51 Chevy padded top...

[LAone]

That's a sweet looking ride. Fantastic job on the details.

[Zed]

Killer kustom steve but why a caddie grill ? a nice 56/57vette grill would be a cool too.

those vette grille were really hard to find in the late 40's ! must be the reason

Fantastic work Steve ! I've had the project to build one like that , Carl Abadjian inspired, for years ! This was an elegant area for kustoms ! you nailed it perfectly !! thanks a lot for returning to modeling...and kustoms

Edited January 19, 2013 by Zed

[Jantrix]

Loving this.

[AUGIEDOGGIE]

LOVE THIS RIDE CANT WAIT TO SEE MORE

[John Teresi]

Steve........loving this build........looks great.

[DrKerry]

Sweet, lookin good..

[geemoney]

nice, very larry earnst, la jolla, harry bradley.

[John Goschke]

Superb in every respect.

[Ira]

BEAUTIFUL WORK STEVE!!!

[Blown03SVT]

nice, very larry earnst, la jolla, harry bradley.

That's the name I couldn't think of... stellar build so far. Very period correct.

[carrucha]

As usual great work. I am looking forward to seeing it finished.

[OldTimer50707]

Looking good. Great job.

[66belair]

Sweet!That thing is cool!

[sbk]

The interior parts are primed & ready for paint. I'll do tuck & roll inserts made from acrylic paint like I did on my last 2 builds.

I polished the MCG sombreros & added a little color to the center PE piece. I still need to paint the whitewalls & the rim that is visible behind the wheelcover.

Almost ready for paint.

Edited September 8, 2013 by sbk

[Joker]

Klassic Kruizer !

Thanks for the update on the interior Steve.

Kool little detail work on the bottom of the dash.

I gotta learn your armrest/door handle technique.

Do you have a link for that?

Seen your work on FB , T.R.a.K. and now on Rik's Custom Car Chronicles.

Edited September 8, 2013 by Joker

[Modlbldr]

Simply beautiful. I am curious about your tuck and roll process. Can you elaborate or do you have a link to a previous build that explains it. I like to.do t&r but it does not always come out looking good. With your abilities I know it will work.

Later-

[DrKerry]

Awesome!!!!

[NALEX129]

Smooth body work!

[sbk]

Thanks!

Joker, I don't have any documentation for the armrests & door handles, but I make the patterns from styrene pieces & then make resin copies.

Here is the Chuck Easton method of making tuck & roll upholstery inserts. Squeeze some acylic craft paint into a mold made from a kit part with tuck & roll. Chuck gave me this mold, but doesn't remember which kit it came from. Another good source is the toneau cover from the AMT 59 El Camino kit.

Use a piece of cardboard or something similar to spread the paint out.

It doesn't really show too well in this photo, but the paint totally covers the mold. Put this aside to let it dry. Depending on the weather, I usually wait 2 - 3 days before handling it. Different brands & colors of paint have different drying times & some need to be thinned with water a bit before doing this.

This is what may happen if you pile on too much paint in a hurry. Air bubbles.

I make patterns out of cardstock & start cutting the "upholstery."

As you can see, it stays nice & flexible, very similar to real upholstery material.

Here are the door panel inserts in the primed door panels. The outer color will be a chocolate brown, not the greenish/tan color.

Here are the seats & the inserts.

Test fitting the inserts. Once again, for final assembly the inserts will be glued in with white glue.

Here is what it looked like when completed.

Edited September 9, 2013 by sbk

[Joker]

Thanks for the tip....much appreciate it I must...LOL

[jsc]

Beautiful interior work!

[Saratoga500]

FANTASTIC JOB............TEQUILA SUNRISE PAINT COLOR.....??

[Modlbldr]

Thanks for the quick tutorial on t&r. I'll have to give that a try once I find something to make a mold of.

BTW- that interior looks great.

Later-

[B.DougBeck]

I love the tuck and roll. I remember back in the day, a guy that made tuck and roll from soldier. He made a mold and rolled it flat with a jar, cut it into strips and sealed the seams with white glue. The method with the paint is a whole lot cleaner. I love the pipping on the seats too, the knobs are a nice period touch as well. True craftsmanship.

[Bastardo]

That idea for the upholstery inserts is just crazy!

Love how the car looks so far!