Printed 70 Cad deVille cv

[hedotwo]

Scalefinishes 1975 Cerise Firemist on this 70 Cad cv.  I didn't realize the body had a few "errors" when I began the build and when I finally understood the problems it was too late as I'd already done my painting.  Otherwise, lots of stuff done to it.  Thanks for looking!

[Jim B]

Great looking Land Yacht.  Very well done.

[ea0863]

Beautiful work. It looks totally realistic, especially with the various textures you introduced to the interior!

[Mark C.]

I don’t see any errors.  It’s beautiful!

[Bainford]

Lovely cruiser. Nice looking Caddy in a great colour.

[michelle]

awesome job 
last night i finished building the one i printed
 

[espo]

Beautiful paint finish and like the color. Great looking interior and wondering what type of material you used for the boot? 

[karbuildr]

Really well done Caddy, Beautiful color, white interior looks good with it.

[Kah puts]

Cadillac’s are the Marilyn Monroe of the car world, this example is playboy material 👍

[Bills72sj]

Errors? I don't see any errors. (...and, I am NOT asking you to show them either.)

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

Very nice. I discovered the errors during priming and sanding but forged ahead. Nice job. 

[hedotwo]

15 hours ago, espo said:

Beautiful paint finish and like the color. Great looking interior and wondering what type of material you used for the boot? 

I think it's a medical-type tape that I've had for a long time.  It's relatively thin and sticks well.  Unfortunately, no brand name.  The texture isn't nearly as coarse as the pics show and at normal distance it looks acceptible.

[Tom99]

Looks great!!

[hedotwo]

9 hours ago, Perspect Scale Modelworks said:

Very nice. I discovered the errors during priming and sanding but forged ahead. Nice job. 

 I think it was your post earlier that listed the hood and the rear quarter issues.  I often look for stuff like this but unfortunately didn't see your post til after I'd laid the paint.  Like you, I wasn't about to go back and try and correct things.   I have a printed 70 Fleetwood and from what I can see the front is still a bit flat and the backlight seems a bit wider than it looks in online pics.  The body side lines appear correct though.

[Mike 1017]

Beautiful. IMO Cadillac Firemist is the best paint to come out of US Car Manufacture way back when

[hedotwo]

25 minutes ago, Mike 1017 said:

Beautiful. IMO Cadillac Firemist is the best paint to come out of US Car Manufacture way back when

Totally agree.  I've spent a small fortune at Scalefinishes on Cad Firemist colors 😉

[Ragtop Man]

Sweet - Elvis is in the building! 

[Ragtop Man]

21 minutes ago, hedotwo said:

Totally agree.  I've spent a small fortune at Scalefinishes on Cad Firemist colors 😉

GEEK ALERT: ANCIENT GM TRIVIA IN HERE FIRE FROST AND FIREMIST FINISHES

They were a popular (albeit a little expensive) upgrade for other GM cars in the day when (makes shocked expression) customers were always right. The FireFrost colors debuted in '63 as a special Mitchell inspired extra, and are separate from the the Firemist colors. Both did a great job of careessing the sheetmetal (or fiberglass.) They were not the only colors available, but they sure did a great job of setting off your Grand Prix or Impala.

To get an otherwise un-available preminum color required a  hip GM dealer with the patience to take your money later, vs stuffing you into whatever was on the lot. Chevrolet and Pontiac seemed to have special color requests the most often; premium divisions usually had them in the book.

Unlike today's automated shops, the GM plants routinely managed unusual colors for utilities, taxi companies, police/fire/municpal accounts. Another day at the shop...

The upcharge 'in the day' was $100- $200, but you got a quart of touch up paint to go with it in the trunk.

Typically a request would be reviewed by the factory district manager while taking his orders (preference) from the dealer, then go to HQ for a sign-off (to be sure you weren't some crazy sports fan getting an orange paint job on a car with a blue interior...) hen approved, the job would get assigned to a plant, and their production materials team would source your paint. 

On the appointed build day day, a Fisher Body utility man would prepare the pressure tanks (that were wheeled on small carts) with the finish and hand off to the painter(s) . The same paint would also be supplied to the plant's Divisional coating line (separate from Fisher) where fenders, hoods, gravel pans and other doo-dads would get painted and baked.

Eventually they would meet up in final assembly and presto, a custom paint job from GM.

I'd guess if you wanted TWO custom colors on a tutone job, that would get priced in, but have never seen that documented. That ask would make most plant scheduling managers pull out what was left of their hair... the practice could slow down the line which is the cardinal AND ordinal sin at GM.

Likely the most famous cross divisional color use was on the limited run of "Swiss Cheese" 1963 Pontiac Catalina SDs - all were painted FireFrost Silver, the better to be photographed, methinks. 

Good quick writeup on firemist/firefrost here:

https://autouniversum.wordpress.com/2022/05/14/pearls-of-colour-general-motors-opalescent-1960s-fire-finishes/

 

 

[AMT68]

Great build of a truly beautiful automobile. That one year color was certainly a stunner. 

[Carmak]

10 hours ago, Ragtop Man said:

GEEK ALERT: ANCIENT GM TRIVIA IN HERE FIRE FROST AND FIREMIST FINISHES

 

 

 

In the full size Pontiac world there is a well know LOADED 65 2+2 convertible painted Cadillac Samoan Bronze. In this case it was a Brass Hat car but it was still given a factory custom paint.

[spencer1984]

Beautiful work, that looks great!

[Ragtop Man]

9 hours ago, Carmak said:

In the full size Pontiac world there is a well know LOADED 65 2+2 convertible painted Cadillac Samoan Bronze. In this case it was a Brass Hat car but it was still given a factory custom paint.

I've met Peter, super nice guy who must have done a lot better in his end of advertising than I did in mine to restore some of these projects! The car is lovely, the shop they used was top notch.

[Mike 1017]

21 hours ago, hedotwo said:

Totally agree.  I've spent a small fortune at Scalefinishes on Cad Firemist colors 😉

I ran for parts at our local Cadillac Dealership. The first time I saw a Firemist Caddy is still burned into my brain

[Perspect Scale Modelworks]

On 7/25/2025 at 11:13 AM, hedotwo said:

 I think it was your post earlier that listed the hood and the rear quarter issues.  I often look for stuff like this but unfortunately didn't see your post til after I'd laid the paint.  Like you, I wasn't about to go back and try and correct things.   I have a printed 70 Fleetwood and from what I can see the front is still a bit flat and the backlight seems a bit wider than it looks in online pics.  The body side lines appear correct though.

Bezrodny also has a file for the '70 coupe and the rear quarter panels are more accurate than the convertible. Someday I'll try to swap the panels and see how that goes. Still leaves the flat nose though.

In any case, you've made it look fantastic.