Ramfins59 Posted October 29, 2014 Posted October 29, 2014 I finished this car a little while ago. To recap, it is painted Tamiya Purple, clearcoated and polished. It was built as a mild, period Custom, using a custom tube grille, PE headlight half moon shields, Olds Fiesta front spinner hubcaps on wide whitewalls from my parts box. It has resin skirts and continental kit deck from Hendrix and a chrome tire cover and panels from Modelhaus. The lake pipes are from my parts stash. While they might be a slight bit larger than scale, they were the only ones I had. The taillight lenses are red LED light covers from an old electric stove panel that I took apart many years ago. Spotlights and antenna are also from the parts stash. I used the rear bumper(s) from the AMT '57 Ford Fairlane to make an extended bumper for the connie kit. The engine has an M.A.D. prewired distributor with Purple wires and I added a chrome air cleaner from the parts stash for a little bling. The interior is a resin set from Ed Fluck in a tuck & roll pattern which I painted Lavender and flocked with Violet flocking with Black flocked carpets. While it's not my best effort, it looks good on the shelf and makes a good addition to the "Class of '57". Thanks for looking in on this. All critiques and comments are welcomed.
72 Charger Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 That is a very nice custom Rich. I think the side pipes look just right . Can we see a pic of the engine bay please?
donb Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Followed the build Rich and the final result looks great. Nice work!
Ramfins59 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks very much for your very kind comments everyone. Here's a pic showing the engine bay Dave. As I said in the WIP thread, I only added a prewired distributor for engine wiring and didn't do the extra work to add heater hoses, brake line and battery cables. I guess I was being a little lazy on this one... LOL.
Sixties Sam Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Very cool, Rich! I like the 50's period customs. This one is very well done! Nice work! Sam
StevenGuthmiller Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Pretty nice Rich. Although I gotta say, it's way too much purple for me. Just my opinion, but I think it could have used a little more contrast. But then again, I don't build customs as a rule, so what the hell do I know. Steve
Ramfins59 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 Thanks a lot Sam and Steve. Steve, I had thought of doing it in a 2-tone, but after all of the 2-tone cars I've done lately I wanted to take a break from all that masking.
Porscheman Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Beautiful custom Rich.I love it wasn't done using the top of the Fairlane.
Ramfins59 Posted October 30, 2014 Author Posted October 30, 2014 Thank you all very much guys. Al, I originally was going to use the Fairlane kit to make a mild custom but I just hate the lousy plastic hinges on it's opening doors.
bbowser Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 What, Rich does a custom!? Very tasty, love the decal on the continental spare.
thatz4u Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Rich, nice 57, looks like it was done "back in the day".
Ramfins59 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 (edited) Thank you all very much fellas. Al, I love those "back in the day" looking Customs. Bruce, that decal on the continental spare is a "Nail Art" decal that I got from one of my daughters Edited October 31, 2014 by Ramfins59
Silver Foxx Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 This looks great , you do real nice work .
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