`64 Fairlane.

been a long time since id seen an update on this build steve but i have to say its lookin AWESOME, colour, wheels, ride hieght and 5ltr windsor, wat more could u want... nice work mate cant wait to see it finished...

Thanks Tj, as you probably guessed, i`m not rushing this build. All i have to do is create a custom interior for it. I`m aiming to have both of them done by the end of the year, but seeing as the green one has been going for nearly 2 years, wait and see .

Real nice work there man, luv the kolor

g'day great looking build but I would like to know did you move the door piller forward at all to make the back door look bigger

mrxreight wrote:g'day great looking build but i would like to no did you move the dorr diller forward at all to make the back door look bigger

Here is a pic of a stock 4 door. The 2 door (T-Bolt) and 4 door sedans had the same wheel base. Move the B pillar forward and rescribe the door lines, and you have a 4 door.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/2197/961/5490480001_large.jpg
The biggest problem with the Revell body is the rear is too short , but that is more work than i`m prepared to do to fix.

g'day steve and thanks mate i also had a 4 door model my self when i was a young bloke and the 2 door is a shorter car and i want to do a model of my old car aswell and make it a 4 door model

I just rechecked my references, there is no mention anywhere that the 2doors were shorter. All `62 to `64 Fairlane models shared the same wheelbase of 115.5 inches. The bodies where also the same length. The `65 models where 116 inches. After that they started to grow again. The rear overhang on the Revell body is wrong, should be 3mm longer. The rest of the body is right though.

ok i see what ya mean now with the back end i thought you meant it was shorter behinde the door piller

Ah i see, a poor choice of words on my part led to confusion. I have a habit of doing that. Sorry.

dont be sorry mate it was me that didnt read it right

im going to put a old body and do a little studying on it to make it a 4 door for when i get the new kit here

Hello All right?

My name is Agnaldo, I'm modeling here in
Brazil, and their work come together in this kit and I must confess
that it is getting beautiful. Congratulations.

I have such a
kit, but is not the same box, but how Revell believe to be the same
kit, and will be my second kit to be assembled, because the first is a
Toyota Supra that just posting here.

I have a doubt as to the
lowering of the kit. How did you do to put the larger front wheel, and
the wheels of my box of kit it is not because the box is closer? I
refer to those areas highlighted in red circles.



I say this because I tried to put a wider wheel in the kit and it does not enter when the kit is lowered.

Have boxes of wheels and come back, and if they problem is easy to modify.

Thank you for your attention and sorry for the errors, use Google translator.

Welcome aboard Agnaldo. This is a good question, i had to get the model out of the box as i could not remember. I trimmed away part of the inner wheel well, and shortened the springs so i could angle them a bit for clearance.


I also narrowed the wheels by about 2mm and found tyres to match. Hope this helps.

Steve,

Thanks for the response and reception.

I'll see if I do that on my model, and when I do I will post my WIP here for you to see. Thank you.

Sorry, I use Google translator.

Time for an update.
Have made a start on the replica of my old car. Have filled in the door lines and redone the window frames.



Still need to scribe the new door lines.

Mocked up the chassis to see what needs to be done.





Some pics of the 1:1 with my old hard top.


More pics of them here
https://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n197/stevegt738/cars/mine/

Cool fordor!! bet you'd luv to have those 1:1's still??

Yeah I do, especially with the prices they pull these days. Makes it hard to buy more.
I sold both of them in `81 to finance my first bike, made 100% profit on both of them too. Cost me $700 to get both of them, sold them for nearly $1500, which was good money for them at the time.

Looks like you need to cast it this time Steve and save yourself some work!