Revell "Eldorado" model

[Luc Janssens]

11 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

I used to have that ability for a long time too!

 

Now it only happens if I go to Michaels or Hobby Lobby..........

Et tu, Brute?

[Joe Handley]

9 minutes ago, Luc Janssens said:

Et tu, Brute?

Like I said, used to.

[Luc Janssens]

12 hours ago, Joe Handley said:

Like I said, used to.

Just messin' with ya

 

[dino246gt]

Curious but did you add between the door and fender also to lenghten the fender?

Yes I did, because the upper fender is separate from the lower fender I lengthened the upper fender at the smallest point, center of the wheel opening, but for the lower fender I did it where the door meets the fender.

If you have the kit, you'll see how it makes more sense this way, with the scoops on top of the fenders, and the relationship of the wheel opening to the front for the lower part.

I haven't worked on it for some time but I also made some really cool wheels and tires for it by kit bashing various kit parts.

I don't have a cool picture of it yet, but I do have this:

[Joe Handley]

7 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

Just messin' with ya

 

I know

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, dino246gt said:

Curious but did you add between the door and fender also to lenghten the fender?

Yes I did, because the upper fender is separate from the lower fender I lengthened the upper fender at the smallest point, center of the wheel opening, but for the lower fender I did it where the door meets the fender.

If you have the kit, you'll see how it makes more sense this way, with the scoops on top of the fenders, and the relationship of the wheel opening to the front for the lower part.

I haven't worked on it for some time but I also made some really cool wheels and tires for it by kit bashing various kit parts.

I don't have a cool picture of it yet, but I do have this:

Something along these lines would have been a much better choice for a new kit than the Foose Cadillac in my opinion.

This is immediately identifiable as a Cadillac, custom or not.

The Foose kit could just as easily be a modified '51 Chevy!

I like it Dennis!

 

Steve

[Motor City]

Some guys in the Cadillac club will hate me for this, but I always thought the '57-'58 Eldorado Brougham looked like it was designed by a committee.  From the side, the front fender and front door have tasteful use of chrome.  The rear quarter trim is a continuation of the rear bumper, and the rear door tries to blend in all of this mess.  It just doesn't work.  The Continental Mark II was much more tasteful looking.

[Richard Bartrop]

To be fair, the Continental Mk II looked more tasteful than almost anything built in that decade,

[StevenGuthmiller]

13 minutes ago, Richard Bartrop said:

To be fair, the Continental Mk II looked more tasteful than almost anything built in that decade,

Strange that it only lasted 2 years.

 

Steve

[Richard Bartrop]

3 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Strange that it only lasted 2 years.

 

Steve

They lost money on every one they sold, so maybe it's not that strange.  The Continental did survive as a separate make until 1960, albeit as a fancier version of the Lincoln,  and people seem to like to pretend the Continental Mk III, IV, and V never happened.

[MrObsessive]

 

I tried to change one of these into something more sane looking back in the late '90's,  only for the body to fall on the floor and break where I did the body work.

I had it all planned out/fixed where the corrections need to be.........one of the biggest errors to me is the placement/shape of the roof and rear window.

Yours looks REALLY good, and maybe I'll try to dig mine out from the pile and get working on it again someday.

[om617]

23 hours ago, dino246gt said:

Curious but did you add between the door and fender also to lenghten the fender?

Yes I did, because the upper fender is separate from the lower fender I lengthened the upper fender at the smallest point, center of the wheel opening, but for the lower fender I did it where the door meets the fender.

If you have the kit, you'll see how it makes more sense this way, with the scoops on top of the fenders, and the relationship of the wheel opening to the front for the lower part.

I haven't worked on it for some time but I also made some really cool wheels and tires for it by kit bashing various kit parts.

I don't have a cool picture of it yet, but I do have this:

Thanks for sharing. Sure look good.

Better start searching,since i do not have a bunch of projects already

[ChrisBcritter]

On 8/23/2018 at 10:44 PM, StevenGuthmiller said:

Strange that it only lasted 2 years.

 

Steve

Sad thing was, the next-generation '58 Continental Mark III was originally intended to have a much stronger resemblance to the Mark II  :

Instead we got the cross-eyed monster based on the full-size Lincoln, aka "the box the Mark II came in". 

[dino246gt]

I'm still working on this Caddy, or should I say, I've gotten back to working on it. Detailed the interior, somewhat, good enough anyway, polished that black, oh man it's smooth, got the chassis, suspension and wheels/tires on, also drilled out the headlights. I'm leaving the roof and glass for last as it certainly is terrible looking! The whole front bumper/grill will also have to be "re-imagined" as it's too wide and too tall, and just plain too funky! Also have to scratch up some kind on engine cover. Anyway, this thread sure got off track, I hope to bring it back, back to Cadillac, enjoy the progress pictures and comment away, good or bad!

[dino246gt]

I didn't realize where I was posting, so I really should put this under "on the workbench". Cheers!

[moparfarmer]

For those who polish and use T-shirts..Notice NO swirls/scratches in Dennis' polishing..He uses flannel..Taught me that trick years ago..He is a master at scratch building and fine modeling skills..From the Custom Shop of Ezmerlain..

 

[Ron Hamilton]

This is great modeling. I tip my hat to you Dennis on this one.

[Bob Ellis]

It seems to me neither Ford nor GM made any money on these cars. Just cars to say "We can!"