LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1931 Cadillac Sport Phaeton. Opulence and Luxury, made car

[ismaelg]

Hello,

 The year was 1931.  The Empire State Building was finished and opened. The St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series in seven games.  Prohibition was still a thing.  But the Great Depression was strangling most on the world, hitting the US very hard. 

 The car industry was hit really hard by the Depression.  New car market crashed badly.   Dozens of car companies disappeared.  However, there was still a very small market for luxurious automobiles.  Cadillac was the top dog and was happy to cater to this  exclusive market with their V8, V12 and V16 engines powering the most luxurious engineering marvels of precision and craftsmanship.  A basic car like a Ford Model A was about $500 - $600.  The top of the line Cadillacs, were over $5,000 making them over ten times more expensive.

Here is my 1931 Cadillac Sport Phaeton.  For the sake of argument, let's pretend this is a V12 powered car.
Scalefinishes Butternut Yellow and British Racing Green.  Acrylics for the interior.
Can you guess what kit this is?  I'll give you a day or so before providing the details.  
































I hope you like it.

Thanks,
Ismael

[Ragtop Man]

Is that a Pyro? Very nice build!

[Mark W]

Beautiful model!

I like and enjoy your presentation. The back story is entertaining, but I cannot guess as to the model’s maker.

[Jim B]

Beautiful Cadillac. Very well done.

[Mothersworry]

Nicely done, 1/32 Pyro Table Top Classic if I'm not mistaken. 

[Kah puts]

Showroom perfect 👍

[Bugatti Fan]

Lovely build from that very old Pyro kit.

Their table top classics was a nice range of kits made back in the 60's I think.

[ismaelg]

Thank you all!

Yes, this is the Pyro kit in 1/32 scale from their table top series.   This kit is from 1965! So it is a 60 years old kit of a then 34 years old car!

This is my 3rd recent Pyro 1/32 build and I am blown away by those kits.  The fit and the quality of those kits make me think Tamiya before Tamiya.  Very enjoyable!  By the way, this build is essentially  box stock.  I only added the door handles and the hood handles.  Even the plastic axles that I originally intended to replace with brass, were absolutely perfect.  The fit of the all plastic wheel/tires halves was surprisingly good. Yes, painting them was a PITA x 6.   

Only rework was drilling the solid horns and work the fit of the body to the chassis plate at the rear.  Paint and glue did the rest.

Really enjoyed this "quick build" for my standards.  About 5 weeks.  Highly recommended for your modeling soul! 

Thanks,
Ismael

[Cosmic D]

Faultless build in a small scale with a great presentation.

[espo]

Beautiful looking classic. The paint work reflects what some of the high-end car companies were doing with colors at the time. That same $5000 would have bought a nice new home at the time also. 

[bbowser]

Beautiful!  That it's 1/32 makes it even more impressive.

[meechum68]

Beautiful work! That is a work of art!

[BERT100]

Very well done. You captured the look.  I always have been impressed with most of the Piro models I've built  There have been some that were  "of  the 1960s" manufacturing style. But even those were workable.

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[ChrisR]

Looks great.

[slusher]

Fantastic looking Cadillac my friend!

[ewetwo]

Beautiful car

 

[carrucha]

Neat build.  I like the color combo.