49 Oldsmobile

by dv8v8 Sat 24 Apr 2010, 6:53 pm

This is a Hendrix resin kit of a 49 Oldsmobile fastback

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by boothy Sat 24 Apr 2010, 7:06 pm

hey is that the one with the stickers on the roof and sides on thursdy night

by Mustang_67 Sat 24 Apr 2010, 8:05 pm

Should be a good one 49 Oldsmobile 708873

by ADAMTEP Sat 24 Apr 2010, 9:34 pm

Different, good to see how this goes together. Dv8 Ive never heard of Hendrix, what is their casting like?
Adam

by dv8v8 Sun 25 Apr 2010, 1:20 am

casting is very clean, only about 6 small bubbles, all the pieces fit together with minimal cleanup and the details are very crisp, the floorpan has a key molded to it wich makes me think the mold was made from some kind of toy, its going to be a curbside so it shouldnt take long to finish this one

by Bryce Sun 25 Apr 2010, 4:12 pm

Cool car. Is this based on the AMT Chevy Fleetline kit?

by big bad kustom Sun 25 Apr 2010, 7:51 pm

Bryce The AMT '51 Chevy Fleetline chassis and interior tub will fit straight into that body . Cool Olds !! I have a thing for Oldsmobile since I had a 1: 1 version a few years ago , sold it to a guy in Melbourne. I still have a a '55 Olds Rocket V8 though! I'll keep watching this one DV8V8 as I was keen on doing this resin version.

Cheers Ron

by dv8v8 Mon 26 Apr 2010, 12:40 am

was doin some research today and it seems most GM marques used this body with minor mods ( caddys had small fins) and a variety of trim differences

by dv8v8 Mon 26 Apr 2010, 12:41 am

got some paint on it today

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by Mustang_67 Mon 26 Apr 2010, 8:28 am

Keep it up! 49 Oldsmobile 708873

by dv8v8 Wed 12 May 2010, 8:39 pm

got a bit more dun

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by allan Wed 12 May 2010, 8:50 pm

now that's one cool build,like it 49 Oldsmobile 238495

by Kane Wed 12 May 2010, 11:24 pm

Looking good, and all so pretty quick?
What colour blue is that?

by Clutch Thu 13 May 2010, 11:38 am

Cool model, wouldn't mind building one myself. Great job with all that foil, I've never bmf'd a bumper before but I imagine it's a tricky job.

by zenrat Thu 13 May 2010, 1:56 pm

1st BMF job I tried was a front bumper.
You'll be amazed at how far foil will stretch on a compound curved surface. The trick is to make use of any seams and joints to hide the BMFs ummm, seams and joints.

Looks good.

by dv8v8 Thu 13 May 2010, 11:57 pm

i tried to BMF the front bumper but i couldnt get it to go over the overiders without wrinkling up so the bumbers are sprayed with white knight super chrome, the paint is dulux rattle can sky blue