Ramfins59 Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Today I started working on a 1957 Dodge curbside resin kit from The Modelhaus. It is a beautiful new casting that they recently released. After soaking all the unplated parts in Westley's, the body required only a very minimal amount of flash cleanup around the window openings and there were only 3 small pinhole bubbles that required filling at the bottom of the body. The molded on windshield wipers were so shallow that they wouldn't really show up well after paint and BMF so I sanded them off and will use chromed pieces from my parts stash. I primed the body with Duplicolor primer/sealer. The interior is in 6 pieces; floor pan with rear seat, front seat, dashboard, steering wheel, and separate side panels with excellent detail. This will be a great interior for me to detail. The rest of the parts supplied are; Front bumper & grille, 2 front bumper additions, rear bumper, hood ornament (2 pcs.), taillight bezels, head and taillight lenses, whitewall tires, crossbar hubcaps, wheel backs, 2 metal axles, torsion bars for the chassis and vacuum formed front & rear glass. The chassis is a one piece deal with all detail molded in. I also primed this in Duplicolor primer/sealer. As far as planned color choice, I Googled reference pictures of cars, as I usually do, and this picture of a '58 Dodge in yellow and brown really struck me, so I'm thinking that will be the way I'll paint this car. Thanks for looking in on this new project. Stay tuned for further progress reports as they happen.
Joker Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 The non bucket interior really surprised me. Big bonus and time saver for you. BTW what colors are you gonna pick for the interior? Just curious because of the body color.
Ramfins59 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Posted November 16, 2013 Hey James. Yeah I'm thinking that this interior will be great for detailing with those separate side panels. I'll probably go with shades of browns and tans with some yellow thrown in for contrast. I think I'll have fun doing this one, even though they're ALL fun to do.
PappyD340 Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Real NICE start Rich, I like the color choices, can't wait to see more!!
Ron Hamilton Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Rich, I expect nothing short of stunning on this one from you.
tomsheehy Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Looking for to seeing yours done. I just put the Modelhaus 57 D-500 sedan on my bench to start working on. Tremendous kit...
Tom Geiger Posted November 16, 2013 Posted November 16, 2013 Very cool choice! I'm pulling up my chair to watch the build!
Ramfins59 Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 Thanks guys. The interior work has started and I'll post some progress shots as soon as I can.
Joker Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Very cool choice! I'm pulling up my chair to watch the build!
charlie8575 Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Another beauty-in-progress. Charlie Larkin
Mopar - D Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 This is going to be a cool build looking forward to seeing some more progress pictures.
slusher Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 That will be a beauty with your foil work Rich. looking forward to it.
Shardik Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Looking forward to yet another stunning build, Richard. You always deliver the goods!
Ramfins59 Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 Thank you all very much everyone. I'm starting to feel a little overwhelmed with all of the 50's cars that I still have lined up to be worked on. I've got 3 55's, 1 '56, 4 57's, 1 '58 and 7 '59's. Not to forget another half dozen from '50 to 54...... I'm gonna be very busy for awhile. Plus there are about 2 dozen others that I don't have yet either in resin, promo or kit form. As I keep saying, so many models... so little time. I'm determined to keep plodding along to get them ALL done.
donb Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 I really enjoy your builds Rich. Will be watching.
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Very cool choice! I'm pulling up my chair to watch the build! Me three.
Jantrix Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Rich, with all these win wonderful 50's cars you're doing we're going to have to name you our Bare Metal Foil application specialist.
Ramfins59 Posted November 17, 2013 Author Posted November 17, 2013 Thanks guys. Rob, at the rate I'm going I'll have to restock my BMF supply again. I'm not a "specialist" at working with BMF, but I'm not intimidated by it like some modelers seem to be. I enjoy all aspects of building my cars. Of course I enjoy some parts of the building process more than others but overall the whole project is worth it when the end result comes out looking like you imagined it in your mind's eye.
retired & glad Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 I'll pull my rocking chair up and follow your build. I like your builds and I also like the 50's since that was my best fun time with 1:1 cars. Richard
FASTBACK340 Posted November 17, 2013 Posted November 17, 2013 Nice selection on the colors Rich. Looking forward to seeing this come together.
Ramfins59 Posted November 18, 2013 Author Posted November 18, 2013 Thank you Richard and John. John I hope all is well with you and Amy. Did you go to the LIARS Show?
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