AMT 1958 Edsel in two tone

[karbuildr]

I built this a couple of years ago. I believe it's the first issue of this kit since it was in my stash for quite a while. It's painted in Testors enamel light sky blue (flat) in the 1/4 oz. bottle, and the darker blue is Testors enamel Blue Angles Blue. I cleared it with Testors Boyds enamel clear and looking at the chassis photo, you can see the difference between the color shift on the body and the uncleared section of over spray on the frame. I wanted to give it a bit of a low rider stance, so I swapped out the wheels and tires from one of the Revell Tuner cars that I'd been saving for a while. Most of those kits Revell put out had more than one set of wheels included. This is a very well detailed kit, with one of the nicest frame/chassis and engines I've ever worked on. It took a bunch of bare metal foil. I even managed to foil the "Edsel" lettering on the rear body area without mucking up the paint.

 

[SpikeSchumacher]

Very nicely done David!

[Yeah Nah]

Excellent job on this. Looks great. 

[karbuildr]

Thank you Mathias and Garry.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Brings out the wild side of an Edsel. They did offer some unique color combos. Those wheels are over the top. Nice job.

[Kah puts]

That’s a pearl ⛳️

[Mittagskind]

Wow, that's a great build.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Andy Oldenburg]

Hello David,

a beautiful build! Color matches very well and the BMF work is great.?

[ncbuckeye67]

That's the most beautiful Edsel I've ever seen! That paint combination is gorgeous. I've always loved the Edsel, and now I may have to build another one.

[Jim B]

Great looking Edsel. Really well done.

[Classicgas]

Beautiful.

[espo]

I agree with everyone else on the beautiful looking paint work. The chrome trim is also well done. There used to be a lot of rude jokes about the Edsel styling when new, but I always liked how they looked so detective. With the wheel and tire combination along with the stance I really like how this looks. 

[Can-Con]

Very sharp ! ?

[Hi-Po]

Nicely done and good color combination.

[happy grumpy]

That's a real looker. Like others have said, the color combo is awesome. ?

[70 Sting]

??what everyone else said. ?

[karbuildr]

Donato, Glen, Hanjo, Chris, Andreas, Jeff, James, Lee, David, Steve, Terry, Mario and Harry, thank you all for the kind compliments. I always liked these cars even though they took a lot of criticism on the styling.

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[Bills72sj]

Very tasty build!

[1hobby1]

Great color combo and beautiful build

[louis Carabott]

Simply Beautiful ! ?

[Koellefornia Kid]

Very nice two toned Edsel! Great foil work!

[TooOld]

Beautiful job David , it looks great in those colors !

[karbuildr]

Larry, Bill, Steve, Louis, Oliver and Bob, thank you all for the kind words.