AMT 57 Ford

Cool!

I put the interior door panels into the body and carefully applied cement on the edges then I closed the doors and put on a clamp.Ensured that there were no alignment problems with the opening doors.   

Doors open just fine!    

Mated the body to the chassis,starting to look like an automobile!   

Looking sharp !

Thanks!

Coming along nicely.

Indeed!

Are you gonna put the little dog in the rear window ?

I have one of these in my stash ( the most recent re-re-re-release ) but I built one wayyy back in 1974. That kit came with the extra roof section , so you could cut the kit roof off and change it to a 57 Ranchero.

Yours is coming along nicely. Extra "KUDO'S" on the bare metal foil. I have as yet to try doing the trim on a car with it. ( I'm afraid I will end up with a "facefull" of window trim. )

Yes I saw that goofy looking pooch on the parts sprue and thought WTF?Too funky!

Here is the pooch in question!  

I decided to leave the front splash pan white.  

Rear bumper too!   

Beautiful. FYI, a factory stock bumper valance is argent, a dark silver.

Yeah but I think white looks better,Leaving the chrome headlight buckets too, even though factory is red.

Outdoor shot!  

Wow, your build looks great (and the chrome really shiny)

Thanks!I agree!

Well done.

Thanks !I appreciate it!

Put on the gold Bare Metal Foil to simulate the gold anodized trim.  

All that work looks amazing. That is one beautiful build.

BK

Thanks!it did come out well!

F.Y.I.

 During those years you could get the headlight bucket and trim in chrome . (My valances were Black  ). My Choice ! Question ? Did you think about using the 352 with the Custom Chrome package and TWO four Barrel carbs ? That's the way mine was equipped . Always surprised folks that the old " Boat " was so quick !

 I had a speed shop in Buffalo N.Y. tweak the Automatic and boy did they do a job ! I like your chroming job as well . T.B. Oh ! Mine was 1:1 and the color was Midnight velvet black and Dove grey  , With Stock Chromed Wheels and Baby moons and Double Glass-Paks . I went with Glass -Paks because the Thrush units sounded to tinny ! T.B. 

 P.S. The interior was a Silver and Metallic dark grey from the Factory !

Yes they did have many attractive color combo available!As for the engine,I thought the chrome supercharger was interesting but the square air box was off putting.Oh well it still looks nice.