1950s Car Fan Here

[larrykmontgomery@gmail.com]

Hello

I ran across this blog and I'm hoping for some help here.  I just got the Moebius 300 kit and it looks terrific except for the hood/grill there is no decal with the "300" and the checkerboard...  I'm hoping for some help with creating my own decal, but I've never done that before...  

Other than that, I have not done a whole lot of car models.  I'm hoping to start a small collection in my spare time sort of thing.  The cars from the 1950's are my favorite!  

49-51 Mercs

Mid 50s Cadillacs

Anything really from the 1950's.  

Thanks and I hope to hear from you guys soon.

 

[Foxer]

I did a Google "site:modelcarsmag.com making decals" search for you since the built in search here is not great. Have fun going thru those links, we talk about decals here all the time.

Edited May 8, 2017 by Foxer

[Ramfins59]

Welcome to our plastic playground Larry.  I too am a fan of the 1950's cars.  My goal for the last few years is to build all the American cars I can for each year of the 1950's.  Not every car is made in plastic kit form, so I'm using promos, resin kits and diecasts to get all the cars that I can.  So far I've almost completed the collection for 1956 & 1958, with only 3 cars left in each of those years to complete.  It is a challenging task but a fun one as the 50's cars are so stylish and full of chrome.

[DumpyDan]

Hey Larry welcome to the show, just ask the questions

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Welcome. Good luck on your project.

[D. Battista]

Welcome to the forum Larry...!

[MrObsessive]

Welcome to the forum Larry, and another '50's car fan here too! They were the cars I first noticed when I began to know what a car was.

Any questions you have on anything you're building just ask away!

[High octane]

Welcome to the forum Larry, as this is a great place to be. While I don't really build models of 50's cars, most of my die-casts (Danbury & Franklin Mints) are cars of the 50's. I just love the fins, chrome, the two and triple-tone paint jobs.