Lovefordgalaxie Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Well, I JUST finished Christine. The last thing I did was a wax coat, to bring out the shine. The AMT kit builds well, and I had no issues with fit of parts. Only noticed on the pictures that one of the headlights is sideways... Well, a easy fix. I built this car to my cousin Marcelo Lazzaroni, a big Christine fan, and he gave me the kit and all the paints he wanted used on the '58. He went to my friend Cassio's paint shop, and had the body colors mixed after formulas I have no idea where he got them, LOL!!! I did some very small mods to the stock kit, and the biggest was to combine a intake manifold from a '57 Chrysler, also from AMT, with the one in the '58 kit, so I could use dual quads. Also modified the '57 air cleaners to make them to look more like what was on the movie. The other modification was to replace the kit's tires with some real wide whites from my parts box. I think they are from a Lindberg 1940 Ford, and I had painted wide whites on them. Total build time was of ten days. Well, the WIP thread is here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=95648 Hope you guys like the result, and thanks for looking!!! Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr Christine by Lovefordgalaxie, on Flickr
mangodart Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Very nice build, good idea to change those tires, just the air cleaner box which are not accurate with the real 350 dual quad, you can find some on old Mopar kits from Johan or with Modelhaus
Lovefordgalaxie Posted November 18, 2014 Author Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks José and Dave!!!! Very nice build, good idea to change those tires, just the air cleaner box which are not accurate with the real 350 dual quad, you can find some on old Mopar kits from Johan or with Modelhaus I wish I could had gotten those. Jo-Han kits are super rare here, and Modelhaus would have taken me four to six weeks to have the parts on hand here. Maybe I'll order a pair of filters and just swap then for my cousin latter. My worry is hood clearance, one thing this kit has none. I think I'll paint the oil filler black like the one on your picture. I painted it silver. Mopars are not my cup of tea. I happy working with Henry Ford steel (or plastic )
mangodart Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Maybe somebody here have some in his partbox ?? Anyway you did a great job, it's just point of detail, I'm working on a 66 Galaxie convertible right now so you could have your "revenge" once finished as I'm more into Mopar than Ford ( just jocking...)
slusher Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Excellent looking model Tulio. Fine work and fast also..
Ramfins59 Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Great job on Christine Tulio. Sometimes it's fun to step out of your "comfort zone".
peekay Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 I'm not a big fan of this kit but you managed to make it look fabulous.
Greg Pugh Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Holy cow that went fast!! I wish I could do that!! Excellent job!
Lovefordgalaxie Posted November 18, 2014 Author Posted November 18, 2014 Thanks a lot guys!! Maybe somebody here have some in his partbox ?? Anyway you did a great job, it's just point of detail, I'm working on a 66 Galaxie convertible right now so you could have your "revenge" once finished as I'm more into Mopar than Ford ( just jocking...) Hummmmmm... You can look at my Flickr page. I have Galaxie reference material for you to build an accurate '66 convertible. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lovefordgalaxie/
StevenGuthmiller Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Very nice Tulio!! Good call on the white walls! Those wide whites that AMT chose to "pawn off on us" were about the cheesiest thing ever! You'd think they could have done a little better job on those! should have been a simple fix. Great work guy! steve
Porscheman Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 (edited) Beautiful Build!!! Funny looking Ford Galaxie though Edited November 18, 2014 by Porscheman
unclescott58 Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 I don't know Tulio. This could lead to trouble. You building a none Ford product. All kidding a side, another great looking model. Scott
Mr Stock Posted November 18, 2014 Posted November 18, 2014 Love it Tulio, I will hopefully have this kit under the xmas tree .....fingers crossed, I have wanted it for ages, even for it does have body shape issues. As always you have done a superb job mate.
1972coronet Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 Super '58 Fury , Tulio ! I hope that your feline friends also approve of your work .
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