misterNNL Posted March 18, 2014 Posted March 18, 2014 Great job!Reminds me of the kind of work done by the Alexander Brothers custom shop.The paint is right on the money,and the body work seems very straight and well done.Thanks for sharing with us!!
Grumpa Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 WOW! This is outstanding Cliff! What a fantastic build. Stunning paint, and the body mods are great. You've got a real eye for style and you've created a beautiful car in this '55. This has got classic custom written all over it. Realy nice work!
sbk Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 Hats off to you! I've tried customizing a diecast twice, & never could get it to work out. Beautiful work!
Cobrawannabe Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 I'm not a man who is short on words, but I am speechless.
DaveM Posted March 22, 2014 Posted March 22, 2014 Droooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!! Beautiful job! The true secret to customizing a car is knowing when to stop. You are the master. Every modification contributes to the overall look of the car. This is the nicest custom I have seen in a long time.
rustybill1960 Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Auto-Body 101! Absolutly Stunning! WOW! Thank You for sharing Later Russ
IceMan Collections Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Absolutely wonderful. The top is a great highlight. How do I find REN?
traditional Posted March 23, 2014 Author Posted March 23, 2014 Absolutely wonderful. The top is a great highlight. How do I find REN? I believe the trade-name is RenShape, but it's known in the design community simply as Ren. It's available in various densities, but I would avoid the lightest versions since they have more air-gaps and are therefore more difficult to paint. I would recommend asking if a local industrial design studio would sell you a small chunk of it the size and density you require. The wholesale trade size is a huge, thick board and it would be expensive. I have lots of smaller blocks of it that I use from time to time.......it's just handy stuff left over from my design days.
exesivefire Posted March 23, 2014 Posted March 23, 2014 Stunning ! Amazing that this started as a die cast!
unclescott58 Posted April 13, 2014 Posted April 13, 2014 Ah... Builder above me stole my "Holy Smokes" quote before I could use it. So now what do I say? Other than steal his other quote, and say "Wow." Scott
Skip Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 (edited) Thank you for showing some of your body work techniques, that really came out nice, that color really pops. Actually the whole thing is stunning, liked how you show it alongside the stock '55 Olds. I am not too familiar with what REN is, the stuff that you carved the Carson top out of. Is it the hard machinable foam block that are often used to do tooling prototypes? I searched the net and can tell you what it's not! Tail lights what did you carve them from? Edited because I can't spell right after working all night! Edited April 15, 2014 by Skip
Modelbuilder Mark Posted April 15, 2014 Posted April 15, 2014 I really enjoy looking at these "subtle" customs, where the work is so seemless, you may miss where the work was actually done had you not pointed it out, because the changes look "right", not just for the sake of change. I have looked at this project multiple times, and appreciate the elegance each and every time.
mnwildpunk Posted April 16, 2014 Posted April 16, 2014 It's. B b b baaad b b b baad it's baaad to the bone. You make diecast work look easy and I know that is not the case. I can't say enougb on how cool it looks super job
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now