Koellefornia Kid Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 In late 2014, I found this resin kit ( Star Models I think?) of Bill Cushenberry´s El Matador on eBay and got it for a good price. Quite a good kit, but it needed some work. It had several bubbles and two of the bumperettes were missing. I completed the kit with a lot of parts from my parts box: two bumperettes of unknown origin, taillights and headlight lenses, a modified steering wheel, frame and chassis (remnants from my ´36 Ford roadster), Pegasus chrome reversed rims and tires. Many other parts were scratchbuilt: front grille, fender grilles, license plate and the dual exhaust system. Engine is a resin cast Nailhead from AMT´s ´40 Ford as well as the radiator (I cast them because I wanted to keep the Ford kit complete). Have a look: My collection of iconic Rods and Customs so far: Thanks for watching! What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Cohen Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Very nice! I picked up a bad resin version (R&R) many years ago, more bubbles than resin, spent too many hours on it and finally gave up. Yours looks much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falcon wagon Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Looks terrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D. Battista Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 You did a nice job with it...! Cool car...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Turned out great. Love the color on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hmann68 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Nice looking, and I like your paint work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 It's spot on. Great replica. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Super sharp build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahshu Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 That is fantastic great looking build. Would love to get my hands on one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ich_Will Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 That’s a crazy looking front end! Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdrag1 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Beautiful build of a great custom car.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phildaupho Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 A very well done tribute done tribute to custom car and model car history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Metallic Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's still the R+R kit, purchased from Star Models. You did a nice job of bringing that rarely built resin kit to the finish line. Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damodelguy az Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 very awesome recreation of a challenging resin kit. real nice lines and the parts you chooz to use were spot on. really clean job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 One of my all time favorite customs. Really cool, nice job sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Thanks a lot, guys! Was a challenging build but I had a lot of fun with it! I´d love to build a model of Bill´s "Marquis" ( my personal favorite Cushenberry-Build). There´s a Marquis grille in the AMT grilles and bumpers parts pack and I have a ´56 Ford kit but I´m anxious to do that. That would be a real challenge Maybe some day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatW Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Superb! I've seen that on Star Models/R&R site. does it come with the 'glass'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Beautiful job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koellefornia Kid Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, PatW said: Superb! I've seen that on Star Models/R&R site. does it come with the 'glass'? No, there was no glass included. I used the clear cover from a loose-leaf-binder/folder to make the glass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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