RestoModGuy

Good looking build...

Richard, yes, I did a tinted acrylic wash in the panel lines, grill and sidepipes. I don't think you need to scribe them, they are deep enough if you are not painting the body and plan on polishing the plastic as I did. I still can't believe how nice the plastic polished out, it looks a snice as some of my best polished paint jobs that take me hours. Have fun with it, I did and happy with the result for a quickie no hassle build.

Had this snaptite in my stash for years, decided to do a one-day build. I have to admit this AMT kit actually is done very well, no flash of any kind, everything fit perfectly and amazed of the detail included the decal set is one of the best I've used, as for gauges. I didn't like the kits ride height, sat too high, so I did modify the one-piece chassis/suspension to accomadate the Pegasus wheels instead of the stock wheels, added disc-brakes, just because I'm not a box stock builder. The "paint" actually is the molded and painted out-of-the-box, it polished up very nice. I did not paint this, 5-hour build but decided to paint and detail the interior and chrome trim with my Molotow pen. Neat little quickie build to break the big detail builds burnout.

Brilliant! Beautiful perfectly executed build.

Absolutely stunning... Fair to say it's a masterpiece..

Testors RootBeer Metallic with Tamiya Pearl and Wet Look Clear polished

excellent! nice fabrication work

Thank you Mr Stock Headlights in 5,6,7mm - Scale Production http://www.scaleproduction.de/product_info.php?info=p1293_headlights-6mm.html

Does Greg Wann have a website to buy from or am I confused and it's the same as Scale Productions?

Wow, that's cool, nice work!

Thanks everyone for the nice comments on my Caddy, appreciate it

Cool! I'm watching... Think it a great idea to tribute

Excellent build. really enjoy looking at this one.

Wow!!! I'm in love with this build... just top shelf, awesome detailing and quality finish

Just finished this 1964 Caddy - "Da Cad" If you've ever built one of these old Johan kits, you know of the few pit-fall items to correct, one being the tiny taillights that do not fit correctly and missing the top cap. Did a lot of detailing to the grill/bumper, drilled out the molded-in headlights and installed some very nice resin replicas from Germany. I did update the look of the stock Caddy with pro-tour seats and three round aluminum gauges. Updated 20" wire-style wheels and lower stance give it a look I like. The paint is Testors RootBeer with pearl-clear accenting and lots of polished Wet Look Clear coats, it's one of my favorite paint jobs. The BMF gave me fits on this and isn't as perfect as I would like, but frustration gave way and it is what it is. Drilled out the molded in head lights, replaced with some very nice resin pieces from Germany. Printed a Cadillac emblem and used it on the hood and truck Added some details like handmade accelerator and brake peds. Door pulls and updated the guage pack using aluminum tubing

Sweet! those colors, wow!

So nice! perfect stance and yes, those Z-Wheels complete the pro-tour look. Sharp build Al

Nice build! I like it

Thanks for all the nice comments, it really isn't a serious contest build, really just a fun exercise of an idea. Jay, originally this build was planned for the 57 doors to be the POE and the van interior was going to be finished out with 57 seats for passengers and the driver would be in the vans cockpit. I molded in the van doors as I didn't want the door panel lines to interrupt the 57's fenders. I simply ran out of time to do all that, so it's a curbside build.

This was a fun personal excercise in bashing two cars together. Years ago when Van were popular, some painted cars on the sides to appear to be a car instead of a van. Since plastic is our medium, why not slice them together. I had planned on doing a much more detailed build with the 57 doors opening into the van as the point-of-entry and exit, however it was a group build-off with limited time. I grafted the side panels to the van and wanted the front of the van to appear like the 57, but that took some engineering with widening the front bumper/grill. Overall it was a fun build, certainly different. Started with this Widened the entire front bumper/grill and "hood"

Finished this group build-off "Belvan" It was more work than I was bargining for. On a time limit I didn't go with opening doors and detailing interior. This one is a curbside sitting in a case.

Go to the Pegasus Hobbies website. http://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/Models-Peg.-Model-Car-Acc.-Rims-&-Tires/c107_3_25/index.html

Wow! Fantastic build. Beautiful piece of art...

Outstanding! Excellent build

Excellent tribute build, very well done