StevenGuthmiller Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I picked up this kit more than 25 years ago at a little antique shop for $8.00. It sat on a shelf up until about a year and a half ago When I decided it needed to be built. It was in pretty good shape having only louvres on the hood & trunk lid to deal with. The only after market parts are a set of Modelhaus stock hub caps, ( not sure if the kit even had them originally) & a set of "parts pack" wide whites. The colors are actually '56 Chevy colors, "Laurel Green" & "Crocus Yellow" but they are very close to correct '58 Pontiac "Burma Green" & "Calypso Green". Steve Edited April 24, 2018 by StevenGuthmiller
jbwelda Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Beautiful and great save! Do you think Chevy and Pontiac colors were the same, just named different? I always wonder about that sort of thing when they both come from the same umbrella corporation. jb
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 25, 2014 Author Posted April 25, 2014 Many times they were William. In a particular year, Pontiac, Buick. Oldsmobile, etc. would all share colors with different names. Some times, those colors would be used in different years also. Check out a web site called "paintref.com". There, you can check out all of the availible colors for virtually any make & model of car all the way back to the 20s. you can see there that a lot of colors were shared just using different names. The colors I used on this build were not the same as the '58 Pontiac colors, they were just as close as I could get without having to custom order paint. Steve
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 25, 2014 Author Posted April 25, 2014 Here are my "inspiration" pics for this build. As you can see, the colors are very close. Steve
slusher Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Very elegant and sharp model. Love the story with it. So many models has a neat story with them..
Danno Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 That's beautiful, Steve! Love those old chrome-laden Ponchos.
om617 Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Beautiful Pontiac. 58 must have been a good year for GM.
Peter Lombardo Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I love the colors, regardless of the GM division.....great job on a seldom seen kit. I always loved the "58's from GM and Chrysler.....Ford, not so much.
TooOld Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Now that's one we don't see very often , and it's beautifully done ( as usual ) !
crazyjim Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Love those colors on a gorgeous & SHINY :) build.
peekay Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Wonderfull!!! That must look fabulous sitting next to your 58 Impala!
StevenGuthmiller Posted April 25, 2014 Author Posted April 25, 2014 Thanks Every body!! I've also got a '58 Buick Roadmaster hardtop that is in the works. Unfortunately, when I sent in the parts for re-chroming, The rear bumper fell of the tree during the process. So now I have to wait another month or so for it to be re-chromed! Oh well, such is life. Maybe I'll post a few shots in the "on the bench" forum. Steve
realgone58 Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Awesome build! And what a gorgeous color combination!
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