Blue Rocket '50 Olds coupe

[berr13]

Really nice, especially considering your connection to the car years ago. It's gratifying to be able to build a model of a car you've owned, and you should be proud of your work!

[bbowser]

Awesome paint, love the wide whites. Great model!

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Looking really good, and thanks for the backstory. Did you panit the whitewalls?

[IMPALASS89]

The inspiration for this build was a car I built when I lived in San Diego (a blue '49 Olds coupe with a bored 394 Olds engine with 2-fours and a '54 Olds hydro trans with a B&M shift kit) and an episode of Loud N' Fast.

This is a great kit and went together well. I lowered the front by about 3 scale inches by moving the wheel mounting points on the upright higher by about 3mm. I used a modified 9" Ford rear from a Revell '41 Willys drag car. The kit engine was modified to look more like a 394 engine by remounting the oil filter housing and adding a spin on canster-type oil filter. The valve covers were for a Pontiac engine from a Blue Printer Parts Pack that were treated to Alclad II and oil breathers from Detail Master. The intake and exhaust headers were from an AMT '62 Chevy 409 kit. The AFB carbs were resin items found on e-bay (anyone know who made these - I am looking for more). The '55 Olds aircleaner was a resin item from Scale Auto Details. I replaced the kit manual trans with a hydro from a Revell '41 Willys drag car kit.

The body was sprayed with Tamiya Fine White Surface Primer after cleanup and wet sanding with a 4000-grit polishing cloth. The base coat was airbrushed Tamiya Metallic Blue (TS-19), followed by Tamiya Transparent Blue (TS-72), then Tamiya Pearl Clear (TS-65), and finished off with Tamiya Clear (TS-13). Bare Metal Foil was used for the chrome trim. The wheels and tires were picked up at the NNL Nationals in Toledo last year just for this project.

The interior was sprayed with Tamiya Semi-Gloss Black. Front seats from a Revell '32 Ford Sedan kit were used. An automatic shifter/console from Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland was used.

A fun build.

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This is a very nice bulid nice color choice also I still have to build one of these soon I like the one color for the body also.Once again very ice bulid.

[Doctordarryl]

Looking really good, and thanks for the backstory. Did you panit the whitewalls?

The tires were Modelhaus and the white walls were white resin inserts.

[Doctordarryl]

Beautiful job. Do you have any pictures underneath showing the Hydro, etc?

$34,500? You might have that much in it based on your hourly rate. Don't take a loss,it's gorgeous!

Larry,

Here is a shot of the underside. The exhaust was made from solder. The "glass pack" mufflers were made from Evergreen styrene tube and sheet.

[Pat Minarick]

Very nice