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Excellent work Tim. That Eldo is gorgeous and I love the color. It's too rare but so good to see old Cadillacs detailed like that.

Beautiful Cadillac, beautiful work.

Salut Claude! Mille merci pour tes compliments. It's really appreciated. Design in 66 was "again" a success for Cadillac those years , neat and elegant. Next conversions to come, Sedan DeVille 1976 and Fleetwood Brougham Coupe 1983. Thanks again !

Thank you all very very much for the kind words !

Hi David, sorry I did not take any pics of the primary shape. I'll do it with the next Cadillac I have also bought damaged, such as a 1967 Coupe DeVille iI am converting nto a Sedan deVille.

Thanks Dan !. '66 was indeed a great year, it must have been so nice to have many of them !

Hi guys. Sharing with you my very new conversion. I have made this 1966 Fleetwood Brougham out of a Jo-Han Coupe DeVille kit. The original kit was unpainted but fully built under thick layers of glue... It needed a refresh and a bit of love. Fleetwood's roofs are higher than DeVilles, so to get closer to the real car I created a new raised and elongated vinyl roof to receive the thin B and larger C pillars, also created new rear vent windows, new doors and interior wood-ish panels, new seats and floor carpet, new lower body molding trims and chromes, hand sanded paint and clear coats, white walls etc...Hope some will like it!

This is the old Revell '57 Brougham with a new different box art. Just a new edition. Model is NOT accurate. Not accurate means NOT accurate with real car proportions. If anyone looks for "Jo-Han-ish" accuracy of proportions, don't buy. It's not bashing Revell to point it out, but there's nothing accurate in this kit. Sorry. Overall body is off, front and rear bumpers, roof shape, fins shape, rear arch wheel shape are wrong...Even the door handles position is wrong. The builder of the kit on the picture did a great job and it is not to criticize somebody's skills. Purpose of this side by side images is just for comparison with the real Cadillac.

Hello. If the Cadillac is really a re-issue of the old Revell's version and not a brand new kit, make sure that you understand the kit is far from being accurate in proportions. If you are looking for accuracy with the real car, run !. The picture depicts a car that's even better than the kit inside... Back in the time of the very first release, you could read on the art box...: "Authentic kit, accurately scaled". Well, it is not. At all. Revell designers had to create the kit by extrapolate dimensions from pictures that Cadillac provided at the time. First attempt was not good, second one was approved by the brand, even with unaccuracies. So, my point is not to discourage anyone to buy it of course, but to warn anyone who expects a "Jo-Han" -ish quality or spot on proportions..

Excellent model, quite rare now. She looks great and was worth the efforts. Congrats !

Love it, great color. Very nice Caddy !.

Fantastic work !

Very nice Caddy !. Perfect color. Sister to my convertible one.

Am I ? Cool !. Thanks very much Jay !

Hi Bob, Thank you very much. Please share that 62 when she'll be done.

Thank you very much Janne. Indeed I am crazy about that brand and only that brand. I'll try to give them all the passion my skills will allow me.

Thank you all very much for the kind words !

Hi Michael, thanks ! Funny you said that, I am planing to make a Cadillac dealership parking or Cadillac meeting dioramas for years !. With about 60 Cadillacs like these in my collection now, I'll need room to fit them all on a 1/25 diorama !

Hi Tom, thanks !. The Cadillacs you see here on the pictures are the ones I've made this year. 10 Cadillacs in fact, as shown on the first 2 pics. I have about 10 more for 2021 !

Hi guys. Sharing with you my Cadillac builds\conversions\restorations of the year. Was a good one again, and many more conversions on the way for 2021.

Hello Stephen, thank you very much. I totally agree with you. It's unfortunately not the golden age for kits and promos anymore. Younger generation have moved on from the love of cars and building kits, so the offer nowadays isn't what is was a few decades ago. As a "Cadillac only" collector, how much I would love to see 1970s Cadillac Coupes or Sedans to be made, in fact, to see what Jo-Han has never produced... I don't think manufacturers will invest money into these models no more, Cadillacs or not. Revell's just into Cadillac lowriders or customs, no stock versions anymore. Maybe the 3d printing era will bring back a few of these original boats.. Thanks again !.

Thank you so much everyone.

Hi Claude ! Yep ! It's me !!! I am very happy that you've joined the forums here too, so welcome ! . Lookijng forward with passion to see your skills of course, and your Cadillacs. I post mine in model cars, in the "under glass" section. See you there Claude !

Hi guys ! Here's my last built of the year. The '76 Eldorado is the last official convertible by Cadillac, and I've made this one from the JoHan's Coupe. New paint, trims, wheels, WWs, detailed interior.... I'll give her a better and more accurate hard boot cover next spring. Hope you'll like it.

Hi John, yes of course. Thank you very much for the additional pictures, I am even more impressed now, especially converting a scale that is significantly smaller than the common 1/24 and 1/25. It's always a pleasure for me to see other Cadillac collector's work, passion and commitment, so again, feel free to share more pics if you can. More of a good thing is never enough. Cheers. JP.