Ramfins59 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Hello all. I finally finished this project for a friend. For those of you who may not have looked in on the WIP thread...... A friend who I graduated from High School with waaaaayyy back in 1965 has a 1:1 1965 Rambler American that he wanted to have a model of to display with his car at Car Shows and Cruise Nights. He got a Rambler Promo from EBAY along with some resin wheels that closely match those on his car, along with replacement grille and bumpers from The Modelhaus (my recommendation), and a can of paint to match the color of his car (Corral Cordovan). I offered to build the model for him as he hasn't built a model since we were back in high school. He shipped everything to me and I started work on it on November 27th. Since it was only a Curbside build, I was able to finish it up in a record (for me) of 15 days at about 5 hours per day, or a total of about 75 hours. It was a totally fun project for me in trying to get all the details right that I could, working from pictures of his car that he also sent to me. Here's a picture of his car...... And here are pictures of the finished model...... I thank you all for looking in on this and welcome any and all comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drgon63 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 looks great Rich....Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thanks a lot Tom. I'm glad it's done. Now I can get back to my own projects. Stay well buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomsheehy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Great job Rich, you nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 You did your friend justice............looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thanks very much Tom and Alan. I appreciate your positive comments. It was a challenge to get all the little details right but I had a lot of fun doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobdude Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 That's a out of the park homerun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartster Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Absolutely beautiful replica of a very cool car ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thats an excellent build Rich, really nice detail, perfect match to the picture....Slusher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thanks a bunch Bob, Bart, Carl and Chuck. Your encouraging words are greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Turned out great. Nice work. Too bad you can't show more of the interior work you did - the conversion turned out very clean and looked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I really like it ! And I really wish I had that car ! ! Nice work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Thank you very much Erik and Bob. Erik you can check out all the work I did on the interior by finding the '65 Rambler WIP thread in ON THE WORKBENCH. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Richard, Your attention to detail is second to none. Excellent job!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I'm quite sure your friend will be proud to display that in his home. Very well done. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Great job Rich! you nailed it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeBee Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Now that did turn out real nice, worth all the hard work you put into the build ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Richard, You hit the nail right square on the head on this one. Gathering all the right parts was a chore in it's self, I love these type of builds where you are duplicating a real vehicle, weather it is yours or a friend's. I'm sure your friend is happy and proud. Nice work. Now I need to get off my tail and finish the '58 Impala I started for a friend about 15 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Derrick, Ronald, Charlie, Jeff, Geoff and Ron, I thank you all so very much for your kind words and compliments. I emailed pictures of the finished model to my friend in NY and he was ecstatic... He can't wait to drive out here to western PA to pick it up some time in January, depending of course on how the weather will be here then. I really had fun working on this build and it was worth sweating all the little details on it to see the finished product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duntov Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Wow Richard..... nice work ..... you hit it spot on.....excellent reference photo and some very neat building!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Great job Rich! Outstanding replica. Looks really nice and very good detail work. I'm sure your friend will be very proud to show his 1/25 scale car off as much as his 1:1. Very cool of you to build this for your friend, very cool! Thanks for sharing the build up with us. Roy the Ford guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I was watching the progress and enjoyed the ride! Great end result Rich! Great holidays to you and yours, my fellow PA guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Excellent job. It's always tough to replicate a specific car and you nailed it. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted December 22, 2012 Author Share Posted December 22, 2012 Thank you Bill, Roy, Tom and Bruce. I appreciate your encouraging comments. My friend had sent me about a dozen photos of all around his car, inside and out and it was sometimes a challenge to replicate things, especially in the interior. I enjoyed doing it though as there's nothing like a challenge. Plus I think we always want to do better on a build that is for a friend than we sometimes do on our own builds. Glad you enjoyed the "ride" Tom and best wishes for a good holiday to you too buddy. Now that this build is done I can get back to "my own" projects. Thanks again everyone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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