That looks sweet! My bird from the factory, still has metallic med. blue sprayed up into the trans tunnel and some of the floor. Mostly covered by dealer undercoat. UGH!

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

When I was younger I got my car passion from building and customising car kits. I don't think any of mine ever looked as good as yours. Great job! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

You did, almost looks real in the photos.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

For the one that got curious, here is the finished product, a 1/25 scale Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria.



I decided to go with the southern built style, and just prime the underside, and add some body color overspray.



























Hope I did the car justice.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

I'm using colors to simulate the colonial vinyl and gray cloth. The colonial vinyl was not a perfect white (I saw some pictures of restored cars) and looked more like a very very light gray tone. On a picture of a original car, it even looked a little green-ish gray, what I think is due to be 50+ years old.

I sent a e-mail to the 57ford.com, and got an answer from Mr. John Gambill Sr, and he told me the northern built cars had the undersides painted, to help sealing against rust, and the southern built cars had only primer, with the eventual paint overspray.

Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

On my '57 Club Victoria, the underside floor pans were painted blue and green. Up top it's Inca Gold and Raven Black. The factory used whatever paint was leftover in the guns before they were cleaned. Some cars had three or even four colors underneath.

Larry D

Winnipeg, MB Canada Eh!


'57 Fairlane 500 Club Victoria

'58 Custom 300 Tudor

'56 Crown Victoria

'61 Starliner Z Code

'51 Ford Victoria

I think the interior/upholstery should be black and white, not black and grey.  Go to 1957ford.com and you will find the interior colors taken from the Ford dealer sales books. 

Paul J. - '57 E Code

I bought mine at a hobby shop, but are lots of them on e-Bay

The AMT reference for my kit is 8028.

The model is of a Fairlane 500 Club Victoria, but the box only says 1957 Ford Fairlane 500. I have other editions of this kit, and they also say 1957 Ford Hardtop, or even just 1957 Ford, but they are all the same car. The model has oppening doors and hood, a 312 Y, with a Paxton supercharger as an option.

I'm building mine factory stock. I can post pictures of it when finished.




Túlio Lazzaroni "FORD", Florianópolis SC Brasil.

'74 Ford Galaxie 500 292 V8

'82 Ford Galaxie Landau 302 V8

'98 Chevrolet S10 4.3 V6

'01 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec

Yes, my 57 has the "olive drab" floor pans as described earlier. I've looked for some time for kits or models of 57 Fords. Usually the only models or kits that come up, are for Retractible Hardtops. Where do you get an AMT or other model or kit for a 57 Victoria?? Thanks.

Paul

Not sure about the passenger cars but the T-Birds were the same color as the outside of the car, BUT they sometimes used whatever was handy including a dukes mixture of whatever was left over. I have heard of some olive drab floorpans. I would paint them the same as the outside of the car.