1959 Fleetwood Promo

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

I'm calling this one done for now. It was sprayed with Tamiya white primer then the body was sprayed with Tamiya light blue metallic. The primer on the roof was sanded and sprayed with Tamiya clear. Then it sat for a year or so.

When I finally got around to finishing it I was out of TS 13 clear so I used some Krylon Maxx Crystal Clear Acrylic. I let it cure for about a week then wet sanded and buffed. I did see the clear made the blue darker is some spots. About a week later I discovered cracks in the hood. A day later the trunk was cracked and now pretty much all over except the roof.? So I just threw it together and called it done.

I'm not sure if this can be fixed but for now I'm going to put it aside and get back to it some other time.

Edited June 4, 2023 by Perspective Customs
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[Kah puts]

Cadillac's are the Marilyn Monroe's of the car world, nice build. ?

[Koellefornia Kid]

Nice Caddie! Looks great!

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

19 hours ago, Kah puts said:

Cadillac's are the Marilyn Monroe's of the car world, nice build. ?

Lol. Thanks!

 

57 minutes ago, Koellefornia Kid said:

Nice Caddie! Looks great!

Thank you 

[Slotto]

Great color! Nice save

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

2 hours ago, Slotto said:

Great color! Nice save

Thanks. Too bad the paint reacted to the clear.

[spencer1984]

I know it isn't what you wanted , but it still looks good - like a well-kept vintage survivor.

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

3 hours ago, spencer1984 said:

I know it isn't what you wanted , but it still looks good - like a well-kept vintage survivor.

Thanks. That's one way of looking at it. My lessons learned are to stick with the products I know and be patient.

[Rattlecan Dan]

I think it's a gorgeous build. I sure hope you get around to fixing that finish the way you'll be happy with it. But it's still a fine-looking build to me.

[slusher]

Great looking Cadillac!

[ewetwo]

It's got that slightly weathered look which is cool to me. 

[bbowser]

Really cool!  Where did you get that body?

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

On 6/5/2023 at 8:32 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:

I think it's a gorgeous build. I sure hope you get around to fixing that finish the way you'll be happy with it. But it's still a fine-looking build to me.

Thanks Dan. Yeah I'll get around to it as soon as I finish the WIPs on the bench, and the ones in the stash I want to get to, and the 1 or 2 or 20 that I'll probably come across along the way.

 

12 hours ago, slusher said:

Great looking Cadillac!

Thank you Carl!

8 hours ago, ewetwo said:

It's got that slightly weathered look which is cool to me. 

Thanks David. I guess it's what's called a 20 footer in 1:1, looks great from 20 feet away. That's about less than 1 foot in scale.

6 hours ago, bbowser said:

Really cool!  Where did you get that body?

Thanks Bruce. It's a Jo-Han promo I found on ebay. I'm pretty sure it's an Excel because there's no warpage. It had a basic flat chassis that I switched out for a more detailed 1960 chassis.

Edited June 8, 2023 by Perspective Customs

[Can-Con]

That's a cool old Caddy you don't see very often, Jay. You did a nice job on it.

Too bad about the paint. Two cars I did last year did the exact same thing. The cracking didn't show up for a few days after I painted them. I don't know what happened. I used the same paints and techniques I've used with fine results many times. 

I see you used Tamiya paint for the color coats. I used the TS-13 spray for the clearcoat on mine over HOK pearls.  seems the Tamiya paint is the common factor but again, I've painted cars in this exact same way before with no problems.

[Falcon Ranchero]

Really like the Fleetwood Sixty Special, nice build from an original promo