Fairfax Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Hello, everyone. The Eldorado by Monogram is probably a bit of a rarity now. For how old the kit is, it's very high-quality and detailed, beautifully worked and a massive front and back mask with a bumper. It built impeccably, everything fit beautifully. Except for two things. 1. The body was into the propeller, and even the roof wasn't quite OK. But an easy fix. The immersion in boiling water and body straightened itself, to my surprise. The roof no longer quite. 2. Even with a nearly finished model, the chassis with the bodywork could not be clicked. I couldn't find what was in the way, the windows were right, they weren't pushed down, so I cut, sharpened, thinned and without result. Still the chassis peered under the lower edge of the body of about 3- 4mm. That's how it came down to the greatest power I had in my fingers and squeezed it in. That finally spoiled an otherwise nice impression of the kit. Black gunze paint, semi-dome roof, 2K varnish, chromium unpainted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 That is a nice piece of work on that Caddy. The vinyl top is great and the black paint job is beautiful. You might consider touching up the the chromed area immediately behind the headlight housings. It's not indicated in the instructions for either RM '59 Caddy kit; but, that part is body colored on the actual car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeakDoc Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Stunning in black! Really nice build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 Thank you pretty much everyone. For Joe: Oouu wow. Well, I totally missed that. I laugh at myself, what an inattentive mess I am. Thank you so much for alerting Joe. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger74 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Official mafia staff car !!! Great looking cady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 47 minutes ago, Fairfax said: Thank you pretty much everyone. For Joe: Oouu wow. Well, I totally missed that. I laugh at myself, what an inattentive mess I am. Thank you so much for alerting Joe. ? A lot of modelers miss that. I did the first time I built it. 19 minutes ago, charger74 said: Official mafia staff car !!! Great looking cady The trunk easily seats six dead guys in suits with plenty of room for shovels and bags of quicklime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouO Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Very Nice. Perfect choice of color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm David Green Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Awesome, great looking car, hope a new kit comes along (some chance, eh?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Beautiful looking Caddy. Great paint work and the vinyl roof looks perfect here. A gloss black paint job like this shows just how perfect the lines and body prep were done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thank you guys for the nice reactions. :-) :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Just flat out beautiful. Normally, I am not a huge fan of straight up stock builds, but this one is sweet. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 Thank you very much Peter. I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Nicely done with great details and excellent photos to showcase your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landman Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 20 hours ago, misterNNL said: Nicely done with great details and excellent photos to showcase your work I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Thank you guys so much for watching and nice sentences and encouragement ! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkychiken Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Wow, stunning build, the reflection of the paint work is impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Most excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Really stunning build Michal. I can only dream of building something this nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairfax Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Thank you guys so much for nice sentences and encouragement. You all have a lovely selection of varied cars here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Beautiful car, lovely work on the vinyl top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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