Revell's 1950 Oldsmobile Club Coupe: WIP

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

I've been working on this one for a couple of days and I felt that it's time to release it into the wild.

This is Revell's 1950 Oldsmobile Club Coupe, it can be built one of three ways. First is stock, which would be my usual choice. Option two is a replica of the winner of the 1950 Pan American Road Race. I have to admit that did I seriously considered this building one. And finally, (not pictured on the box) there's a traditional Stock Car, pre-NASCAR. This goes back to the old ASCA (American Stock Car Association)- from the early days. Back when Stock Car racing used... stock cars. This is the version I chose.

 

In just a couple of build sessions I have the engine completed.

 

Revell provided decals for the generator, oil filter and valve covers.

 

My research revealed that these two indentations on the frame should actually be holes.

 

Now they are. There are other holes and pass-throughs in this area but they aren't really modeled well enough to work with.

 

The assembled engine mounted to the frame with most of the front suspension in place.

 

As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to post any comments, hints or suggestions you may have.

David G.

[sidcharles]

" Each kit I build is really only practice for the next one!"     DG

 

words to live by.

[meechum68]

Ohhh following this!! That engine is beautiful! Thanks for the tip on the pass through on the frame.

[Zippi]

Nice looking David.  I built this kit about a year ago I think.  Love the body style and your doing a bang up job dude.

[espo]

Like your build ideas. This kit is one of my personal favorites for fit and finish as well as the subject. 

[NOBLNG]

Nice start David. Engine looks fabulous!😎

[David G.]

21 hours ago, sidcharles said:

" Each kit I build is really only practice for the next one!"     DG

 

words to live by.

Thank you sidcharles. It's nice to see that someone is paying attention, not everybody makes it to the signature line.

 

20 hours ago, meechum68 said:

Ohhh following this!! That engine is beautiful! Thanks for the tip on the pass through on the frame.

Thank you Michael. I've always believed in sharing good ideas, sometimes even when people don't necessarily want me to  

 

19 hours ago, Zippi said:

Nice looking David.  I built this kit about a year ago I think.  Love the body style and your doing a bang up job dude.

Thanks Bob. So far it does seem to be one of Revell's better kits. I'll have to have a look for your WIP on it... maybe I can steal some ideas.  

 

17 hours ago, espo said:

Like your build ideas. This kit is one of my personal favorites for fit and finish as well as the subject. 

Thank you David. It does seem like it'll be a fun build.

 

15 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Nice start David. Engine looks fabulous!😎

Thank you kindly Greg.

Thanks again to everybody who took the time to comment.

David G.

[FoMoCo66]

Looking great, the engine looks CRISP!

[slusher]

Real nice start David, as always I will be hanging around your build…

[David G.]

22 hours ago, FoMoCo66 said:

Looking great, the engine looks CRISP!

Thank you Elliot.

 

15 hours ago, slusher said:

Real nice start David, as always I will be hanging around your build…

Thanks Carl, it's good having you along for the ride.

David G.

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

My apologies for the lateness of this update. I've spent the past month dealing with a failed water heater and the damage caused by that. As well as some health issues. But all those are mostly taken care of. So for the small handful folks out there who are following this build, here's the next update!

Time to spray some primer and have a look at the body.

 

Just some light parting lines to clean up. Other than that, it looks good.

 

These are the colors. Dupli-Color Milano Red on the hood will be the body color and Tamiya TS-7 Racing White for the top.

 

As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment.

David G.

[Cool Hand]

Overall an enjoyable kit to build, lots of great detail.

Double check the clearance of the exhaust manifolds and the engine bay inner fenders. I had some issues on the one I built I had to remove some material on the inner fenders.

 

[David G.]

18 hours ago, Cool Hand said:

Overall an enjoyable kit to build, lots of great detail.

Double check the clearance of the exhaust manifolds and the engine bay inner fenders. I had some issues on the one I built I had to remove some material on the inner fenders.

 

Thanks for the tip Luke. I've already made it through that part of the build. The fit was indeed very snug and would probably never work IRL but it fit well enough for my purposes. I hope to have photos to post tomorrow.

=D-

[NOBLNG]

It’s coming along nicely David. The chrome trim should really set off those colours.👍

[dino246gt]

It is a very nice kit to build, I've done 2 of them, yours is looking fantastic already.

 

[PorkChopPaws]

I like how you painted the motor. The detail  of different colors makes it look great.

[David G.]

21 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

It’s coming along nicely David. The chrome trim should really set off those colours.👍

Thanks Greg. The chrome trim and the decals. There are lots of decals! 😮 

 

21 hours ago, dino246gt said:

It is a very nice kit to build, I've done 2 of them, yours is looking fantastic already.

 

Thank you very much Dennis. I agree it is a good kit, well designed and the build seems to be going well so far.

 

18 hours ago, PorkChopPaws said:

I like how you painted the motor. The detail  of different colors makes it look great.

Thank you Brian, detail painting is one of my favorite parts of the build.

Thank you all for taking the time to comment.

David G.

[David G.]

Hello Everybody!

I managed to make a bit of progress on the Olds so here are some photos.

Wheels Down! Right now I can only get three of them to touch the ground at one time But there's time to fix that later. I'll just flat-spot one or two of them until they can all work together as a team.

 

The engine bay came together nicely and looks pretty good.

 

This of course calls for a test fit. It all looks pretty good so far, the stance is one I can live with. 

 

Even the engine bay tucks in nicely.

 

That's all for this round. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment.

David G.

[slusher]

Engine looks great, and you have made lots of progress…