Mr.Zombie

I liked mine alot... Still have a Jo-Han Promo of it that waits for painting it like that one... But if I was to buy any Cadillac right now, I'd go for this: Let's face it, the fins just do it. And it will have to be a Sedan, I can't stand the roofline of the coupe.

It's a glue kit, but it simply fits so brilliant that if you don't glue it at once, but like me, try out stuff first, you find out that it doesn't need much glue on several components. You could of course glue it, but I see no reason to glue things like windshield, chassis to the body and so on if I don't have to.

I think it's brilliant, no need to mess with glue and transparent elements, no need to glue the chassis and your fingers while mounting the body.

Thanks! Chuck, before you build it remember that this thing is so smartly designed that it goes together with no glue! It's really a blast how great it's engineered.

Awesome, great colors. I'd keep it chromy though.

Hello, A while ago I managed to get my hands on this very rare Esci kit. This is the car I use as reference... This is how far I am as for today, I began it about 6 weeks ago. The kit is very very nice. In fact what you see here is zero glue, it just snaps together, perfect fit, minimal flash on very few elements. As for accuracy, the kit is spot on. As for the freak value this is it. You won't see another one of these at the first best model show unlike a rusty VW Van. Thanks! Have a nice day! Hope it's the right forum, if not, can the Administrator be so kind and move it to the right forum?

Yes, in the very first movie they had a Belvedere from 1959. Then it was 1959-60 Chevys, and in the very last one they had a Ford Transit. The Norwegian Versions came after the Danes, never understood why though, given the fact how close Danish and Norwegian is, they could have easily lived with the Danish. Fun fact, the dude who plays Biffen in the Norwegian films, plays the same character in the Danish movies, and therefore owns the record of most Olsenbanden movies starred ...

Hello, I thought I begin a new project. In Denmark where I live, there is this old series of movies called "The Olsen Gang", it's a slapstick comedy type of movies revolving around three main characters, Egon, Benny and Kjeld. Usually their means of transportation are old American sedans that happen to be 1959-1960 Chevys mostly. As a kid I loved the series, and now with 33 I still enjoy those movies. For a while now I had the idea to build one of their cars, the KD 22 528 Chevy Bel Air (choose that one as the most iconic, and it's in four movies vs. two which is the most the other cars apeared in). The car called by Benny, who is the exclusive owner and driver, "gammel spand" (old bucket), is a Danish version of the Bel Air assembled in Copenhagen, complete with a different cutout for the numberplate, fillercap relocated to the right rear quarter, and amber turnsignals in the front wings. Alerady when the movies were shot the car was in a dreadful state, but surprisingly it's still around, but it's been sitting disassembled for years now, noone knows what happens to it. It took only a short question here in forum to get a link to Mr. Tom Coolidge from Promolite, a little company that has a GM Sedan roof in their offer, and sourcing the Impala from Revell was of course a nobrainer. Mr. Coolidge kindly send me a roof and two sets of glass, one for the messy construction, the other for the final product. The cast itself is basically the upper half of a GM body, complete with windowframes and part of the cowl, all cast bubblefree and seamless in light creme resine, all sent perfectly protected to me. I can only recomend Mr. Coolidges stuff, I'm really more than happy with what I got. Now, there are a number of ways the body and the roof can be cut so that everything can be assembled, I wanted to cut and sand as little as possible, and after weeks of thinking I decided to cut it away around the rear window so that when glued on, the gap between the frame and the trunklid will automatically be created, thus eliminating the need of filling, the front pillars were cut where the vent windows begin, and where the doorgaps are, again, a natural gap on the real car, thus eliminating the need for too much filling. Of course the real car is so rusty that I don't have to be as crazy precise as I would have to be if I built the car in new. I scaled some pics of real cars to estimate the door lenghts, filled the groves for the side trim where needed, sanded away the doorgap, scribbled new ones, built the B- and C-pillars, and mocked up the chassis. And... I tell you what, if it wasn't that particular car, and if there was any alternative to this thing, the Revell junk would fly across the room straight to the bin! The suspension in the front, out of some four or five pieces doesn't line up even though there are mounting holes, the chassis still doesn't sink in the body, though I removed half an inch of material on the inner fenderwells! I don't even mention the flash on every dumb little piece! After my A I built two kits, a Tamiya Beetle that just flies together, and is pure joy, and 1984 Transit by Esci with such an exceptional fit that most of the car was just snapped together, no glue whatsoever! This will be my last Revell kit ever. I have a 2CV that I wanted to build like the one I owned, and because of this Chevy I ordered the 2CV from TAMIYA... But yea... Here is some pics of the current state the kit is in. I will not be defeatet, and I will have a small 4 door Chevy in really good on my desk before May... I was able to source most of the stuff I miss (steelies for Chevies, 6 cylinder engine) within hours only thru help from guys in this very forum! Thanks friends! I hope you'll find that I put it into good use when you see some more progress! Thanks for now, have a nice day.

Thanks! I did compare it to some reference I have and the measurements were correct. But it's great to have it reasurred!

