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Gentlemen, start your engines!
Posted by Matthew Usher on Monday, April 30, 2007 10:22 AM

It's almost May, and to an Indiana boy like myself, that means it's almost Indy 500 time!

I finished this one this weekend. It's Lindberg's 1/25 scale 1953 Ford pace car.

The kit was a real sweetheart to build, by the way. Very accurate.

1953 was one of the first times the pace-car manufacturer made (and sold) replicas of the real thing. The easiest way to spot the real car (usually) is that it rolled on wire wheels. The replicas all had standard steel wheels and chrome wheel covers.

The flathead (in its last year of production) produced 110 horsepower and was mated to a two-speed Fordomatic transmission.  

Hope you like it!

Matt Usher at FSM

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Posted by proosen on Monday, April 30, 2007 12:58 PM

What's not to like?

Very nice car and build, what else to say?

 

Niclas

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Posted by Matthew Usher on Tuesday, May 1, 2007 7:19 PM

Everybody, sing!

"Back home again in Indiana,

And it seems that I can see

The gleaming candlelight, still shining bright,

Through the sycamores for me.

The new-mown hay sends all its fragrance

Through the fields I used to roam.

When I dream about the moonlight on the Wabash,

How I long for my Indiana home."

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Posted by SeaBee on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 2:51 AM

You're not gonna get me singing! (No shower nearby...) But I do appreciate the build - very nice job!

Imagine that one going round there now!

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Posted by bobbaily on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 5:49 AM
Very nice build Matthew.  Always nice to see something shiney & with four wheels....

Bob

 

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Posted by Matthew Usher on Wednesday, May 2, 2007 7:19 AM
 SeaBee wrote:

You're not gonna get me singing! (No shower nearby...) But I do appreciate the build - very nice job!

Imagine that one going round there now!

Ha! The only way I'M gonna sing it is at the race, along with the 400,000 other spectators to help cover my voice!

I'd like to see what the Ford folks did to the pace car's engine to help it pace the field -- I bet it produced a little more than the "stock" 110 horsepower.

Matt 

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Posted by IYAAYAS on Thursday, May 3, 2007 5:36 AM

knowing how hard it is to get a "smooth" finish with white, it really is a nice look!  The engine would benefit from some extra details (plug wires and such) and I would like to see some pictures of the interior.

It is a VERY nice looking build...and would look good on any shelf! 

 

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Posted by Matthew Usher on Thursday, May 3, 2007 10:27 AM
 IYAAYAS wrote:

knowing how hard it is to get a "smooth" finish with white, it really is a nice look!  The engine would benefit from some extra details (plug wires and such) and I would like to see some pictures of the interior.

It is a VERY nice looking build...and would look good on any shelf! 

 



Thanks for your comments!

I think this is the most white I've ever used on one model. Gloss, semigloss, flat, etc. Generally not my favorite color for cars!

You're right, the engine would look great with a little wiring. This one's a review model, though, so it has to be straight from the box, with nothing "extra" added.

Here are two more pictures (sorry these aren't as good as the first two; I shot them on my desk here at work this morning...)

Every metal surface in the interior was painted "Anniversary Gold," and apparently this even included the convertible top bows. The side panels are separate, so they're much easier to mask.



And speaking of the top, the kit even comes with an "uptop" with a separate rear window on the clear-parts tree.



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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 10, 2007 10:30 PM

so nice

no anymore needed to say

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