AMT 1959 Edsel convertible

[gtx6970]

Another painted body for a winter project. Although I may keep working on this one. Paint and emblems turned out near flawless. And I absolutely love this color.

And a picture of my inspiration.

 

Bought this one as a near  mint in box unbuilt original issue  kit ( it had a cracked windshield header ) I got a pretty good deal on it compared to what decent builders are/were  bringing . ( under $100 delivered )

I fixed all the sink marks ( not an easy task I might add ) and said broken windshield header. Then painted it in Tamiya TS41 Light Coral with 2 coats of Tamiya clear. In person it does have just a touch more green to it than my monitor shows it to have . In the cabinet it goes to dry for a week or so. ,,or at least till I figure out how to 2 tone the interior tub

 

And to Steve Guthmiller our resident annuals guru......, I SOOOOO thank you for the tips to foil then paint for the emblems.

 

 

Edited November 4, 2016 by gtx6970

[carman1]

I will be watching this,  you already have my interest  !

[High octane]

That is lookin' good Bill.

[Ramfins59]

That's a great color for that car Bill.  I also got lucky back in March of 2014 and got an unbuilt, unpainted, complete kit of this car on EBAY for $55......!!!!!!  The parts are still on the sprues...!!!  One of these days I'll pull it out of my TO DO pile to work on.

[thatz4u]

my first car was a 59 Edsel, long roof......

[gtx6970]

That's a great color for that car Bill.  I also got lucky back in March of 2014 and got an unbuilt, unpainted, complete kit of this car on EBAY for $55......!!!!!!  The parts are still on the sprues...!!!  One of these days I'll pull it out of my TO DO pile to work on.

Cool deal. I've got about $80 in this one. Everything is/was still on the sprue trees. Detail painted the hubcaps this afternoon ..still on the chrome tree. I'll tape it up maybe Sunday or Monday to do the white inserts . Then more clear.

Some will cry i started with an unbuilt kit. But when i bought it my plan from day one was to build it.

I also have a 60 Edsel in the same condition and it will have the exact same fate. I do have a 58 as well but the chrome needs redone on it so this one goes 1st . All mine are are convertibles.

Edited November 4, 2016 by gtx6970

[StevenGuthmiller]

Nice project Bill.

I love the '59 Edsels.

My favorite of the 3 years.

I built mine several years ago & it started out as a "Junior Craftsman" kit.

They can come pretty cheap occasionally.

It's been a while, but I believe I got it for around $30.00.

No need to thank me for the script tip Bill.

I don't guard secrets.

I want everyone to know about it if I have a technique that works well.

It's just that not everyone listens.

 

 

Steve

Edited November 4, 2016 by StevenGuthmiller

[gtx6970]

Nice project Bill.

I love the '59 Edsels.

My favorite of the 3 years.

I built mine several years ago & it started out as a "Junior Craftsman" kit.

They can come pretty cheap occasionally.

It's been a while, but I believe I got it for around $30.00.

No need to thank me for the script tip Bill.

I don't guard secrets.

I want everyone to know about it if I have a technique that works well.

It's just that not everyone listens.

 

 

Steve

Oh I listened master. It just took me few times to get it right ( at least where I'm happy with it )

 

Now any tips to paint the interior two tone. also turquoise and white ?

[om617]

Nice job on the scripts,looks very good. 59 Edsel is good looking,my fav is 60.

[GeeBee]

Looking good .....

[Ron Hamilton]

That's a nice one Bill!!!

[StevenGuthmiller]

Oh I listened master. It just took me few times to get it right ( at least where I'm happy with it )

 

Now any tips to paint the interior two tone. also turquoise and white ?

Should be a pretty straight forward operation Bill.

Just paint the tub white, mask off the areas you want to stay white & shoot the whole thing with turquoise.

Just don't go over board & do something like I did to mine!

 

Steve

 

 

 

[CometMan]

Looking very good Bill! I always love seeing the more obscure subjects!

[vintagercr]

Very nice!

[charlie8575]

Very good color choice.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

Great color choice...

[gtx6970]

A small update. Had a little bench time this morning waiting for the garage to warm up ( working on a 1/1 car ) so I taped it up and sprayed the white inserts in Tamiya Pure white . Then 2 coats Testors wet look clear.

[gtx6970]

Started the  bare metal foil work. Inserts are painted with Magnesium buffing metallizer. I wanted something darker than plain silver  or steel color. The color looks like a washed out  black on my monitor ,,,but the  isn't  as dark in person as these pics makes it out to be .

But  this is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

 

Edited November 16, 2016 by gtx6970

[FordRodnKustom]

Very nice. That color looks great on it.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Looking good Bill!

 

Steve

[Ron Hamilton]

Lookin' gooooood!!!!!

[om617]

Very nice. Did this one come with the continental kit?