Red Wheel Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Good day to all. I am glad to present our new model 1948 Cadillac Series 62 Club Coupe. CAD model is developed from scratch. The model is made by resin casting, with 3D printing elements. As in the case of Tucker 48, this will be a full kit, with transparent parts, photo etching, decals, rubber tires and of course detailed instructions. At the moment, the test assembly is finished, a few touches remain and we are launching it for sale, approximately at the end of January. I hope you like this model. With best wishes from Ukraine, Oleksandr. 16 1
Rodent Posted January 3 Posted January 3 This is not what I normally build, but I am intrigued. Keep us posted 🙂
peteski Posted January 3 Posted January 3 (edited) Looks very interesting, but with just the bottom of the engine showing I would not call it it a "full" kit, but a "curbside". However I guess as the aftermarket resin kits go, I would call it a "complete" kit as no additional donor kit parts are needed. This small discrepancy in the description might be due to Ukrainian->English language translation issue, and I'm also just splittin' hairs. It looks to be an excellent quality kit. I might just splurge on this one when it becomes available. I also have a suggestion: Headlights are one of the items which make a big difference in the model's realism. They can make the model look like a model or a fine scale replica of a 1:1 vehicle or like just a toy. Would it be possible to redesign the headlight lenses to have a more realistic texture? As shown in the photos, your headlight lenses just have horizontal lines in them. Those lines are also rather thick and evenly spaced. That to me does not look very realistic. Actual headlights have more complex pattern of striations. Look at the real 1948 Caddy headlight. As you can see, the lens has mostly evenly spaced vertical lines with varied spacing between them, and some horizontal ones too. Lens is quite complex and I don't expect the model to have such complex texture, but it would be nice to make the model headlight a bit more like the real car's headlight. I don't expect that 1:24 scale model will have headlights with such a fine and complex texture like 1:1 vehicle, but they can still be made to look realistic. Here are plastic 1:24 scale lenses made by company called Modelers. To me they are very realistic looking. They have a finer texture than your lenses, and while not as finely textured as 1:1 lenses, the pattern looks closer to 1:1 headlights than your lenses. I suspect that your headlight lenses were designed in CAD, so there is a possibility you could redesign them to look more realistic. That would greatly improve the appearance of this excellent looking model. Edited January 3 by peteski
niteowl7710 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 15 hours ago, peteski said: However I guess as the aftermarket resin kits go, I would call it a "complete" kit as no additional donor kit parts are needed. This small discrepancy in the description might be due to Ukrainian->English language translation issue, and I'm also just splittin' hairs. It's an "industry" standard within modern aftermarket that anything that doesn't need a donor and can be built directly "out of the box" is a "Full Kit" regardless as to whether or not it's a "full detail kit (aka w/engine)" in terms of injection molded kit parlance. Anything that isn't a full kit is a transkit, which within the name indicates your transforming something else with the resin parts and you'd need said donor kit (and probably a decent modicum of skill and experience) to build the item. 3
Red Wheel Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 On 1/3/2025 at 6:55 PM, peteski said: your headlight lenses just have horizontal lines in them This is not entirely true. Modeling the lens was quite a challenging process, due to asymmetry of lines, different reflections on different photos and scale limitations. But in the end it looks pretty similar to me. 7
peteski Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Well then Oleksandr, thanks for the clarification. The lenses you showed look perfect! Looks like you did your homweaork and you get an A+ I was just making my opinion based on the photo you posted earlier. The angle of the light source must have make those lenses look like they only had horizontal lines.
niteowl7710 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 20 hours ago, Motor City said: A complete kit should come with plated parts. There hardly anyone in the U.S. that will do plating anymore on commercial injection molded kits. You want chromed parts on an aftermarket kit being produced in a war zone? 1 1
Luc Janssens Posted January 5 Posted January 5 53 minutes ago, niteowl7710 said: There hardly anyone in the U.S. that will do plating anymore on commercial injection molded kits. You want chromed parts on an aftermarket kit being produced in a war zone? Spotlight hobbies now offers plating service. 3 1
Motor City Posted January 5 Posted January 5 2 hours ago, niteowl7710 said: There hardly anyone in the U.S. that will do plating anymore on commercial injection molded kits. You want chromed parts on an aftermarket kit being produced in a war zone? You missed my point, James.
Mark C. Posted January 5 Posted January 5 This looks great in all aspects! Not sure why we are getting caught up in the definition of “complete kit”, but such is the nature of the internet and modern society, I suppose… The important point to me is that this will build up to be a really nice model out of the box. Sure, it will require a slightly higher skill level than your average beginner, but we now have Revell Chrom in a spray can for those of us who don’t want to deal with an aftermarket plating service. The proportions and details look great to me, and that’s all that matters. Kudos to Red Wheel for pulling off a creation that has never been successfully offered by anyone in the past, AFAIK. 👍🏻 1
wrenchr Posted January 5 Posted January 5 It looks great. Driving miss daisy anyone? Not the same year and such but close enough for me.
dino246gt Posted January 6 Posted January 6 (edited) This is the old Modelhaus '49 I built decades ago, far less detail than the new kit, but I still made a nice shelf model out of mine. They of course are no longer available. I might even get this new kit to add to my Caddy collection, it looks fantastic and I've seen the Tucker in person, which is also fantastic! Modelhaus kit had chrome headlights, I substituted the buckets and lenses from AMTs '51 Chevy. Edited January 6 by dino246gt 4
Ragtop Man Posted January 20 Posted January 20 How much are we talking, price wise? This is an OUTSTANDING piece of work. This type of product is the future of modeling. FWIW: RE: plating - there are as many opinions about it as there are builders. What we call 'chrome' - as in vacuum plated - is really best applicable to only a few items on the typical car model. There is stainless, anodized aluminum, 'plumber' chrome and real triple plated hand buffed. A Cadillac will have mostly triple plate or stainless - relatively little pressed aluminum or anodized. But everyone has their own taste for the level of brightness... the best guys I know strip everything and do it themselves. 2
Redisetta Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Found this on their website. I would love one of these but a little pricey for me. I’m wondering how hard it would be to add a motor? Ray
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Beautiful beautiful. I NEED this. I built a full-scale LS-powered '47 convertible some years back, and this gives me a great place to start a scale replica of that car. Ordering soon...
Six Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Holy cow!!!! Freaking AWESOME!!! Just like the Tucker!! Wished I could afford both!!!! 😳
Mr. Metallic Posted January 21 Posted January 21 This looks incredible. Please consider doing a 56 Continental mark II
ChrisBcritter Posted January 21 Posted January 21 That and a '57 Buick Century! (And the request floodgates are gonna open wide now... )
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