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[daveparker]

Thought you might enjoy this photo of a friend taken in 1956 of his '50 Olds. I really love the color of this car, would you say this is the sea green?

[sjordan2]

Thought you might enjoy this photo of a friend taken in 1956 of his '50 Olds. I really love the color of this car, would you say this is the sea green?

Wouldn't it have to be one of the colors shown on the first post in this thread? Perhaps the silver gray? Certainly not green.

http://www.modelcars...opic=64596&st=0

Edited by sjordan2, 09 October 2012 - 09:50 AM.

[Danno]

I'd say it was the "Marol Gray."

[daveparker]

Honestly, I'm color blind! I was really asking cause I wasn't sure. Such a cool color though, I just can't put a name to it...

[Skydime]

Thought you might enjoy this photo of a friend taken in 1956 of his '50 Olds. I really love the color of this car, would you say this is the sea green?

Gee oh! What kind of camera was that? It looks like it was taken today! ...Anyway, this build looks sharp. Can't wait to see it under glass.

Edited by Skydime, 09 October 2012 - 03:15 PM.

[vintagedragfan]

excellent work on the olds Len!

[my80malibu]

It looks like Crest Blue to me

[montecarlo1980]

I'm loving how this build is coming along Len. I always dig phoenician yellow as a color combo on two tones. Great work!

[Danno]

It looks like Crest Blue to me

Oh. That. Yeah, you're probably right, Gabe.

[Agent G]

I received my two yesterday!

CHP for one and Pan America road race for the other!

G

[Tony T]

Awesome build! Thank you so much for letting us follow along!

[Daf57]

Looks like a great kit, love that red! Thanks for the walkthrough!

[charlie8575]

The 4-door in the picture is Crest Blue. I've seen a couple of cars in that color- it's a nice blue-gray.

I'm betting that picture was taken with the original Kodacolor 64 film, which had incredibly fine grain and superb color saturation. I'm also betting it was not 35mm, which was still a bit rare in the mid-1950s. It was probably 120/220, which produces a higher-resolution photo because of the larger negative area.

These builds are coming out very nicely. I'm enjoying watching them.

Charlie Larkin

[midnightprowler]

Beautiful work so far.

[Johnny]

The 4-door in the picture is Crest Blue. I've seen a couple of cars in that color- it's a nice blue-gray.

I'm betting that picture was taken with the original Kodacolor 64 film, which had incredibly fine grain and superb color saturation. I'm also betting it was not 35mm, which was still a bit rare in the mid-1950s. It was probably 120/220, which produces a higher-resolution photo because of the larger negative area.

These builds are coming out very nicely. I'm enjoying watching them.

Charlie Larkin

Maybe from a slide? I know my wife has a lot of old pictures from when her grandpa would have everything put on slides and when made into a photo they come out nearly crystal clear.

[AzTom]

I'm going to have to get one of these. I have a few of the diecast banks Ertl made that I was going to mod but this is so much nicer.

This build is really looking great. I did notice that the round band on the rear of the engine should be green, it's part of the engine block.

[MJStyline]

Wouldn't it have to be one of the colors shown on the first post in this thread? Perhaps the silver gray? Certainly not green.

http://www.modelcars...opic=64596&st=0

Looks like a shade of blue; I have to dig up my '50 Oldsmobile dealer color/trim book

[Tom Kren]

Len did you have any fit problems with the engine fitting into the engine bay? Mine not fitting walls are to close and hitting manifolds .

[dimebolt]

Nice job man.
Super clean looking.
Corey

[charlie8575]

Maybe from a slide? I know my wife has a lot of old pictures from when her grandpa would have everything put on slides and when made into a photo they come out nearly crystal clear.

Very possible, Johnny. Kodachrome 64 and Kodachrome 25 also had very good color and image quality.

Charlie Larkin