Zed Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) After seing Bill Stillwagon's Sharkillac, a Revell '57 Cad with chezoom roof grafted on, i was so impressed that i've found that that roof would be a great idea to save the goofy heller '58 Caddy i've bought a few months ago for a buck on e-bay... looks kool huh ? Edited July 17, 2008 by Zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFFA Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Reeeeeaaal nice!! I love those lines!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 (edited) Thank you Jaffa ! As you can see on the previous pics, i was thinking of keeping the stock chromed bumpers, but they don't look very realistic...think they gonna ruin the look ! :? But, i really like the look of the rear well well that end in the rear bumper in sort of bumperettes, so i choose to us the rear bumper welded to the body, as a roll pan and then building a front roll pan too ... i glue the bumper on the body, and sand the license plate holder smooth.. man, it look kinda odd, something just don't work ... :shock: let slim it with a saw... some sanding, putty, sanding...and a recessed license plate now, let's go for a matching front end ! : 8) the roll pan from amt 58 Chevy had the shape i want but ... d'oh ! too short ! :? no problem, two roll pan would do the trick ! 8) ok, now, let's apply body filler, and prime ... start taking shape ! :wink: Edited July 17, 2008 by Zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Very Nice!!!! Me likes alot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H. Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Very nice work! Sinking the rear bumper in was a great way to clean up the rear. Too bad you couldn't have saved the ovals, they added some interest. The front end is classic clean lines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob paeth Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 ooooooohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Ths is one of the best customs to grace the pages of this site. To steal a quote from MacDonalds, " I'm lovin' it ". I wouldn't do another thing to it except to add a little paint. This is my tye of custom work. bob :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt T. Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 YESSSS! Nicely done. I like the new bumper treatments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Geisler Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Nice work....That needs a trip into some rubber..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsoder Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 VERRRY Interesting!!..great body work ...B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) some news.. I lenghtened the fins just a bit ... I wanted to keep the glass from chezoom, so i needed to rescribe the doors. For that, i used the shape of the door from a 56 t-bird patterned on masking tape .... before : during : and after : for that result ...Baaaaaad ! :twisted: hope you stil like it ! :wink: Edited July 19, 2008 by Zed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve H. Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Yep, I still like it! Sweet bodywork! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gowjobs Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I like it, but I'm not sure about the rear door line - makes it look a little overweight somehow. Have you considered taking about 3/32" - 1/8" off the bottom edge of the rockers? That and getting it up to ride height might help alleviate the "just had a huge pasta dinner" look it seems to have right now. That doesn't mean I don't dig the car - just going a little Gustavson on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDO Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Zed- That's a beautiful Cadillac you've got there. Really smooth. I'm not familiar with the "Sharkillac". Do you have photos of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFFA Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Oh DANG!! This looks REALLY nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 SWEET!! i can't wait to see it finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 WOW! That thing looks intimidating, very good body work and lines........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigblock10 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 i love it... makes me want to build it in scale.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 beautiful job - alot of work - can't wait to see it completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Done ! Under glass ! http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13720 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdrodder Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 wait in your first post you said "bill stillwagons 57 caddie with a chezoom roof crafted on". Since when does revell make a 1/24 or 1/25 scale 57 caddie?? Or is it the 1/32? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted August 14, 2008 Author Share Posted August 14, 2008 wait in your first post you said "bill stillwagons 57 caddie with a chezoom roof crafted on". Since when does revell make a 1/24 or 1/25 scale 57 caddie?? Or is it the 1/32? not sure of the scale, 1:24 or 1:25 because there nothing written on the box, but definetely not 1:32 It's multi piece body, not very accurate, a reedition fron the 50's i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodBurNeR Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 looks like a '58 to me? no matter though, cuz ya did an outstanding job on both! my favorite thing about the custom is the smoothing, very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 looks like a '58 to me? no matter though, cuz ya did an outstanding job on both! my favorite thing about the custom is the smoothing, very nice! yes Bob, it's a 58, but i'm answering about Bill stillwagon's cad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPRinc Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 thats an awsome build there, ive been wanting to graft a 67 impala roof "chezoom room" onto a 58' impala, after seing this i just might, great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lownslow Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 that came out great, i like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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