Yahshu Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Good to see you "parked" the best in front, nice collection, I really like the panel van/truck (unsure what you call them in the States) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Really like that Sedan Delivery. Did you add the third brakelight or was that part of the body ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Thanks for getting on a '58 trip Richard. Can't wait for a Buick and all it's chrome glory. Please purdy please include a "Sunshine" pic in the near future..I got to see all that BMF bling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 4, 2013 Author Share Posted April 4, 2013 James, I did the yellow '58 Buick Roadmaster convertible that's in the pictures. You can see more pictures of it in my Under Glass thread for it few months ago. I'll try soon on the "sunshine" pic. Ray, I added the third brake light on the Sedan Delivery. If I remember correctly, I used a small scoop shaped piece of plastic for the housing, filed down a small piece of red sprue for the lens, and attached a PE taillight bezel. Thank you all for your kind and encouraging comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wow nice collection, Richard! I really like them all, but somehow that '58 Chevy Pro Street just fits to my eye perfectly. Maybe it's because I'm building the same car as Pro Streeter with Blown 409 in it. But as I said, all of them are very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 Thanks very much Niko. Good luck with your Pro Streeter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Sweet collection! Any more pics of the Impala? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 James, I did the yellow '58 Buick Roadmaster convertible that's in the pictures. You can see more pictures of it in my Under Glass thread for it few months ago. I'll try soon on the "sunshine" pic Thank you all for your kind and encouraging comments. Found it .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 Sweet collection! Any more pics of the Impala? Here ya go Tommy. First of all, there's a bit of a story that goes along with this car... I'll keep it short. When I was growing up back in the Bronx, NY around 1959, my stepfather was the superintendent of the apartment bldg. where we lived. A guy who also lived in that building owned a '58 Chevy Impala that he customized the "bolt-on" way. It was Black, nosed and decked, with a tube grille, had half-moon headlight shields, 4 bar spinner front hubcaps, lake pipes, cruiser skirts, twin mirrors, dummy spotlights and swept back antenna's, 6 '59 Caddy bullet taillights and a full continental kit. He would park that car at the curb in front of the apartment building every day...... and I would drool over it every day...!!! His car got me into liking cars and building models. I built this model using the Revell '58 Impala kit with Bob Dudek lake pipes, Modelhaus '59 Dodge Royal Lancer hubcaps and a Modelhaus resin continental kit. I made the rear bumper extension myself using pieces from the 2 rear bumpers in the Revell kit. The Black Widow name on the connie kit is my own addition. I'm glad you like it because it is one of my favorite models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Ital Mike Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Stunning '58 collection, great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gramps2u Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Very Nice collection of work Rich! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Nice line up there, Rich! Beauties every one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrspex Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 What a great group of models! That Impala sure is "period kool"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HNTR Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 That Roadmaster is awesome!!! Is that one of those friction models? I have to have one now, you have inspired me. The rest of the models are also cool. Great job!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 Thank you so very much Lee, Michael, Gramps, Tony, David and Mark. I sincerely appreciate all of your encouragement. Mark, the Buick is a resin kit from The Modelhaus. Their stuff is awesome. The castings are perfect with next to no cleanup needed. They're almost like working on a plastic kit. A little pricey but well worth it IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Thanks for sharing the story Richard. I love the custom touch you have done to it. Did you ever show him or hes relatives the build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 No Tommy. I only built the Impala model about 2 years ago. and I haven't seen the owner of the real Impala since about 1962. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmvw guy Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 I remember looking these over a while back but, forgot to leave a comment about how nice they are Richard. What a great collection of '58s, nice job. I really like the "Black Widow", I've never seen that done before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug1623 Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 nice builds id like to see some more of that awsome edsel theres one in my neighborhood that looks really close to the same colors and i remember my grandfather having a blue one for a short period of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Hey Rich! It was good seeing you this weekend. I guess you are at Tom's house at this point. Does he still have the silly grin on his face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangodart Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 Very nice combo !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 GREAT COOLECTION RICHARD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Excellent group of models! The '58 Chevys are great, but I love that Roadmaster! Shame we can't have that in a full detail styrene kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetee66 Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 I just finished a 58 Impala and I had no idea Modelhaus made a connie kit for it, until I read this thread. Nice collection with a lot of very crisp and neat work. I think you can afford to be less modest. These really are very nice indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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