A 58 and the Silohuette

[samdiego]

Edited September 27, 2010 by samdiego

[Draggon]

Man, that 58 is nice! ooooooooooooooooooooooo

[Jantrix]

How about telling us a little bit about em, what you did to them etc.

Looks like some great work. Got any more pics?

[Chuck Most]

It's spelled 'silhouette'. Regardless of spelling, I like it, and the '58 is cool too. One question- did you build the matching trailer?

[george 53]

Sam, it sure is nice to see the old Silhouette? built up again. It's been a LOOOOONG time since I've seen one built. Yours came out GREAT! That lil fiddy ate ain't none too shabby either!!! Great job!!! :lol:

[John Teresi]

You sure did an AWESOME job on that 58........WOW! ......... that`s nice man.

[Zhu]

I love `58s & yours is as good as it gets

Outstanding work!!!

[samdiego]

Thanks, guys

This is just me noodlin around on unemployment, pulling stuff out of storage.

The Sill . . .red car was built like an airplane. Everything inside was finished, the bodywork done and masked for paint. A technique I'd never considered until last year when I tried some WW2 plane kits. Finally solving the split body problems for me. It also solved my problems with a good red metalflake paintjob. the technique I discovered was; forget Testor's Ruby red (that will remain my white whale) and start with Tamiya Bright Red. Run out of that after a solid but thin first coat. Then run out of Tamiya Red Metallic after almost getting two thin coats, panic and grab the Tamiya Clear Red to top it off. Someday I'll polish it. But I do like the color. The clear red de-pinked the metallic red just right. I really wnated to do the chrome things on the hood and trunk, but got frustrated and skipped them

While scrounging around for a new project, the dashboardless aspect of the 58 was intriguing. I'd never noticed this although I've done this kit before. I wish I could get better photos of the inside. This car was a mess, the windshield posts were broken and it had tire marks on the hood and trunk. I wanted to dechrome the whole thing but I really like the stuff that Chevy did. I just shaved the handles and most of the badging. The paint is an ancient can of testor's Sea Blue that I have had so long I can't remember what I bought it for. I'm glad I saved it and surprised that it was good, it has to be 25 years old at least. Oh, yeah. I poked holes in the hood for the 6 pack

I'm averaging a car and a half a week right now

Edited September 28, 2010 by samdiego

[samdiego]

This weeks victim

[DRG]

I really like that 58, one cool car.

[MADmodelDOCTOR]

Man, that 58 is nice! ooooooooooooooooooooooo

ditto that!

[sobpinstriping]

I love the 58 its awesome, Its funny that you built sillo....whatever, because I.'m working on it right now, yours turned out great.

cheers

mat

[oldscool]

They both look great to me! I have always wanted to build the Silhouette without the bubble and rollbar and just put a cut down wind screen on it.

oldscool

[charlzrocks]

Nice Silhouette! (it will never fit in the trailer with the blower on the engine, I tried.) The '58 is AWESOME!!

[charlzrocks]

They both look great to me! I have always wanted to build the Silhouette without the bubble and rollbar and just put a cut down wind screen on it.

oldscool

Gerald....FYI....

the Silhouette kit comes with a cut down windscreen if you prefer not to use the bubble. Should your kit not have one, I have an extra if you need it.

[Lownslow]

nice rides im diggin the 58

[W-409]

That '58 Impala looks very cool. That paintjob is beautiful and I like that styled custom cars a lot. Please, underhood and interior pictures from that Impala. That Silohuette looks very nice too. Keep on building!

[oldscool]

Gerald....FYI....

the Silhouette kit comes with a cut down windscreen if you prefer not to use the bubble. Should your kit not have one, I have an extra if you need it.

I haven't built or even had my hands on a Silhouette kit since the 60s and I don't remember it having the short windscreen. Thanks for the offer though.

oldscool

[Greg Cullinan]

Nice Impala,she is clean.We need moooore pics of the Caddy

Looking forward to your build and a half next week