1964 Ford Fairlane Sport Coupe

This afternoon, I was looking around Facebook and I saw a name I haven't seen in a long while. His name is Erik. I investigated the name and it was the friend I had lost contact with many years ago. I had bought this kit off of him years ago and he was going to build it as a 289 CI powered Sport Coupe. His plan was to paint it Wimbleton White with a red interior and I liked the plan. But, I made a few changes to that plan. Instead of steel wheels and hubcaps, I'm going with a set of Ford Styled Steel Wheels and whitewall tires. I filled the cutouts for the drag slicks on the rear fenders. I will use a dual exhaust system from the AMT '62 Thunderbird. Let's see what I can do with this kit...




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Very nice old bird.

Thanks Mike!

I assembled the engine and transmission tonight. A little more fiddling and it should be ready for paint. I also need to drill the cylinder heads for plug wires.

I painted the rest of the engine parts except for the radiator hoses which may not fit.

The distributor cap has been drilled out for plug wires and will need to be painted.

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I've completed the 289 CI engine.


I have painted the wheels and have assembled them with whitewall tires from the Moebius '65 Satellite.

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I found an exhaust system that will fix my needs for this model. It comes from the AMT '62 Thunderbird and it was given to me last year by the late Barry Fadden of my Model Club.

I added the second half of the rear axle housing. The rear axle assembly is made for the 427 CI engine, but I'll use it here.

I added the wheel backings, but I noticed the different lengths of the hubs. I'll add these last to get the correct axle widths.

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I've been painting some parts this morning with Tamiya X-18 Semi Gloss Black.

I thought I had lost an entire sprue with the dash board on it, but I found it off to the side of the box on the floor.

I painted the front and rear shock/coil spring assembly, but they may be replaced with some simple shocks in the rear.

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I have painted the interior with Model Master Insignia Red with my Badger Universal 360 Airbrush. I drew the silver stripes on the seats with my Molotow Liquid Chrome 1mm pen. After looking at some pictures of a Fairlane interior, I remembered having a console from the AMT '62 Thunderbird. A little sanding and I added it to the interior.

More interior parts ready for a coating of Semi Gloss Clear. The Dash has been detailed with silver and gauge decals.

I detailed the front and rear panels and the shifter.

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I have finished the front grille and rear panel of the Fairlane.

I am almost finished with the chassis.

I need to make a set of shock absorbers since the set I found are way too long.

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The interior has been assembled.


I glued the wheels and tires on so the Fairlane wouldn't roll and I made a pair of shock absorbers for the rear suspension with some 1/8th inch tube and 1/16th inch rod and painted them gloss yellow.

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I fired up the paintbooth and primered and painted the Fairlane this afternoon. The color is Model Master Wimbeldon White.



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Very nice Mike..! I have the old AMT 63 and 65 I need to restore once i can find what they need. There too cool not to...specially the 65

Thanks disabled modeler!
I found some sanding marks on the body that I had forgotten about removing burrs and flashing. A little bit of sanding and polishing the paint has remvoed those sanding marks.

Lookin' good in white, Mike.

Thanks Mike!
I had found some sanding marks in the plastic and in the process of polishing, I had polished almost through the paint. I masked off the trunk lid and added a couple coats of Model Master Wimbeldon White.



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I couldn't resist the urge to do a mockup of the Fairlane.  This looking really good!



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I started foiling last night and I continued on this morning. This took me about 30 minutes total time to do.



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Very nice, Mike.

Thank you Mike!
I am nearly done foiling the '64 Fairlane. All that's left is the side moldings and window trim. I painted the doghouse with Tamiya X-18 Semi Gloss Black.



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I have applied decals and clearcoated the '64 Fairlane with 3 coats of Model Master Ultra Gloss Clear.



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After 4 hours in the dehydrator @110 degrees, I pulled the Fairlane out and started assembly.



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