Un-Completed...
Since I have boxes and boxes of models that may never see the light of these pages,
I had to give those gems a place of their own to shine.
1959 Chevy Impala...don't ask which version..
This replication of my 2nd car has been a job with great beginnings...and many of them!
It started with a Monogram '59 Impala Convertible for which I acquired a resin body of the hardtop model. This required considerable tweaking of the front hood inlets to account for the apparent shrinkage in the resin. After many applications of putty, the decision was made to cut the resin top off and splice it to the more accurate convertible body. This version reached the point of the application of the white paint when Monogram finally released the '59 Impala HARDTOP! Now all work stopped as this dilemma was pondered. It was finally decided that the Monogram hardtop would result in a more accurate result and damned be the bodies littering the workbench! The interior and chassis were rushed to completion and some accurate '59 Chevy White paint acquired and applied. The doldrums set in once again during the rubbing out process...as now it stands.
UPDATE: July 2000 - Body is finally rubbed out and in the Chrome Foil process...they SURE used alot of chrome in the '50's!!
Click HERE for a shot of the three bodies....resin on top, converted convertible in the middle and final hardtop at the bottom.
This is a shot of the completed interior
and frame.
1949 Mercury
This car has been lurking in my basement for years! It just never seems to get anywhere as the design scheme changes with the seasons. The top has been chopped and the grill opening made symmetrical by molding the top with sculpting clay and casting it in epoxy. The casting defect on the upper edge of the trunk were corrected with putty and the headlights are in the process of being "frenched". I'm still looking for the "right" grill and rear taillights....HAS to be a classic crusier.
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