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  1. chaves pah

    Hello, Randy, I saw recently your post about your marvellous Revell 1957 Eldorado Brougham and added some comments about this wonderful car, but also some questions about another fantastic Cadillac, the 1955 Coupe DeVille, hoping you could share your knowledge I have noticed in some other posts made by you, might be of some help for my 1955 model problems... this message goes as I don't know how often you visit your old posts...

    thank you very much

    1. RandyB.

      RandyB.

      Chaves pah. I've never built a 1955 Coupe DeVille. Would like to do one but have never seen one kitted. Not sure what questions you had about the 55 Caddy. Not sure I can help you those questions.

  2. chaves pah

    Knowing by misterNNL you have a little encyclopedia in your head, just may be you could "save" me... I bought recently an R&R resin '55 Cadillac Coupe DeVille kit, but without wheels; the BIG PROBLEM now is finding correct wheels for the beast, mainly these Sombrero hubcaps I don't see in any 1/25 model Cadillac or other similar car... since I live in Europe, my knowledge about American modelling stuff and so on is very weak... can you help me? I found these resin hubcaps made in the USA, but now they appear in a chinese (or alike) site you can not contact as the mail adress is a fake... but they must have found this image in an American site!...

    1 25 resin sombrero hubcaps.jpg

  3. chaves pah

    Hi afx, following your works is really a pleasure for me, your Cobras, ahh!  Now I found one of those poor ARII 1964(?) GT FORDs and started to follow your article about it, but there are some images that do not match with the text... " The modified front suspension is on the left, notice how much lower the upper A-arms are" actually show a front view of the car on the floor jacks , not the chassis... next, " I had to modify the wheel upright to accept this lowered A-arm position. Fortunately the brake detail is not visible through the wheel" is followed by the same front view of the car on the floor jacks again... later, "I'm very happy with the chassis fit so far. Well see how the rear suspension goes" there is no image about it... well, some "numbers" about the changes made in the suspension would be very helpfull for us... did you ever think about making some body cuts to widen it enough to cover the wheels? (that would be a real chalenge!)... Did you finish your FORD at all? I (we) would like to see it!

    thank you very much!

    1. afx

      afx

      I didn't not finish this build.  I decided converting a Fujimi GT40 body would be a better choice.   

    2. chaves pah

      chaves pah

      Ahhr... that is high treason... I did not wait until seeing your finished model and, taking a look on both the GT40 and the MkII bodies, that is a huge lot of changes, as they are much wider ( and after all, if things go wrong it is better to destroy the ARII kit than a FUJIMI one)... so I decided to try to modify the ARII body, by widening all the mudguards; for now the front ones are going fine: some plastic sheet (about 2,5mm) over the wheel arches, and then pulling the headlight houses out and aligning it with the new enlargements; and now I will fill the resulting gaps in the front body; by the photos the gap between these headlight covers and the front brake cooling ducts is two or three times bigger then the ones in the original kit. I am taking some pictures at each stage and I will post it  after the changes are made...

      Thank you for answering so fast, afx!

    3. afx

      afx

      Would like to see your project if you would care to share.

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