Amt 57 Chrysler 300C

[426-Hemi]

Chrysler copper brown, by MCW 

-That is GORGEOUS!

[GeeBee]

Finally got the wet sanding and polishing finished, it will get a coat of wax once all the bmf has been done, also got the headlamp buckets masked and painted in body colour, not the easiest masking I've ever had to do, but I'm pretty happy with the results

[GeeBee]

Interior built up and then fitted onto the chassis

 

 

 

[espo]

The paint finish is awesome. Great painting detail work on the firewall and head lights.  

[beeRS]

Great work. Lovely paint

[Brizio]

Paint job looks great! Also all the rest.

[landman]

Spectacular! And the neatness....Good thing I'm not there. I'd probably drool on it.

[426-Hemi]

NICE job man! That paint job is GREAT and the interior looks AWESOME too!

[MrObsessive]

BEAUTIFUL!! One of my favorites of the '50's!

[MrObsessive]

Why not just remove the roof from the hardtop and just create a vinyl boot cover ?? I think you would refer to it as a cover for the folded convertible top. 

As John mentioned in an earlier post.......it's more than just that. The windshield frames between the two are quite different as I can see, and would also require molding a new windshield. Some may not care about the difference, but if I were building the open car, that difference would bug the heck out me, so I'd have to change it.

At one time, I thought about converting the kit I have into a '58 (would also mean different taillights, and a bit different seat pattern), and I thought about sacrificing a '59 Dodge body's windshield frame to do the correct conversion. I've since changed my mind about that as those Johan bodies are hard to get, so if I ever decide to tackle this one, I'd just do some surgery on the frame and mold my own glass.

It's funny how Mopar changed all the hardtop windshield frames for '58 getting rid of the "overhang", 'cept for Plymouth. For whatever reason, they stuck with the overhang on the header (their convertibles were like all the others), but by '59 all hardtop models joined the party and they got rid of the overhang.

[GeeBee]

I'm pretty much the same as you Bill, drives me crazy when things on a model are supplied or molded in that are just not correct, it's not top of my list, but if I ever come across a resin convertible body for the 300C, I'll grab it, as you say, just cutting off the roof just wouldn't be correct.

Well I'm slowly carrying on with the build, but I've had to order a new set of photo etch scissors, I'm not sure who's been using them, looks like they've been used to trim a dinosaurs toe nails, so I've just ordered a new pair, as I have the photo etch sheet for this, I'll probably not use everything on the sheet, but I will be using the front grill, and the speaker grills for the rear shelf.

With the roof lining painted and left to dry before I do the three chrome strips on it, I thought I would fix the front number plate th=o the bumper, but the front bumper has a slight bit of chrome missing on the edge, I wish I had seen this earlier, when I was painting the rear bumper in chrome, I tried the chrome pen, and it looked awful, tried a bit of bmf, and it still stuck out like a carrot in an omelette, so it's gone in the stripper and will be in K Colors chrome to match the rear bumper.

[OldNYJim]

What type of clear is that?  Looks AMAZING after youve polished it!

[GeeBee]

What type of clear is that?  Looks AMAZING after youve polished it!

It's just some single stage acrylic lacquer I borrowed from my local bodyshop, good job the managers a friend of mine, what ever it is, it was touch dry in around 5 minutes

Edited February 19, 2017 by GeeBee

[MrObsessive]

I'm pretty much the same as you Bill, drives me crazy when things on a model are supplied or molded in that are just not correct, it's not top of my list, but if I ever come across a resin convertible body for the 300C, I'll grab it, as you say, just cutting off the roof just wouldn't be correct.

Geoff, if the resin '57 300 converitbles are the same as I've seen in the past, the windshield frames aren't correct on those either. In fact, there was one built on eBay a while back and that's one of the first things I noticed. Same thing with the '58 Plymouth convertible-------I've seen some of those changed into convertibles for sale on the 'Bay, but once again the windshield frame was wrong. 

If I'm not mistaken, I believe Mopar called that windshield for '58 "The Control Tower" windshield because of the way it wrapped into the roof somewhat, and without that severe dogleg that plagued GM and Ford's wraparound windshields.

I may have missed this, but which paint did you use to paint your interior? That shade of tan is dead on accurate, and very well applied!

Edited February 19, 2017 by MrObsessive

[GeeBee]

I  have missed this, but which paint did you use to paint your interior? That shade of tan is dead on accurate, and very well applied!

I used Humbrol # 103, cream, it was a matt finish, so I added a little clear to it to make it slightly satin, I used photos i have of the real thing, took at an American car show I went to a few years ago 

[GeeBee]

Geoff, if the resin '57 300 converitbles are the same as I've seen in the past, the windshield frames aren't correct on those either. In fact, there was one built on eBay a while back and that's one of the first things I noticed. Same thing with the '58 Plymouth convertible-------I've seen some of those changed into convertibles for sale on the 'Bay, but once again the windshield frame was wrong. 

If I'm not mistaken, I believe Mopar called that windshield for '58 "The Control Tower" windshield because of the way it wrapped into the roof somewhat, and without that severe dogleg that plagued GM and Ford's wraparound windshields.

I may have missed this, but which paint did you use to paint your interior? That shade of tan is dead on accurate, and very well applied!

this is the only one I have seen, but no one seems to have any for sale

http://www.rocketfin.com/resin_product.cfm?id=2482

[MrObsessive]

That's a nice casting, but the windshield frame's the same as the hardtop. Not a deal breaker for most, but I'd have to change it.

Thanks for the info on the paint.............I haven't used Humbrol for years, and they're available at my LHS as far as I know. 

[GeeBee]

Thanks for the info on the paint.............I haven't used Humbrol for years, and they're available at my LHS as far as I know. 

I'd give them a go, they get a lot of bad comments, not sure if it's just brand snobbery, but I've been using them for years, and once stirred and thinned correctly they airbrush just fine, I also use Revell and Testors, and to me, they all airbrush just the same, but Humbrol do have a huge range of colours to choose from.

[landman]

I have some Humbrol pots here that are 40+ years old and are still good.

[GeeBee]

I have some Humbrol pots here that are 40+ years old and are still good.

I still have a few posts from when I got back into modelling back in 1978, a few drops of thinners, and there as good as new 

[GeeBee]

Managed to track down another second hand kit to use for a few parts, not sure what I'm going to do with the rest of the kit, but it did have the radiator support in it that I needed, the hole where the bonnet locking pin would go was drilled out, and then painted body colour, then the bolt detail was picked out with some Tamiya titanium gold on the end of a wooden cocktail stick

While waiting for my new photo etch scissors to arrive from China, I cracked on with the BMF on the body

Rear bumper redone using Alclad chrome

 

[Curt]

Looking really good, Geoff!

[GeeBee]

Just the other side spear to do now, and the bmf is finished

[Zoom]

Very well done and nice photos!

[GeeBee]

Bmf all finished .....