BigTallDad Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 Thanks Ray. Got them painted. Great job! Did you practice on a golf tee (about the same size)?
RandyB. Posted October 2, 2015 Author Posted October 2, 2015 Great job! Did you practice on a golf tee (about the same size)?Thanks. I used a metal washer over the end and rotated it slightly so that the washer cut a fine line in the chrome. That gave me the line to paint on.
DeeCee Posted October 2, 2015 Posted October 2, 2015 Great job on such a dodgey kit, i like the silver roof too.
RandyB. Posted October 3, 2015 Author Posted October 3, 2015 Great job on such a dodgey kit, i like the silver roof too.Thanks guys. Dale apparently all 1957 Eldorado Broughams came with the silver roof no matter what body colour you ordered.
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 (edited) The top was actually not painted, it was stainless steel!They had to somehow justify the $13,000.00 price tag!That was a lot of money in '57.The most expensive luxury car in the world at the time.$4,000.00 more than a Rolls Royce!Although, Cadillac claimed that each Eldorado Brougham cost $10,000.00 to build.Only 400 Eldorado Broughams were produced in '57. Steve Edited October 3, 2015 by StevenGuthmiller
Dave Darby Posted October 3, 2015 Posted October 3, 2015 Love seeing when someone does one of those old multi-piece bod kits proud. Looks great! Revell really did do some pretty nice kits back in the day. Once again, nice job!
W-409 Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Wow, surprising how good that kit will look when it's done properly! Excellent job creating a good looking Caddy. Paint job looks flawless, which is great since gloss black is by far the hardest color to get right. Sharp BMF work finishes this off. Now I gotta get me one of these kits...
Eric Macleod Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 Stunning. I don't know what else to say.
wayne swayze Posted October 13, 2015 Posted October 13, 2015 That looks beautiful! Multi piece bodys always freaked me out, so I stayed away from them. Nice piece of modelling!
tmathew1us Posted October 14, 2015 Posted October 14, 2015 Awesome job on a really old kit!Are you going to paint the rubber "bullets" on the front bumper?"Bullets"?? To me, they've always looked more like ... uh, you know. Lets just say you could paint them pink or brown.
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 "Bullets"?? To me, they've always looked more like ... uh, you know. Lets just say you could paint them pink or brown. They were usually referred to as "Dagmars", named after this lovely young lady. I think we can all see the likeness! Steve
David G. Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 Great work! That came out really nice. David G.
RandyB. Posted October 15, 2015 Author Posted October 15, 2015 Thanks guys! I too wasn't sure how this multi-piece kit would turnout. Was feeling a little skeptical about starting it!
charlie8575 Posted October 15, 2015 Posted October 15, 2015 For all its issues, this kit, built well, cleans up nicely. I'm thinking of doing mine in dark blue for something a little different- the black gets a bit over-played.Very nice job on this, Randy.Charlie Larkin
RandyB. Posted October 15, 2015 Author Posted October 15, 2015 For all its issues, this kit, built well, cleans up nicely. I'm thinking of doing mine in dark blue for something a little different- the black gets a bit over-played.Very nice job on this, Randy.Charlie LarkinThanks everyone. Charlie, make sure you paint the roof silver since all '57 Eldo Broughams came with a stainless steel roof.
SamFongChao Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 Looks great, can't ever get bored of those stock 1950's cars!
carman1 Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 Very Very Nice !, now I have to get one of these for myself, to play with !
Janne Herajärvi Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 Its beautiful.. I havent seen many of these Caddys finished... Great!
feretzrus Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 Beautiful!!! First one I've ever seen built!.....probably because it's not the easiest to build in the first place! One wonders howwell kids did with it back in '57?
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