1959 Chevrolet Impala Hardtop

[landman]

Had to try it on the chassis. Began the foiling.

[Nox]

Looking good, really makes the two-tone pop!

[landman]

Foiled and cleared. Guess what? I forgot to highlight the shutlines before clearing. welcome to the golden age......

[espo]

Lookin Good.  

[MrObsessive]

Paint/two-tone is looking great so far Pat! If you can get through foiling one of these, you foil just about any car. This, the '58 Olds......actually just about any GM '58 car as they could be chrome laden beasts!

When I was doing my '59, I remember it taking over a period of several days working an hour or two at a time.

[landman]

Thank you all of you for the kind comments. I was lucky and didn't any of the paint gremlins I normally do. And Bill, that is how I did it , in three sessions of about 1.5 hours.

[Geno]

Man, that is coming along beautifully Pat.

[landman]

Worked on the interior. I had painted it the same color as the car with the intent to fill in the inserts with different colors but it looked too gaudy. So I picked two colors that are plausible as I couldn't match anything in the photos I saw. I have a set of seat inserts coming from Keith Marks. Then there will be a few rounds of touch ups. added the fuel line to the engine.

[Richard Bartrop]

That colour combo really works!

[landman]

Added the vacuum line and the wiring. The engine is almost ready to install.

[espo]

Great looking engine. I'm not trying to be a kill joy, but you might want to relook at your engine references. The Vacuum Advance unit on the Distributer I think should be on the passenger side of the Distributer and the Ignition Coil would be mounted on top and to the rear of the Intake Manifold. As mounted the Coil would contact the Firewall. Looking forward to seeing the seat insert decals. 

[landman]

1 hour ago, espo said:

Great looking engine. I'm not trying to be a kill joy, but you might want to relook at your engine references. The Vacuum Advance unit on the Distributer I think should be on the passenger side of the Distributer and the Ignition Coil would be mounted on top and to the rear of the Intake Manifold. As mounted the Coil would contact the Firewall. Looking forward to seeing the seat insert decals. 

The coil is actually on the firewall. I put it there, and then made another one on the engine. Am I ready for the "home"? As far as the vacuum advance goes, i tested it and it works.?

[landman]

The seat inserts and decals arrived today from Keith Marks. I might be able to finish it in '19.

[High octane]

On 12/7/2019 at 12:49 PM, landman said:

Not quite the same but it'll do. The purists are going to cringe.

Lookin' good so far and I myself build my models for me and not the purists.

[Belugawrx]

Nice looking 409 Pat.

Where did you source the 1:25th figures? Nice lifelike poses !

Cheers

[landman]

58 minutes ago, Belugawrx said:

Nice looking 409 Pat.

Where did you source the 1:25th figures? Nice lifelike poses !

Cheers

Bruce, they are from Printle Shop on Shapeways. They are scanned from real people.

[crazyjim]

Looking excellent.

[landman]

Completed the interior. I'm very happy with it. Don't worry, I turned the steering wheel around as soon as I saw the picture.

Edited December 25, 2019 by landman

[thecrossguy]

Coming along nicely! ?

[MrObsessive]

Ooooh! NICE interior Pat!! ?

[Sam I Am]

26 minutes ago, MrObsessive said:

Ooooh! NICE interior Pat!! ?

X2! 

[crazyjim]

Gorgeous interior.

[Belugawrx]

Looking good..finish those brush strokes ?

Edited December 26, 2019 by Belugawrx

[landman]

2 minutes ago, Belugawrx said:

Looking good..finish those brush strokes ?

Tnanks Bruce and show me where those strokes are.

[Belugawrx]

between the tops of the front seats..other than that ..sweet