1956 Pontiac - Finished - - - Class of '56 - Entry #3

[Ramfins59]

Final assembly went quicker than I expected. It's not perfect but neither am I. The color is Duplicolor Flame Red with Duplicolor clearcoat. The grille was blackwashed with the Detailer and off-white acrylic was used on the turn signals. Clear headlight lenses were glued over the chrome promo headlights and PE half-moon headlight shields from Detail Master were glued over them. Emblems and badging were sanded off. Instead of using the green glass that came with the promo, I used a front windshield from my parts box and made the rear glass from clear acetate from the top of a box of greeting cards. Whitewall tires, front chrome reversed wheels, mirrors, dummy spotlights and wipers are from the parts box. I made the antenna from a printer pin and a piece of stainless steel surgical tubing. The custom bullet taillights are parts box items and the backup lights are clear MV lenses.

These pictures of the finished interior are from the WIP thread. I used the interior bucket from AMT's '55 Chevy. I removed the passenger side hump on the dashboard and filled in the gap with sheet plastic. The dash and steering wheel are painted body color. The dash is detailed with BMF, chrome silver paint and a piece of the chrome trim from the Galaxie '48 Chevy. The gauge and radio face are from BestModelCarParts, and the shifter and turn signal stalk are pieces of shirt pins.

The carpet is flocked in charcoal gray and the pedals and driver side mat is painted semi-gloss black. I used seat upholstery decals from the Revell '58 Impala kit and flocked the rest of the seats and side panels in red. I added thin strips of styrene to the side panels and covered them with BMF. The molded on cranks and handles were removed, holes drilled where they were and resin cranks and handles from ReplMinCoMD were installed and painted chrome silver. I had to add some half round strips to the top outer edges of the interior bucket to widen it and also sanded new "sweetheart dips" into the tops to match the dips in the body. It's too bad this car isn't a convertible as this interior would look great in one.

The Class of '56 is slowly growing, with a few more to come. Thanks to all for checking out this build. Now on to the next one.

[Guest]

Beautiful!

Edited August 25, 2013 by midnightprowler

[Ron Hamilton]

Very Nice!!!!!

[crazyjim]

Just drop dead gorgeous, Rich. SHINY :) RULES!

[Harry P.]

Wow, you sure do work fast!

Love the interior, nice work on that.

[PappyD340]

Super NICE build there Rich, it be looking good!!

[cobraman]

Another sweet build.

[1930fordpickup]

Yes Sir another nice one.

[Agent G]

Now that is a good looking Poncho.

I just love all you did.

G

[Mopar - D]

Wow what a fantastic build.

[Nitro Neil]

Nice job Rich, still love your interiors.

[Chris White]

Another stunner Rich. Are you the reason my LHS is out of BMF??????????That interior is perfect

[Porscheman]

I love your work!!! Beautiful build Rich.

[realgone58]

Another beauty Rich! Love your mild kustom touches. That interior is killer!

[Ramfins59]

Thank you all so very much for all of your wonderful, encouraging and kind comments everyone. I really appreciate it. I expected to take at least 2 days for all the final assembly on this car, but, god bless CA glue and Zip Kicker... I had it all together in only a few hours.

As I mentioned earlier in the WIP thread, doing interiors is my favorite "chore" in building models. I stocked up on BMF back in April at the NNL East so I don't think what I bought would affect LHS supplies of it...LOL

[Sixties Sam]

Another great 50's car! It looks really nice, Rich. Great color and the interior is killer! Nice work!

Sam

[Joker]

Another Stunner !

Thanks for sharing your build with us...much appreciated.

[Pat Minarick]

Very nice !

If you do a Class of 55 , you need to build the 55 Olds 88 4-door Golden Anniversary , from the movie W.W. & The Dixie Dance Kings

Edited August 26, 2013 by Road Runner 79

[slusher]

Gorgeous model, love the red and excellent foil work. Hey Rich l neeed some help on foil....just kidding bro

[mangodart]

Nice and unusual build !!!!

[Ramfins59]

Thank you very much guys. Only one more promo left to work on, then it'll be on to full plastic kits for awhile.

[W-409]

Very nice! Your builds really are excellent in all ways, the paint, detail, clean assembly etc. Really nice work here too. I'd like to get me one of these at some point, your work inspires me.

[charlie8575]

I do like the execution.

Charlie Larkin

[Ford guy]

Very nice build, love the interior! It's cool to see a four door custom for a change. Great looking car.

[Ramfins59]

Thank you Niko, Charlie and Roy, I appreciate your encouragement.