Jeffcad Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Hi again ! JoHan has never made the convertible version of the 1974 Cadillac Eldorado promo, only the Eldorado Coupe. So, after finding a damaged one for sale a few months ago I thought about giving that poor promo a new life, as a convertible. I have tried to push some details that Johan never did, as to carve on the model the front and rear choc absorber lines on the fenders, and to give the interior some life, with detailed front seats and door panels. The Caddy received a new paint and some new white walls. Don't know how to photo-etch or create decals for scripts and emblems yet but I'll come to that soon. Hope you'll like it ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 That’s a great looking caddy, fabulous color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Nice work! Keep 'em coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Beautifull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Clean and very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Looks great!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc-57 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Swee-eeet!!! We really need more 70's full-size cars to build! We really really do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Excellent!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy124 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 This is just lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Beautiful looking Caddy. If you hadn't pointed out this was a coupe to begin with you would never know it. All of the trim and the interior looks just like the 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 wow one fantastic Caddy, excellent job, love the color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American 185 Heavy Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Outstanding job. Looks like the real thing. Great color choice and your attention to detail is amazing. One of my high school teachers had one of these in this color. The car was stand out as is your model !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 What a beautiful Caddy! Everything about it is just right. I specially like what you've done with the interior as I'm trying to do this with a '76 right now. Hope mine comes out this well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olschoolkid Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Very nice. This is a beautiful car and is well detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Very nicely done Cadillac! Great work with the conversion, it looks like it came out of Jo-Han factory that way. Also the paint job looks really good, and I like all of the small details on the exterior. We don't see many of these '70s Cadillacs built, so it's refreshing to see one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffcad Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 5 hours ago, peekay said: What a beautiful Caddy! Everything about it is just right. I specially like what you've done with the interior as I'm trying to do this with a '76 right now. Hope mine comes out this well. Thank you very very much !. Please share your '76 when you'll have done it !. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffcad Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 5 hours ago, American 185 Heavy said: Outstanding job. Looks like the real thing. Great color choice and your attention to detail is amazing. One of my high school teachers had one of these in this color. The car was stand out as is your model !! Thanks very much ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avidinha Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 Real nicely done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<profile removed> Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 That looks fantastic. I love Caddys and the couple you have posted so far are incredibly well done! Just curious, how did you accomplish the wood accents on the door panels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 I love it! I plan to do something similar with a 71 promo I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffcad Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 2 hours ago, AMC ROB said: That looks fantastic. I love Caddys and the couple you have posted so far are incredibly well done! Just curious, how did you accomplish the wood accents on the door panels? Hi Robert, thanks for your nice words. For the door panels I have simply printed some various HD wood textures on a grainy paper and then cut them to shape like the 1/1. I am not satisfy though with the flat white leather inserts. In real life, they are padded, not flat like my model. Still have a lot of things to learn and try to push details further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffcad Posted December 19, 2018 Author Share Posted December 19, 2018 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Ron Hamilton said: I love it! I plan to do something similar with a 71 promo I have. Hi Ron, thanks ! I am really looking forward to see your conversion with the 71 Cadillac. It's a conversion I would like to do too. Please share with us once it'll be done. Edited December 19, 2018 by Jeffcad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonioseven Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 Beautiful work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinfan5 Posted December 22, 2018 Share Posted December 22, 2018 That is beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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