Here is my version of a 51 Buick custom

[ViperDave]

I have been working on the body for a while now. I have it almost ready for paint but it is now time to do the interior.

I am having to scratch build the whole thing to make it fit the body since the body is resin. I am using an original dash

from a 60 Chrysler and the custom seats from the new 57 Ford kit. I have a 61 Buick Special steering wheel to keep the

Buick theme. I will be making my own door panels and I think I will be modifing the full length console from the 57 Ford

kit but that isn't etched in stone yet. The wheels and tires are from the 58 Eldorado kit. I still have a long way to go but

little by little it is getting there. I hope you enjoy the pics. Don't tear me up too much on this one. It is meant to be a little wild.

[bob paeth]

Dave, just one, constructive, I hope, comment. Move the rear axle forward or the opening in the fender back a little ways. I think that you will achieve a better look by having the wheel center in the center of the opening. Other than that you're description of being WILD is correct.

bob

[Steve H.]

Thats some pretty wild work!

Parts I really like... others... well...

But the first rule of custom is to do it your way.

Regardless, It will be an eye catching custom when you're done. 8)

[ViperDave]

Dave, just one, constructive, I hope, comment. Move the rear axle forward or the opening in the fender back a little ways. I think that you will achieve a better look by having the wheel center in the center of the opening. Other than that you're description of being WILD is correct.

bob

IN that pic it was just sitting together. I opend up the rear wheel wells some more and made them rounder. It looks much better. I don't know if you know Ted "Chopper" Lear or not but he was over here last night and did some drawing on the car and I think it looks better with the bigger wheel wells. I have them centered and the marks made on my flat chassis where I will put the supports for the axles to go through. My next step is making the interior side panels and dreaming up some kind of pattern that will look right with the seats.

Thanks for the comments. I posted the pics to see what people think. When you get that it leaves you open but I would rather know what people think before I get it finished.

Thanks Dave

[Steve H.]

Hopefully, you took my comments as constructive...

As I read my post this morning it doesn't sound that way to me! :oops:

Keep building it the way you see fit, you only need to satisfy yourself with the finished project! Wild customs are very much the product of your own imagination!

[ViperDave]

Hopefully, you took my comments as constructive...

As I read my post this morning it doesn't sound that way to me! :oops:

Keep building it the way you see fit, you only need to satisfy yourself with the finished project! Wild customs are very much the product of your own imagination!

I'm sorry that I didn't say it the right way. I was just rambling on and on. I mean that if I didn't want any feedback I wouldn't have posted the pics. I like to read about what other people think because sometimes the way I see things isn't the way other people see it. I started this about 2 years ago and did the wheel wells then. I had smaller tires on it at the time and it sat lower. With these tires it sits higher and didn't look right and I hadn't looked at what options I had. I thought about filling them in and makeing lines for skirts and even full skirts all the way to the back. I like the wheels and wanted to show them off but I didn't like full circle openings on that car. I have the car lower now and the wheel cut outs almost up to the whitewall. I know the extentions on the tail lights are larger than some people like but I think from the side it balances out the length of the front. This is the Cadzilla resin body with a lot of modifications. The tail lights will have 2 small bullits with clear red around them to look like the little 51-52? style buick lights. I left the little bump over the lights to give it the buick look. I am going with a little bit different color too. White pearl with some metallic in it. It's nail polish. I will be using a medium blue pearl to do some fading around the body to hi-light the body curves.

Thanks for the input. I didn't mean anything negative about your comment. Sorry if it sounded that way. I am always open to anybodys view on my work. It's just a hobby and I wouldn't have any hard feelings to any of my fellow model builders.

Thanks Dave