AMT 1959 Chrysler Imperial hardtop

[JTalmage]

Trying to get my mojo back with this one (and others to come). I haven't built anything since right before I got the 'rona at the beginning of the year.

I painted this one start to finish last night. Assembled it this morning. I built this one as "lazy" (no offense) as possible because I am not feeling it. I used Rustoleum Coral paint, Tamiya gunmetal for the roof, Molotow pen for the chrome trim, off white for the interior, some gel pens for the scripts, red sharpie for the taillights, and covered the whole thing in future floor polish.... Superglued it all together. I probably have 5-6 hours in this. But it shows. 

Pro tip.... don't use Tamiya blackwash on a paint job that can be affected by lacquer thinner!! That stuff only cleans up with lacquer thinner! Which, will take off cheap paint... ask me how I know... I will be using my trusty old Vallejo black wash from now on since it's water soluble.

 

I didn't realize I had a decal for the cluster til it was already together. Maybe I'll put it on later. 

Boy there sure is a lot of fuzz static-clinging to that door now that I see it up close and personal!

Edited June 1, 2022 by JTalmage

[TNT]

Looks good for a quickie. And from a little distance it looks even better. Love the color combo.

[espo]

Looks great. The color reminds me of some of the colors seen on cars from the late '50's. 

[Chuckyg1]

I look me this. The color combo is period perfect.

[bisc63]

Better than average for a quickie, for SURE! Pretty dang nice, in fact. Sort of the "HPI-Guy's" approach to model building, and it worked out well for you. Cool way to get your legs back. Love that coral color for these 50s cars, got a can or two myself. Can't wait to see what you do next!

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Falcon Ranchero]

Boy oh boy I gotta get one of these. Looks awesome.

[slusher]

Beautiful Chrysler!