Michael Kröger Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Hallo Today is send some Pics from my actualy Build. A Hendrix resin kit from a 1957 Dodge D500 Custom Royal.The basic kit I bought a few years ago from a friend.Only the body with bumpers and discs use.As donor for the interior and the chassy I used a used 57er Chrysler 300 from AMT.The body was originally painted in pink and was stripped and worked up. The whole decoration as emblems and afford had to be sanded down there very ugly.For this I have new decals printed.The hubcaps are 3d-marked, turned in aluminum and the stars are 3D printed.The Rarosse was painted yellow white with revell Aqua as base and clear lacquered with 2k Automotive paint.The interior is mostly Schratch built with the Chrysler 300 as base.More pictures soon if there is interest.greeting Michae l
Ramfins59 Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 That is looking great so far Michael, and yes...... more pictures please.
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 That is sweet! Yes Michael, there is "interest"!! Steve
espo Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Very impressive looking build. The Resin body looks well done also. I like how you got the Hub Caps put together. I suggestion would be to find some images of a 1:1 Dodge and look at the License Plate mounting area in the Trunk Lid. I think who ever designed this body got the opening in the trunk to small.
misterNNL Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Very impressive work. A combination of resin and printed parts works very well indeed.Thanks for sharing.
Dodge Driver Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 Consider me interested, Michael. Your Dodge is already awesome. The end result should be spectacular!
moparfarmer Posted January 6, 2018 Posted January 6, 2018 And now we've got another modeler who does things to perfection..Very nicely done and it looks so real..Very nice work, keep it up and make sure we see lots of it on the finished page..EXCELLENT!
Maindrian Pace Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 If there is interest? Something tells me...
Michael Kröger Posted January 7, 2018 Author Posted January 7, 2018 Hallo Thanks for your Interest. My English is not the best. I often use Google to translate, i hope you understand me. Today a pic from the finish Tyres with Hubcaps stars and Decals. ready to Fit. Have a nice Weekend Michael
disabled modeler Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 WOW..! That is very nice..! Love it..!
landman Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, disabled modeler said: WOW..! That is very nice..! Love it..! X2. Yours are very advanced skills Michael.
vintagercr Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Michael, that is awesome detail. Keep the pictures coming
bigdrag1 Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Beautiful work Michael, your a true Craftsman... Great job !!
espo Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 The tires and hub caps look perfect. Those hub caps were a very high theft item in that era. Guys would want those on their cars before Mag wheels became the style.
Michael Kröger Posted January 7, 2018 Author Posted January 7, 2018 50 minutes ago, espo said: The tires and hub caps look perfect. Those hub caps were a very high theft item in that era. Guys would want those on their cars before Mag wheels became the style. Do you think resin copys where good to sell?
espo Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Just now, Michael Kröger said: Do you think resin copys where good to sell? You know I think they could. The reason I say is, at that time I lived in Southern California, and all of the customized cars that were on the street every day were trying to make their cars standout. The most cost effective way to do that was to change the hub caps. The Dodge Royal Lancer and Oldsmobile Fiesta hub caps were the most popular followed by the Cadillac Sombrero hub caps. There are a few model builder including myself who remember or lived that era and like to build correct models from that era. I don't think you will make enough money to retire from selling resin castings of these hub caps, but they are the best I have seen in years. The only ones I can remember were from the old Jo Han kits and that was a long time ago. Modelhaus used to offer some very nice resin versions but they are no longer with us. I think if you could offer these at a reasonable price you would have some buyers. The only down side I can think of is the cost to ship them to the US may be more than the cost of the hub caps. I know nothing about the modeling going on in your part of the world or if there would be any interest in these but that would be a factor. If you should start offering these please let us know on the forum site for after market products. Maybe even post something there that you are considering making them and see what kind of reaction you get. Either way good luck to you and I enjoy looking at your build.
W-409 Posted January 7, 2018 Posted January 7, 2018 Wow! Some fantastic work going on here! Everything looks so good that I don't know what to say... Really nice work! Those hubcaps look good. I know I'd buy a set or two if there was a resin version available. Those would look great on a Custom.
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