65 Galaxie 500 XL

Coming up sweet!

The Airstream Caravan looks like it was constructed of sheet aluminium curved in one plane only.
Therefore it'd be feasible (if very fiddley) to build one from styrene sheet.

Sounds like a job for SuperShoey...

I'd be interested in the resin bits as I have one of these, and one of my Galaxies should be built as a stocker. I say that every time I start one, but it has not happened yet.

That van looks cool behind the big Ford, something to think about.

Great work on fixing the interior Bryce.I owned a couple of big block 66 Galaxies up till recently.Have many 64,65,66 Galaxie kits stashed for the future.They will probobly get done as vintage/historic stock cars.You are certainly pumping out some great models lately Bryce.

Nice choice of build mate, my brother in law has the exact make and model, was cruise'n around in it just last weekend, will be watching this one closely.................

Nice work Bryce, I like how you made the door skins.

Great job on correcting the kit, is going to be another outstanding build' If you do cast it put me in for one.
Here is a good site foe some ideas when it comes to the vans and old cars has some great links as well
http://www.dougsvintagetrailers.com/home

Thanks for all the support guys.

Have been working on some wheels for this one using Paul's gel pen whitewall trick and a lot of patience. Hardest part about these is that the whitewall needs to be quite close to the rim and I found it hard to centre the tyre in the template. They are also quite a thick stripe on these cars, so I had to go over it more than once using a couple of different sized circles. It took a lot longer than I anticipated, but pretty happy with the results:



Also been working on the chassis and engine. Have basically been combining the best bits of the '65 and '66 kits to get the most detail.

This is shaping up to be one of the nicest builds I've seen from you Bryce. The work you've done so far is pure magic, in fact it would make a great story for a modelling magazine. Looking forward to seeing the final product.

Interior is mostly done – here’s a pic with some paint thrown on and my scratchbuilt armrests in situ. Decided to stick to the original plan and go with red on the inside and outside – it’s much more of a mid 60s feel I reckon. Pretty happy with how this has turned out – definitely well worth the effort.









I also discovered a nifty trick while painting this. I had applied some dark brown to the woodgrain area of the dash and noticed that the red enamel was slightly opaque and came up a different colour when applied over the brown. So I used this to differentiate the dashboard, parcel shelf and seat inserts – just for a bit of visual interest…mono interiors get pretty boring otherwise.

oh.........that's nice!

Auwsome interior bryce, nice work.......

Bonez

Great work so far Bryce, mate the interior is looking awesome. Not bad for a Ford, lol!
Adam

Thanks guys.

Finally finished polishing and foiling this sucker – has taken the best part of a week.







Hopefully be onto final assembly next week...

sweet BMF work, thanks for sharing the tricks
lookin forward to seein this one done

Coming up a treat!! nice work

Looking great Bryce, nice paint and BMF, mate I reckon the worst part of any build is BMF.
Adam

Nice work bryce, very clean look'n...

Bones

Very nice.
Like the fact you've put door lock knobs on the interior.

great work going to come out a treat when it's done

That interior looks flawless, nice scratch building and the body looks great aswell.

Thanks guys.

Interior is all finished now – here it is with seats, dash and seat belts installed:









Also finished wiring up the engine and it is now installed. Still need to add heater hoses but I’ll do that once it’s in the car.





Had a few dramas with distributor cap and air cleaners hitting the bonnet due to the fact that everything is sitting higher now that I have effectively channelled the body over the chassis to remove that unsightly chassis rail from the side of the car. Had to grind away most of the front crossmember to make the engine sit lower and now everything seems to be working OK.

Couldn’t resist a quick mock up to check everything fits:

.....your giving me an urge to build something factory stock

Paul wrote:

.....your giving me an urge to build something factory stock

NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, you..........must.........resist