1957 FORD MILD CUSTOM FINISHED - CLASS OF '57 - ENTRY #5

[Ramfins59]

Thank you Bruce, I appreciate your kind comments.

[DeeCee]

That is VERY VERY nice mate, great colors too.

[Ramfins59]

Thank you Dale.

[RAMBENNA]

really love this car

[Chris White]

very very cool, looks like you went to Crazy Jim's to paint it.

[Ramfins59]

Thanks very much Cliff and Chris.

[Guest]

Nice job!

[Ramfins59]

Thanks Lee, I appreciate your kind comment.

[TFchronos]

Sweet classic Richard, yet another fine statement of 50's automotive design.

[Greg Myers]

That is Kool Richard, ya got all those little '50's touches in to make one wonder if you grew up in the olden dayz.

[Bob Ellis]

Looks great. Now you are going to give Revell ideas about how to reissue that kit.

[Ramfins59]

Jonathan, Greg and Bob, I thank you all very much for your great comments.

Greg, I'll have to confess that, yes, I did grow up in the 50's and have always loved those "bolt-on" custom touches from those "olden dayz".

Bob, I seriously doubt that Revell would want any of my ideas. Not everyone likes the retro-custom look of the 50's / 60's, but thanks anyway.

[Greg Myers]

My first thought seeing the pictures of your build and the title " 57 Ford Mild Custom" the first thing that came into my mind was the old AMT kit with all the old custom parts. Then I saw what you did and the fact that it was the new Revell kit and all the kit bashing and detail added I was pleasantly surprised. Not having really looked inside the new kit I wasn't sure what Bob was talking about.

But back to the build, just goes to show what one can do with a little imagination and creativity.

Edited November 3, 2014 by Greg Myers

[Ramfins59]

Thanks very much for your very encouraging and kind comments Greg. I really love the look of the "old school customs". While I really hate to be repetitive in my builds, I feel that each car has its own look and style and IMHO most 1950's cars look good when "dressed up" as mild customs.

[jaymichaelsdesigns]

super clean wow great work Richard keep them coming

[Ramfins59]

Thanks a lot Jay. I have quite a few more 50's dreamboats yet to build.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

It's not stock, but you know... I like it a lot!! No chop on the roof, nice wide whites, Y-Block under the hood, cool fender skirts, cool taillights... Very old school, and THAT's what I like!!!

[Ramfins59]

Thank you very much Tulio. I appreciate your very kind comments.