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 2/25/18 - This is the AMT kit that was first introduced in the 60s. Here is the body, primed and masked, ready for the first color coat. |
 2/25/18 - The kit has been reissued a number of times. This will be a pretty straightforward box stock build. |
 2/28/18 - First color coat applied; '56 Ford Sunset Coral. |
 3/9/18 - Second color coat applied; '56 Ford Raven Black. |
 3/28/18 - Here I've installed the "crown" chrome trim. The '56 Crown Victoria has chrome trim that runs along the top edge of the rear quarter panels, from the lower edge of the "B" pillars to the end of the quarter panels. |
 3/28/18 - The AMT kit's tooling did not include this. Fortunately I had chrome trim left over from the donor kit I used in building the '52 Ford Sunliner that will work. |
 5/24/18 - When I started working on the interior, I realized there were some details missing in the original tooling. There is a chrome strip along the leading edge of the rear package tray. I added a small strip of half round styrene to simulate this. |
 5/24/18 - There is also a heavy "V" shaped chrome strip above the rear seat backs. I found a photo online and resized it to use as a pattern. I could have just made a decal from the resized photo like I did for the dash instruments, but I wanted the trim to have some thickness. |
 5/24/18 - This shows where I'll need to add more styrene to simulate the second piece of chrome trim. I'll have to be careful not to damage the small Ford crest in the center that waas part of the original tooling. |
 7/6/18 - When I began to work on the rear seat, I soon realized just how inaccurate the original tooling was for the Crown Victoria. The Crown Vic's rear seat has a fold-down center armrest. Also, the center panels (orange in the photo) are misplaced; they should go all the way to the edge of the seat. |
 7/6/18 - I started by cutting everything apart. I discarded the center section of the seat. |
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