1964 Galaxie "Before & After"

[mchook]

Just a quick curb side build. I built this for a local car club to raffle off at their next show. I couldn't figure out if I wanted to build one of my usual weathered builds or something nice, so I did both on one kit. I'm sure this has been done before but it's a first for me. It was a fast fun build.

[espo]

Ford had a great body style here. Your "before" finish looks great, the "after" finish is very realistic looking rust and deterioration. 

[michelle]

awesome work i like this type of before after build 

[Jim B]

Cool build.

[FoMoCo66]

Amazing work, the 64 galaxie is one of my favorite cars.

So, someone must not have liked the vinal top. Because it ain't there no mo.

[Street Rod]

Really cool build! Great work on the weathering, very realistic, and the new side is cleanly done with just the right amount of shine.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[XYHARRY]

Cool, "two birds with one stone." Well done Mark.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[LennyB]

? nice job.  

[hedotwo]

Great weathering job!

[papajohn97]

That is really cool and very well done. I’ve seen this technique used on AFV models but never on a car model. Bravo!

[happy grumpy]

Very nice model and what a cool idea.

[karbuildr]

I would never have thought to do this. Great idea, really cool build. 

[ncbuckeye67]

That's really cool! Both versions are most excellent.

[Ragtop Man]

Cool idea! Like the contrast between then and now. 

FWIW, the 1:1 '64s are frequently high mile cars. They were built about as well as a Ford ever got at that time, and just kept running on those FEs and Cruisomatics. So your weathering is just how they look in Marketplace or CL. 

[mchook]

Thanks everyone for all the great comments. It's funny, when I built this, I was looking at it as junk first then restored but it makes more sense the way everyone is seeing it. I guess I'm just used to being around junk more than nice cars.

[Tom99]

Nice work!

[Sledsel]

Great job on an interesting build!!!

[70 Sting]

Excellent! ?

[PappyD340]

Very nice!!

[slusher]

Fantastic build, Mark!

[ewetwo]

Very cool. It will sell.

[Bainford]

Nice work Mark. Cool concept.

[mchook]

Thanks again guys. Definitely a good slump buster, because I haven't really been doing anything model related in a while.

[mchook]

I just want to say thank you to everyone who "reacted" to this post too. THANK YOU!