Naydrus Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Behold... to me, one of the most beautiful cars to EVER roll off a GM line....my 1959 Cadillac Eldorado... Sorry about the clarity of some pics, my camera likes to go funky when it pleases.
bbowser Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 Very nice. I'm also partial to the 'finned' era of the '50's. To the days when you could tell the make, model, year of the cars on the road at night just by the taillights!
Naydrus Posted March 26, 2011 Author Posted March 26, 2011 Exactly. Im prone to more muscle car, but if she has good lines and what, still beautiful to me.
Harry P. Posted March 26, 2011 Posted March 26, 2011 I'm not sure whether or not you were going for a factory stock look, but if you were, you're missing an awful lot of chrome trim...
Naydrus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Posted March 27, 2011 I am aware of missing trim, for some reason, it did not come with it. I have built 2 versions of this car, its the Monogram kit, molded in pink, when I built that one years ago, all that trim was in the form of a foil decal. When I searched diligently for the same kit years later, opened it up and there was no foil kit, so I thought maybe this model was a bit different. But thanks for pointing it out!
novadose71 Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 Nice work, looks good in red with the white interior
evilone Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 was yours as hard as mine was to build? everything never lined up like it did in the test fits and it seemed like EVERYTHING hated me lol
cruz Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 Three words: Bare Metal Foil. 5 words, lots of Bear Metal Foil!!!
my80malibu Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 Yours is very Nice, I dont know if it was the same year. But I have always liked the Cadillac from the movie 3000 miles to Graceland.
Naydrus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Posted March 27, 2011 Evilone, this kit wasnt hard, I had virtually everything line up, maybe a quick shave here, sand there... but it went together pretty smoothly. And in reference to the metal foil, where does one purchase this stuff? And in reference again, to the color... I always thought Caddys looked good dressed in red, si I chose a simple ruby red metallic, and went white to make the red stand out. Primered the body in white to make the red that much brighter.
GTMust Posted March 27, 2011 Posted March 27, 2011 I believe the 1959/60 Caddy also came as the "Series 62" version without all the chrome trim. Google "1959 Cadillac Series 62 convertible" and you'll see what I mean. Nice build! Tony
Naydrus Posted March 27, 2011 Author Posted March 27, 2011 Oi GTMust! Your right! They are virtually identical minus the chrome treatment! Good eye there... and it disappoints me that I did not know of this... being Cadillac is one of my favorite companies. (My first 2 real cars were 1985 Cadillac Eldorados)
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