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Incredible levels of detail here!

I like the Buick lights too, but I don't know what kit they'd even appear in. I know I've seen '61 Buick tail lights in scale, but I don't know if they came in a kit (like an annual, maybe? A google search doesn't turn up much more than the AMT '62 Buick) or if they were a custom accessory in a different kit. If they were custom accessories, they probably lacked the cool chrome hooded surround that mimics the Edsel's back window shape.

Cool idea! The overall vibe is kinda like the Chrysler Norseman concept car...but with A pillars.

I tried messing around with some ideas for taillights, and laughed when I arrived at the '59 Edsel design independently: "yeah, fill those taillights, install a waffle-pattern chrome panel below the stock taillight location with floating double or triple round lights like a T-bird, that's the ticket..." So I tried a few others on for size instead, just for fun. I can't kick the idea of floating taillights in a chrome bucket, sort of like the late '50s Imperial's headlights. Also wondering if '58 Mercury Turnpike taillights would work.

Loving the way that engine looks, spectacular detailing work. Also, those brake discs are nuts!

Very cool.. This build turned out great! Nice detailing on the belts, stacks, decals etc, and a very effective color combination.

This is a bit of a self-promotion, but I just uploaded a 2x2 version recently; it can be printed via Shapeways. A bit of styrene and/or Milliput, and boom--it's a 3-carb manifold! Note--the prototype at right has carb linkages, but no carb linkages are present on the Thangs version; they're too fragile for Shapeways to print. (That's a Revell Cadillac parts pack engine, by the way). https://thangs.com/designer/MapleLeaf Modelworks/3d-model/Cadillac intake Hop-Up Pack 1-1462220 If you want a kit source, I'd suggest the flathead intake from the Revell '32 Tudor sedan...trim off the Flathead-specific intake runners, and add your own carved from styrene to mate with the Cadillac.

Nice work! I typically build hot rods but the '34 is such a classy stock design and your build certainly does it justice. Cool backdrop too! It's very convincing.

This is awesome!! Nice swoopy forms there, and I like the detailed fuel/electrical setup. Killer engine too--are there air intakes in the deck somewhere?

This is an astounding feat of focus and execution. Congrats on finishing it! It's darn near perfect. My parents owned a shorty Winnebago for a while. It was a musty, nausea-inducing ride for little kid me. I don't exactly have fond memories of it, but I LOVE this model

This truck hit me like a slap to the face! I need it on MY shelf! The want is palpable, haha. The paint color in combination with the bang-on wheel-package, combined with the just-right stance, gives this build an immediate presence that straight OOB builds lack.

Looking good! Loving the bright orange on the surf board, it's going to really pop against the blue 😁

Heck yeah, that looks good!

I'm not sure my "stalled" projects really count, but...all of my projects are unfinished for various reasons and I find it easier to start more than to finish the existing ones. '59 Impala, stalled since the early 2000s:ghosting in the paint, finally corrected it, need to paint it in a Kandy finish and I'm afraid of messing up again '30 Ford coupe: stalled at paint, just need to paint the body '34 Ford truck: disliked the paintjob (orange peel), parts are sitting and waiting for assembly Numerous builds stalled on suspension engineering. Several stalled because I can't make up my mind on a direction--I have at least three potential cars I want to build for each, so each project seems to expand infinitely. Several stalled on lack of skill (paint, foil). Several stalled because I'm waiting to design and 3D print some parts for them. Etc etc.

Neat idea, looking forward to seeing more!

It's looking cool so far!

What a gorgeous car! You absolutely made the best of the kit, it turned out beautifully! I like the suede appearance of the interior, and that metallic paint is very compelling. It brings out every curve, which is what this design deserves.👍

That '62 is so clean!! And functionality can definitely take a backseat when the artistic vision is strong IMHO. I suppose the ends of the grille could be turned into doors for hidden headlights if it were a 1:1 build. Maybe the bullets could even rotate with the headlight door, nobody would ever suspect it!

I remember that El Camino! Very, very cool and managing to be simultaneously restrained and radical. I think I was thinking of Gene Howard's "Truly Rare" and the Barris "Modern Grecian" when I was doodling; both cars are not exactly models of restraint haha! //Edit: Custom Car Chronicle has a whole article on plastic details incorporated into customs of the era: https://www.customcarchronicle.com/custom-history/custom-plastic-details-part-2/

Didn't want to hijack but was inspired to fiddle around with some Maximalist styling inspired by the '60 Edsel, late 50s Mopar, and Junichi Shimodaira's crazy customs

I think it will be a ton of work to tweak the fenders to match the canted quads, but it'll be worth it. OR...you can just turn those little holes into scoops and stick forward-pointing antennae in there, boom done. Lol.

That paint looks glassy, Dennis!

Those lights are going to look incredible! Looking forward to seeing it all lit up.

This has been very inspiring, thanks! I went down to my stash and pulled out my single Edsel kit, mocked up some custom parts to try out some ideas, and.....nothin'. I just can't get past the headlights, the vertical central grille, the unique taillights, the narrowness of the body. Every idea I try, even some fairly extreme changes, it just fizzles out. Like the '53 Studebaker, I can never decide if the stock '58 Edsel is an incredibly slick design or unbearably awkward. It flip-flops on me like an MC Escher drawing. So I'm extremely interested in seeing where you go with this build!

This is crazy, I love it! The detailing is above and beyond what I'd expect from a Duesenberg gluebomb with an engine stuffed in the back. It actually looks plausible!