OldNYJim

A friend gifted me this kit a few months back, and whilst I don’t build a lot of factory-stock projects I’ve always liked this year of Caddy and was super grateful to get the chance to build one. The kit itself is complete (actually, with some extras from a second kit) and had only some light assembly done to it already, so it’s practically like getting to start one of these in 1966 when they were originally issued! There’s not a tonne of detail on the underside of this thing (typical molded-in fuel tank, exhausts, driveshaft, axle etc etc) and I really don’t think there’s much point in getting a cool old vintage kit like this and redoing every little thing…but also, I really like the kind of detailed factory stock builds that people like @StevenGuthmiller build so well - so I’m thinking of adding to and optimizing what IS there but not getting into 3D printing frames and axles and leaf springs and whatnot. I picked up an original dealer brochure for reference… …and thanks to @SfanGoch and a few others on the board, I got a good lead on factory-correct Nocturne Blue paint which arrived this week: Should look something like this, once I get that far (only, a 2 door, obviously…): Like most of these old kits, the body looks GREAT - can’t see anything too obvious that it’s missing or that needs correcting (although I need to study it properly to see…and figure out if there’s meant to be a pillar behind that driver’s door or not on this particular model…) First order of business was to fix this one oversize mould line where the rear fin meets the rear pillar: Need to clean up that window moulding now, but some careful sanding made it look a LOT better already: Getting those big long flat planes along the body is gonna to make or break this build, so I need to do my best work on prep before I shoot any color, but hopefully it’ll all be worth it once I start laying down some paint. Just getting started on this one - any tips or tricks from any Cadillac experts would be much appreciated! More soon, soon as I do more!

I’ve got one of these in this stash ready to be backdated to the original Boyd version, before Foose redid it…I’m excited to see this one come together! Looks great so far - nice work on those interior parts!

Had a birthday today (reluctantly) and got a few cool modeling-related bits… Cheated, and got this for myself… This one was a gift - I’m excited to dig into it…there’s a TONNE of parts in the box for this one! My wife cleared out Hobby Lobby of all their Letraset dry-transfer lettering (she knows how I love this stuff…) Plus this (not car related, but will still make for a fun little project…) And I found these in the jewelry section - they’ll be perfect for little suspension linkages or something similar! Got a bunch of not-model-related car stuff too - stickers, Rat Fink merch, some parts for my 1:1 Mustang, a Mustang shirt (because everyone knows you can’t own a Mustang or Vette without wearing a matching shirt)…I’m a lucky guy!

Still tinkering away with this one - realized I hadn’t posted an update so here’s how it sits now… Got the body painted, and added some lettering: Shot black to try and generate some shadows under the frame to stop it looking too toy-like, and then overlaid some white to match the body…I’m going for a lightly weathered kind of look here but not totally ruined, so I’m going to use this shading to help build realism (hopefully)… Cleared that, and masked to paint some metal tones under there: Went with a mix of Vallejo and acrylic craft paints - I’m not going crazy with the underside, but you can see the rear suspension and driveshaft on the 1:1 trucks pretty easily so I’m just trying to capture that… And finally for this update, shot some metal colors on the steelie wheels and got the tires painted…these will receive some further weathering too: And that’s where I’m at so far…more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

I LOVE it! I wanna build one just like it! Also, what’s that coupe in the background with the pointy nose? I love that too!

I noticed that too - I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt and hope it's just to stop an already-damaged roof from blowing away or further damaging itself...but who knows...

My wife spotted this today - she did the right thing and snapped a pic (when it was safe to do so) and sent it over to me:

Made a template so I can print customized license plates with actual raised copy - ran a test print of a 60s NY plate tonight to see how they’ll work out

Smart idea to magnetize the wheel nuts - this is a great looking build! Nice job!

Those aluminum-infused resin parts came out GREAT! I experimented with that technique a little but never got such nice pieces as yours. Enjoying this whole build!

A stunning build - beautiful masterful work!

I think you’re probably right - but I saw some good results achieved when I was researching too, so I’m interested to try it and see! Even actual stand-alone 3D scanners are nowhere close to being ‘scan-it-and-print’ quite yet, but even something USABLE would be exciting at this stage. It’s VERY early days though in the life of this technology (at least, for us do-it-home-cheaply users)

Looking good so far! I picked up a Revell Viper kit on @Paul Payne’s recommendation - the wheels look MUCH better compared to the AMT ones… AMT on the left, Revell on the right: The Revell rear tires are a few scale inches wider too: Disregard if this isn’t useful for your build - but for $5 plus shipping that I paid for this second kit I definitely am happy with these as an upgrade to the AMT parts

I picked up an AMT Viper kit to build a while back, and immediately put it on the shelf for a couple of years to see if it’s undersized wheels would grow a little to a more acceptable size. Unfortunately they did not, so I ordered a Revell snap-kit Viper to poach the wheels from…and actually, for a snap kit, it doesn’t look too bad of a kit in it’s own right. Not as detailed as the AMT kit, but decent…so now I gotta find wheels for THAT one too ?

That said…the current iPhones have 3D scanning capability, so whilst it would be a challenge to scan a real vehicle and quickly make something usable, a simple part is (in principle) something you can do right now. Getting set to upgrade my cellphone here shortly so I can experiment - I have some rare kit parts that I want to try and scan and duplicate, see how the process works. I can see small 3D scanners being the next avenue that the makers of the printers start to perfect, and then things get REALLY interesting

Interesting - thanks for the reply Tim! Appreciate you bringing this product to our attention - it looks really cool!

This thread piqued my interest in trying a set of these - found a good set of 50 that had great reviews on Amazon for $10 shipped. Excited to need a hole someplace that there isn’t one already!

Awesome! Thank you!

Did they include plug wire in the kit? NICE! I assume that's what that is

Oh wow! Beautiful!

I’ve been excited for that one too - good news!

Drastic Plastics? https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/ Or maybe Scalemates? https://www.scalemates.com/

Wonder if there's a way to wall mount that - any thoughts on if that would be possible Tim?

Love that 1:1! If you're building something along those lines that's gonna be a nice looking project!

Plot twist: the Cessna was 1:48th scale