1961 Pontiac Catalina

[Mike F.]

Started on this one recently.

Going with camel yellow with dark green interior.

 

Engine nearly done.

 

Nice kit. Only complaint is no direction on engine option for tri-carbs.

[meechum68]

Funny you post this... I have this on my bench now.  I am gonna enjoy seeing your take on this!  

 

[Mike F.]

I'm rethinking my color scheme. I like the yellow, but not the green interior. Maybe a dark brown would be better.

 

comments or suggestions, good or bad, are welcome.

[Mike F.]

50 minutes ago, meechum68 said:

Funny you post this... I have this on my bench now.  I am gonna enjoy seeing your take on this!  

 

Post yours too.

[meechum68]

I will and first pics are my mock up pics.  

 

[meechum68]

Tbh, I think a black or dark grey would work nicely and use the yellow to accent the seats and dash bits and bobs. 

The green is ... not the right one for that yellow.  White with that green would be great. 

[Mike F.]

So, I decided to forego the green and do a brown and tan with silver highlights.

Considering how much I shake, the brushwork did not come out too bad.

[Evan_N]

The brown and tan looks a lot better. Good call.

[Geno]

I agree, the brown/tans rocks it.👍💯

[meechum68]

1 hour ago, Mike F. said:

So, I decided to forego the green and do a brown and tan with silver highlights.

Considering how much I shake, the brushwork did not come out too bad.

Excellent work sir!! I am glad to see that I am not the only one who shakes when doing detail paint! I love this color combo!!!

 

[johnyrotten]

That interior looks great. Nice work.

[Mike F.]

Thank you all, for your kind words. 

[Mike F.]

So, The interior is done. Glad I switched colors.

Much better.

[meechum68]

Looking great! 

[Mike F.]

I added the seat decals that came with the kit. Was not going to at first, but decided to. Has a strange shadowing effect that I thought was glue residue at first, but they are fairly regular, so I guess was intended.

[Kanada Kustoms]

Fantastic job on the interior... Nice work!

Edited October 21 by Kanada Kustoms

[Mike F.]

Thanks!

[meechum68]

Gives it that extra pizzazz!!
 

[Mike F.]

Yes and surprisingly goes with my interior color scheme.

[espo]

Like the look that the kit's decals have. Were they clear with a pattern on them or did they have a color built into the decals? 

[Mike F.]

They were clear with the dot pattern, but shading was not evident until I put them on.