The Roof is only a 2 door because of the B-pillar, (that I left on for adjustment purposes) other than that it's the same dimensions as a 4 door, alerady removed the pillar and added B- and C-pillars. The 4 door sedan had shorter doors, therefore I filled the doorgaps and I will create new ones in the correct places.

Hi, the Trim I solved different on mine, I simply cut 2,5 mm worth of 0,7 mm plastic sheet and filled the groves, sanded, done. The real car and the clips. Well, the movies are from the 70ies, but the car isn't like Starsky and Hutch Torino, as far as I am concerned there ain't one shot of the interior (though I know it was grey), on some pics it seems like there are holes, on others it might be that there are still the clips left... I'll probably go with holes for detail. We'll see. The car itself still exists, but it's a shadow of a Chevy... According to these images holes are the right choice, but would I bet? The car was pretty rusty while the movies were shot, here you add years of neglect and it's difficult to say how that thing was during the movie shots...

Thanks. Andy, it's certainly a good way to get the doorhandles, but I'd prefer the original kit pieces as they are on the chrome sprue, and I'm a pure free time hobby kit builder, and I don't have the possibility to rechrome or Alclad stuff. Chris, thanks, I just checked the Impala, but can't find a single pic of the wheels in that kit, so if someone happens to have them and doesn't need it, I'm your man to take 'em off your hands. This car is very important for me, and though I have some steelies they are all Ford pattern, and I'd love to have this very car spot on and correct. As for the mouldings, yes, I'm aware of the differences, however, this very car has them only on the front wings, and on the left back door, the rest is missing. The two front ones are the same as on the Impala (or better, the ones that come with the kit are okay), and the one on the door I'd cut out of the middle of the back wing moulding. It'll go. Yes, HAMB I'm a member, I could ask there.

Hello Friends, As some of you know a while ago I asked about the '59 Chevy 4-door in 1:25, and thru very helpful guys here I got the Email adress of Mr. Tom Coolidge who in fact happened to have and kindly sent me a GM Sedan roofsection so I could begin building somewhat the holy grail of movie cars (for me). The car I want to build is a 1959 Bel Air driven in a Danish slapstick comedy series called "Olsen Gang": And here's the current progress: As said, I got the roof from Promolite, and now I am looking for some other things, some hardware, and alot of info. Questions: - Trim. Does anyone know/have pics of a '59 without the side trim, so I can find out with how many screws the moldings are held on the car? The movie car is missing some of them, I can see that there are holes, but can't make out how many. Most of the '59 have the full trim, and the ones I found on Ebay don't show it clear enough. - Engine. The car above was powered with a straight six. Although I don't plan to display the engine, I might change my mind if a donor kit is easily avaliable. Therefore: Where to source a Chevy straight six from? - Wheels. The car above rolls on steelies without hubcaps, where to get the correct steelies from? Does anyone have four steelies and would maybe like to swap with Bel Air hubcaps? - Trunk. Is the trunklid shorter on Sedans vs. Coupes? I had to cut out a good bit from the trunk in order to fit the Promolite roof. According to photos my theory is correct, but I'd like to reasure. - Doorhandles. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS THE REVELL BEL AIR/IMPALA AND BUILT IT CUSTOM AND THEREFORE DOESN'T NEED THE DOORHANDLES? I need two extra, and I really don't want to buy yet another kit only for the doorhandles. Thanks!

Don, the carpet is... Velcro strap? Is that how it's called? These straps that stick together and can be taken apart making this rrrrrrrhhrhrhr! noise? These: And the plastic (on the pic the lower one) turned around is the carpeting...

This is so nice. I'm in love with your finish, not too shiny, not too rough, just perfect.

Breathtaking, though I'd prefer a more traditional hot rod in terms of looks, you know, straight axle blabla... But as a model it's the best civilian machine I've seen til now.

The real ventilation tube is just a "slinky" covered in kind of foil something, and it messes up as soon as it was touched once, I wrapped the original parts with wire and thick paint to get that.

Looks like real. Who cares how long it took as long as the result is that good?

Love the shine. Not too much, not plasticky at all, plus that roof. Awesome job!

I had two red cars in my life, especially the roof is painted the same rotten way my old Granada was. I'd like more pinkish shade in some places, but well... Next time...

I'd say it's behind my 1929 Ford weatheringwise .

I have been following this build from the beginning, Randy do me a favour please and sand down the inner surface of the wheel lip on the front. The rim sticks out way too much and it looks like a cheap China toy. Don't let a detail like that ruin this perfect build.

Love the feel and the idea of it, though I'm not a fan of that railchopperstrangewheels. I'd like that thing more possible, like Little Stoohie, or stuff by Tom Daniel, maybe on a "real" dragster chassis? Your paintwork is very artistic. Good job!

The comment about the placement makes me happy. It was a part of the whole process to find out where and how beetles rust. It makes it so much more real when the rust ain't just slabbed on wherever.

Thanks guys, I'm happy that so many of you like it.