo]

Really nice

 

[grodudulle77]

Nice look !! ??

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14 hours ago, kymdlr said:

Good build. Where can I find that LTD grill ?

I know Resin Model Ranch had it but don't know if they still do.  -Rich

[Maindrian Pace]

I have one of those, unpainted, molded in dark blue. It is the most brittle car I own, you look at it wrong and something snaps off. I had the chrome redone by Chrome Tech USA when he was still in business. The front bumper split in half when I was stripping it and a sliver went missing. I got really frustrated with it so I glued it together and sent it in for chrome, gap and all. It still sits that way in the case, and missing an A pillar. I'm afraid to touch it. Yours looks great, and was obviously made with a correctly mixed batch of plastic.

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32 minutes ago, Maindrian Pace said:

I have one of those, unpainted, molded in dark blue. It is the most brittle car I own, you look at it wrong and something snaps off. I had the chrome redone by Chrome Tech USA when he was still in business. The front bumper split in half when I was stripping it and a sliver went missing. I got really frustrated with it so I glued it together and sent it in for chrome, gap and all. It still sits that way in the case, and missing an A pillar. I'm afraid to touch it. Yours looks great, and was obviously made with a correctly mixed batch of plastic.

Mine was molded in white. I think the dark colors can be a problem sometimes.