Tom Geiger Posted May 31, 2021 Posted May 31, 2021 Late in the Johan life they pieced together a lot of tooling. That’s why some of the Oldies series have later model interiors and wrong trim. Note the 59 Rambler wagon has a 61 or 62 interior. And as mentioned, the plastic varied. Hanley’s main business was injection molded parts to the auto industry and the kits were often run with plastic left over from other projects. Who knows, that blue interior plastic may have been used to make 1:1 GM armrest bases.
Plowboy Posted June 1, 2021 Author Posted June 1, 2021 On 5/29/2021 at 3:36 PM, TransAmMike said: Very nice job Roger on a seldom seen car. If thats BMF trim(which I'm sure it is) you did a beautiful job on it? Thanx Mike! It is BMF.
Plowboy Posted June 1, 2021 Author Posted June 1, 2021 12 hours ago, Tom Geiger said: Late in the Johan life they pieced together a lot of tooling. That’s why some of the Oldies series have later model interiors and wrong trim. Note the 59 Rambler wagon has a 61 or 62 interior. And as mentioned, the plastic varied. Hanley’s main business was injection molded parts to the auto industry and the kits were often run with plastic left over from other projects. Who knows, that blue interior plastic may have been used to make 1:1 GM armrest bases. Wouldn't doubt that at all. JoHan kits are notorious for being molded in wacky colors! It's like they just used whatever they had on hand at the time. Didn't matter the color or consistency, they just used it.
slusher Posted June 3, 2021 Posted June 3, 2021 Beautiful Cutlass, Roger! I remember them the most in burgundy and gold the most. One thing I miss about older cars is they drove better and heavier then cars today…
Plowboy Posted June 5, 2021 Author Posted June 5, 2021 On 6/3/2021 at 1:41 AM, slusher said: Beautiful Cutlass, Roger! I remember them the most in burgundy and gold the most. One thing I miss about older cars is they drove better and heavier then cars today… Thanx Carl! The only thing I miss about older cars is the room they had.
Bills72sj Posted January 9, 2022 Posted January 9, 2022 On 5/29/2021 at 9:17 PM, Bills72sj said: Very nice result. I bought a set of Hurst Olds decals many moons ago to do a 74 Cutlass H/O. I really need to get one of these. Doing some research on 74 and 75 Cutlass'. Standard 74's, 442s and Hurst Olds had horizontal bars in the grille and turn signals in the front bumper. 74 Cutlass Supremes has slightly taller grilles with closely spaced vertical grilles and turn signals outboard of the grilles in the header panel. 75's had wider spaced vertical grilles with turn signals integrated into them . The 75 Supremes had a different eggcrate type grille with closer spacing. Rear side window treatment varied as well. Most were large triangular windows. Some had smaller rectangular "Landau" windows. Some of the Hurst Pace Car versions had padded vinyl tops which covered the window openings and had a brushed aluminum strip that ran over the roof. may had T-tops as well. 74 tail lights were one rectangle with the Oldsmobile emblem in the middle. 75's split the taillight vertically into two sections. I just acquired a grey 75 promo that I will have to backdate to a 74 because my Hurst decal set is for a 74.
Plowboy Posted January 9, 2022 Author Posted January 9, 2022 I've changed this model since it was first built. It's now lowered with a set of Hopsters from the Revell '67 Chevelle SS 396. It looks much better now!
Eric Macleod Posted January 9, 2022 Posted January 9, 2022 I would say you have done a fine job with this all sound. It looks like a variation of half the cars in my neighborhood when I was a kid.
Mattilacken Posted April 29, 2022 Posted April 29, 2022 Beautiful build! Got that Snaper and playing with wheels right now. 1
Fish_65 Posted April 29, 2022 Posted April 29, 2022 Nicely done Sir! Great to see seldom built kits like this. 1
yellowsportwagon Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 (edited) Put a set of Steven Zimmerman’s Olds wheels on it. Edited May 1, 2022 by yellowsportwagon 1 1
Beamerman Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 Nice to see one of these kits build in that good quality...very cool! 1
Bills72sj Posted May 1, 2022 Posted May 1, 2022 That turned out way cool. I am slowly getting my 74 together. 1
Plowboy Posted May 2, 2022 Author Posted May 2, 2022 On 5/1/2022 at 12:50 PM, yellowsportwagon said: Put a set of Steven Zimmerman’s Olds wheels on it. I like those! The Hopsters are somewhat similar. I painted the recesses gold like you have yours. But, for some reason, they didn't suit it to me. I can't buy wheels from Steve as I'm not on Facebook.
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