'58 Roadmaster

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thought I'd throw a couple shots of my up-coming '58 Buick Roadmaster build at ya. Steve

[Ramfins59]

That looks really great Steven. Is that the Modelhaus kit?

[Deathgoblin]

That's gorgeous! Love the colors.

[GMCMAN52]

I agree I love the color combo

[StevenGuthmiller]

No Rich. It's an original AMT annual. I actually picked this one up on e-bay as an intact built kit for a pretty reasonable price. Had a very minor chip on a fin tip & 2 broken chassis mount posts. Both easy fixes. Of course, these '58 Buicks, along with the '58 Bonneville didn't originally come with the stock hubcaps, so this one's getting a set of Modelhaus 2 bar spinner Buick wires. In my opinion, a vast improvement over the stock Buick caps anyway. I sanded off the "wimpy" door handles & will add a set of chrome ones from, most likely, a '55 Chevy kit. I'm also probably adding a continental kit. Steve

[Ace-Garageguy]

That's very pretty. Great paint, and I have a severe case of foil-envy going on. I really enjoy seeing old annuals rebuilt to today's standards.

[slusher]

Beautiful body. Great paint and foil..

[Danno]

Love those old bufords with the 40 acres of chrome. The '58 was probably one of the best. Looking forward to seeing your build.

[Guest]

Sweet!

[jsc]

Great start! Looking sharp!

[Customman]

Nice looking period piece. It's going to be a knockout when it's done.

[Baugher Garage]

Man, that's slick!!

[1 bad55 stan]

Very very cool!

[Teddy J. Tannehill]

I love the Buick, great find fishing off the bay...and also a great paint job...I would really like to build a 1:25 or 1:24th scale 55 Buick special...I have seen some resin one's but they are spendy and I have limited experience with resin.

[ChrisBcritter]

That color combo's gonna go nice with your '58 Pontiac. Are you going to make clear red taillights for it, or paint the molded-in ones?

[PappyD340]

Going to be another STUNNER!!

[StevenGuthmiller]

I'll be painting the molded in tail lights with Testors stop light red Chris. That's what I usually do. I try to avoid doing too many modifications to these old kits. I like to keep them as original as possible & just try to focus on detailing whats there. Steve

[StevenGuthmiller]

Wow!! Didn't realize how much of a pain picking out all of those little "squares" on the grille would be! Making good progress though. Hoping to finish up sometime this week. Sorry, I had to delete the original photos from this post. Over did my up loads a little! Steve

Edited July 16, 2014 by StevenGuthmiller

[John Goschke]

Great work on that grill, Steve. What technique did you use?

[StevenGuthmiller]

Thanks Froghawk. I use the same technique I've been using for 20 years. I paint over the entire area with acrylic craft paint, (Delta Ceramcoat to be exact) & then rub off the areas that I want the chrome to show through with the point of a tooth pick. You can do the same thing with Testors enamels, but that sticks a little better and some times won't rub off completely or as cleanly. I use both, depending on what I'm doing. The Ceramcoat also works great for painting door gaps & the like. I just flow slightly thinned paint into the gaps & then just rub the excess off of the body with a damp cloth. Steve

[charlie8575]

Nice job on the grille, Steve.

You should consider Photobucket/Fotki/Flickr, Steve. Makes life a lot easier for pictures. All you have to do is select address[\img] and it appears here.

Charlie Larkin

[John Goschke]

Thanks Froghawk. I use the same technique I've been using for 20 years. I paint over the entire area with acrylic craft paint, (Delta Ceramcoat to be exact) & then rub off the areas that I want the chrome to show through with the point of a tooth pick. You can do the same thing with Testors enamels, but that sticks a little better and some times won't rub off completely or as cleanly. I use both, depending on what I'm doing. The Ceramcoat also works great for painting door gaps & the like. I just flow slightly thinned paint into the gaps & then just rub the excess off of the body with a damp cloth. Steve

Thanks, Steve. I'll give that paint a try. I've tried a similar technique with other paints but getting it rub off with a clean edge was a problem.

[slusher]

Great work on the grill...

[TFchronos]

Nice work on the grill!

[StevenGuthmiller]

That's right Froghawk. A clean edge can be a problem. I use the "Ceramcoat" for things like grilles, door lines, etc. where you have a "deep" recess to fill. With other things, for instance, painting the white background on a '55 Chevy hubcap or the side trim, I use Testors Enamel for that. Gives a cleaner edge. Steve

Edited July 16, 2014 by StevenGuthmiller