fairlane

1956 Ford Sunliner – Glenn Fireball Roberts – Weathered

November 10, 2012
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So, I think this is it. I’ve finished the 1956 Ford Fairlane Sunliner driven by Glenn Fireball Roberts. The weathering is done, I’ve added the ropes holding the hood and the trunk lid and finished some details. All in all, I’m happy with the car. Some  other details I’ve added are the brakets holding the […]

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57 Black Widow Weathering Done and 56 Sunliner Fireball Roberts Decals Done

October 26, 2012
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This is the final lap, ladies and gentlemen! I’ve finally finished the weathering on the 57 Black Widow. One important detail on this build is the driver’s door. It has suffered a small racing crash and I tried to add some fresh scratching there. I actually painted over the paint and the decal. Another option would […]

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57 Chevy Black Widow and 56 Ford Sunliner Fireball Roberts

September 14, 2012
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It has been a while since I’ve last posted something about these two racers. As you may remember from the previous posts, I had some trouble with the 1957 Chevrolet Black Widow. I had a small accident that ruined the whole paint and I had to start all over again. The paint looks pretty neat […]

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Kit Review – 1959 Ford Fairlane Skyliner by Revell in 1/25 scale

September 1, 2012
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I remember that my brother bought this very same kit a long time ago (15 years ago, I guess). It was an antique kit, the box was actually smaller than this re-edition for Revell 50th anniversary. I saw the re issue one day while checking out the local hobby store and bought it… just because […]

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Fireball Roberts 56 Fairlane Sunliner

August 5, 2012
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You may know that I had a little accident with the paint of the 57 Chevy Black Widow. So, I decided to move on with the 56 Sunliner driven by Glenn Fireball Roberts. As you can see on the title pic, I painted the body as well as most of the parts. I fitted the […]

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Chevy Black Widow and Fireball Fairlane – Engine Details Home Made

May 25, 2012
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As I’ve told you some weeks ago, we started working on this double project to make a DVD out of it. The idea is to show you how to build classic stock cars. We got inspired by Revell’s Black Widow kit – but that wasn’t enough. Although the kit is great, you can still make […]

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Chevy Black Widow and Fireball Fairlane

April 27, 2012
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I’ve told you that I started the Black Widow from Revell. Of course, the idea wasn’t to build the car just out of the box. Thanks to the hints and tips given by some of you, I found some really cool insights. So there is some scratch building involved here. But while talking about the […]

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Argentina Road Trip – Cool Rides

April 10, 2012
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Sharing these pics with you is like making the road trip once more. Every time I look for pics to add into this post series, all those awesome road trip feelings come back to me. Every mile or kilometer was a discovery. In this post, I want to show you some of the coolest rides […]

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56 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria 1/25 from AMT

February 11, 2011
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The Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria surely is a charming car. You know by now that this car means something to us at Modeljunkyard. My brother wrote about his real 55 Vicky some time ago.  Now it is time to check out the kit. This kit is one of AMT’s finest, in my opinion. It has […]

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