'48 Chevy Aerosedan

[StevenGuthmiller]

13 minutes ago, espo said:

Thanks Steve. The color is Model Master Phoenician Yellow. As I mentioned I'm using a 1:1 car that was in Car Kulture DeLuxe in their June edition. This color reminds me of the '60's GM color that I liked.  

Once upon a time, I was going to do a Moebius '53 Hudson in Phoenician yellow with a metallic medium brown top.

The actual color was '57 Ford "Silver Mocha".

 

 

 

 

Steve

[espo]

5 minutes ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Once upon a time, I was going to do a Moebius '53 Hudson in Phoenician yellow with a metallic medium brown top.

The actual color was '57 Ford "Silver Mocha".

 

 

 

 

Steve

That Ford "Silver Mocha" was a great looking color. Funny thing is I don't remember ever seeing one that color back in the day, of course that was some time ago. 

[StevenGuthmiller]

11 minutes ago, espo said:

That Ford "Silver Mocha" was a great looking color. Funny thing is I don't remember ever seeing one that color back in the day, of course that was some time ago. 

At some point, I will definitely be doing a '57 Ford Fairlane in either "Inca Gold" and "Silver Mocha", or "Coral Sand" and "Silver Mocha".

2 of the most beautiful combinations available on the '57 Fords in my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[AmericanMuscleFan]

Very beautiful build David!  The wood grain is very convincing as other have mentionned and the work on the engine is clean and accurate.  Gauge faces look great, are they waterslide decals from the kit or from an external supplier?

[espo]

56 minutes ago, AmericanMuscleFan said:

Very beautiful build David!  The wood grain is very convincing as other have mentionned and the work on the engine is clean and accurate.  Gauge faces look great, are they waterslide decals from the kit or from an external supplier?

Thankyou on the wood graining. The gauges are decals from the kit and they are very nicely done. I wish the picture had turned out a little clearer. 

[misterNNL]

8 hours ago, espo said:

Glad that you like it. While getting the moldings positioned properly was time consuming I think it is the best solution.  Was your '48 an Aerosedan ? 

No such luck. Mine was a master sedan. It was lowered,ran a 235 CID six with a 3/4 race cam and split manifold with a mellow set of deep toned mufflers. Paint with ice blue pearl paint and tasteful pinstripes. It was fun to drive and now our grandson loves it.

Edited August 29, 2020 by misterNNL
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[Slotto]

Great looking build. Love the interior and engine details

[espo]

15 hours ago, misterNNL said:

No such luck. Mine was a master sedan. It was lowered,ran a 235 CID six with a 3/4 race cam and split manifold with a mellow set of deep toned mufflers. Paint with ice blue pearl paint and tasteful pinstripes. It was fun to drive and now our grandson loves it.

"More Doors" like your old car are becoming more popular because of their price usually being lower and I have seen a few fixed up like you described and they look good and there's room for the whole family.  Maybe post a picture just to give the idea. With the later model 235 cu in engine I'm sure it was a lot quicker and more reliable. 

[espo]

A little progress with the chrome moldings pretty much done now. 

[espo]

The front end and some of the emblems are done.   

[espo]

The heater hoses are in place and the engine is done. Got the interior finalized also. 

[misterNNL]

On 8/26/2020 at 12:13 PM, espo said:

This build is inspired by a car I saw in De Luxe Car Kulture magazine. The actual car is a Convertible but I wanted the general look of a Low Rider. 

I bought that same exact magazine just for the article on that article on the '48 Convertible. Beautiful classic post war Chevy!!

[espo]

A small set back. Found some bubbling in the clear finish on the Sun Visor and the fender Skirts. After a 2 day bath in the Purple Pond I finally got back to bare plastic. Some trim had to be re glued. I'll repaint these parts by the week end and tidy up some of the chrome trim and install the windows. 

[espo]

The windows are in place 

[espo]

The sun visor and fender skirts are also in place. I went with Tamiya clear this time and no problems. 

[slusher]

Fantastic work so far David!

[Spottedlaurel]

Coming together nicely David.

[doorsovdoon]

Looking good. I love that wood effect, nice work!

[David G.]

Beautiful work on this so far.

I love the wood grain bits in the interior and the engine detail you added.

David G.

[espo]

Thankyou for checking it out. I hope to have this under glass by Monday. The bumpers are always a fun fight.