1966 Oldsmobile Cutlass, WCFL News

[doorsovdoon]

This is the 1966 Oldsmobile 442 by AMT which I downgraded to a Cutlass so I could recreate the news reporter's car from WCFL Radio. Being a 442 kit there is a lot that will be wrong for the Cutlass model, but I changed what I could to make it look close. I sanded off the fender vents and badges and added a trim piece down the centre of the hood. The wheel caps were supplied by Chris (chrisBcritter) and the WCFL stickers done by Swiss Valley Print, a local print shop. The kit go's together very well with no fit issues, though the rear bumper could fit better but I think that's due to warping in storage and not the mould itself. I added a spotlight from my spares tin and an antenna with the WCFL yellow "SunSet" ball on top. I also added side windows using a plastic takeaway tray. Under the hood I just changed the air filter housing to look more like the stock Cutlass. So there we are, what a fun little build this was and a thoroughly enjoyable WIP thread.

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[Tom Geiger]

I love it ! I’m a big fan of unusual light commercial vehicles!

[Spruslayer]

Looks great!

[Deuces ll]

That one came out lookin' good sir!...... ??

[Classicgas]

Nice. 

[Spottedlaurel]

That's excellent Gareth, it's worked out really well!

[doorsovdoon]

Thanks, guys. It's a very nice kit to work with, no real fit issues and was lots of fun doing this tribute build, so much so, I want to do another radio inspired vehicle, the WLS Magic Bus, though that will be a little harder to recreate. There only seems to be one picture of it in existence, and I think it's a Dodge Tradesman which I've never seen a 1/25 version of.

[Tom Geiger]

We need a photo! Dodge vans exist in scale!

Edit - just saw your photo in another thread.., yes that kit exists, even down to the long wheelbase. The kit has been updated over the years. Your photo shows a 1970s van, unfortunately the early small tail light versions are expensive!

Edited August 22, 2020 by Tom Geiger

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7 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

We need a photo! Dodge vans exist in scale!

I'll post in wanted section. The only scale vans of the early Dodge I've seen haven't been issued since the 70's. I think the tooling was destroyed to make the Bad Company van which has the wrong front to make the WLS van.

[doorsovdoon]

I just did a search for the early van and your right, they are stupid expensive! oh well, I wont be putting an ad in wanted after all! Lol

[Tom Geiger]

It’s interesting.. the original Dodge van kit was done around 1972. MPC updated that kit every year for at least a decade. I wanted to find a body to cut up and went through my junk ones, then the good kits and every one I had was different! There were the big changes like small vs larger tail lights. The grills changed every year. But there were subtle changes like the pattern of the roof ribbing !  Below Is an album of the different kits over the years: Behttps://public.fotki.com/ModelCitizen/model_cars/my_model_car_box/dodge_van_kits/

 

[doorsovdoon]

Flipping heck, I didn't realise there were so many different variants! The WLS van could have been any of those up until the big change to the front grill. A resin copy of the van and grill might be an option if it's available using the newer kit?

[PappyD340]

Nicely done!

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1 hour ago, PappyD340 said:

Nicely done!

Thanks, Larry.

[slusher]

Super nice Olds replica,!

[RAMBENNA]

fabulous job, this is a great build. looks great

[ewetwo]

Excellent Gareth.

[doorsovdoon]

Thanks, guys.

[Slotto]

Really cool G

[ChrisBcritter]

Turned out well, Gareth - glad I could help!

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On 8/24/2020 at 11:02 PM, Slotto said:

Really cool G

Thanks, Steve.