DaveM Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Back in the late Eighties, you couldn't throw a brick at a street rod event without hitting a car with "Posies" style paint. Everybody had two tone paint jobs separated by the car's belt line, or a similar trim line. Over the years it evolved a bit, from straight two color jobs, to cars with a stripe at the color break, or graphics, flames or tribal markings worked into the color line, but the basic character of having the lower body one color and the roof, hood and trunk lid another, remained. Now, you don't see as many of these paint jobs. They were a little bit overdone back then, and probably tend to look a bit dated today because of it. They were used on early rods, fat fendered rods and even newer cars from the '50s and '60s. I thought it would be fun to collect a few pictures of cars with these paint jobs, both scale models, and full size cars. My reason is that I have some great paint colors left over from various projects, but not quite enough to do full cars. Some of these colors might end up on a street rod as the top color of a 2 tone. My other reason is that I'm old, cantankerous, and I remember most of the cars looking like that when I was young and happy. Here are some I found while searching for inspiration. (You have to word your search carefully lest you end up with a bunch of watercolors of flowers) The only model I ever painted this way was a Revell Volkswagen Cabriolet. I will have to dig it out and finish it someday, as it has been in a box for twenty years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 never did care for his style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JollySipper Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I remember when Hot Rod magazine had a feature called "Posie's Pick", where they featured every month a car built by someone younger than 25.......... I thought that to be pretty cool........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Posies didn't invent that look, you know. Perhaps he was inspired by these: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 (edited) Yeah, what he said Edited May 14, 2015 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) The USN tri-color scheme doesn't remind me of Posies (or vice-versa, perhaps), but the paint jobs seen on some Royal Navy Sea Furies and Seafires and Fireflies sure do: Edited May 15, 2015 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 If nobody else is going to post any pictures of actual model cars, I guess I'll jump in there. Here's my '36 Ford "Plain Jane". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Marischal Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Nuthin' plain about that Jane. Nice! steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jantrix Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 How about a muscle car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale W. Verts Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Love it! Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 1017 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 pantry 010 par Mike Permanian, on ipernity 50 OLDS10 par Mike Permanian, on ipernity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 (edited) A few I have, Keep them coming!!! Edited May 17, 2015 by Brent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Nice, way to get 'em on the right track Manny!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr moto Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I love the '34 pickup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I love the '34 pickup! That's a nice lookin' truck! I'd like to see it "under glass" to see the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Someone told me I’d painted a Posie’s style paint job...so here I am reading about them! I like the look, I started reading the hot rod mags back in the 90s where monochromatic everything was all the rage...So these look pretty fresh to my eyes even though they were a fad from before the lime-green and bright yellow pro-street whatevers that were popular back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I like them also. 1955 Chevy. Did this a year ago. Monogram kit. Fun build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 On 5/17/2015 at 7:18 AM, Can-Con said: Cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave branson Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 34 minutes ago, Brudda said: I like them also. 1955 Chevy. Did this a year ago. Monogram kit. Fun build. Really nice, looks great. That 55 is 1 great looking build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 2 hours ago, dave branson said: Really nice, looks great. That 55 is 1 great looking build Thank you sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbray47 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 5/17/2015 at 10:18 AM, Can-Con said: Awesome build. We need a 'like' button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 ALL two-tone paint jobs are not "Posies-style," folks. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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