31 Cadillac Roadster

My latest build, finished it Saturday morning, just hours before I took it for it's first outing at SAPMA.
It's an old JoHan Classics series kit that it is decades out of production. I reckon this would have been one of the last ones from the old worn out moulds, as it was absolutely covered in flash. The chrome sprue had the worst finish I have ever seen on a kit (Seriously!), the clear coat under the chrome was all wrinkled up so bad I could not use a single bit as it was. All the chrome was stripped off every part and repainted with Alclad. Three of the outside door handles were broken off of the sprue and missing, when I looked under a magnifying glass I could see that the points where they broke off were actually chromed over so they broke off in the factory, before chroming & never even made it into the box!  I'm not surprised though as the plastic is very brittle and easy to snap. Replacements had to be scratch built of course.
I have built it basically OOB with the exception of spark leads and lots of cleaning up, all of the spokes on the wheels were thinned out to give them a more realistic appearance. It's painted similar to a 1:1 that I saw online, in Silver and Burgundy enamel.













Thanks for looking.

What great old classic

Very elegant and very cool

Looks fabulous. i thought a roadster had permanently no roof? regardless, it's classy

Thanks Fellas, I know these stock old things don't appeal to everyone, but there is a certain quality about them I feel.
Aussie Muscle, you got me thinking about that, this is actually called a Cabriolet on the box, so does that mean anything with a convertible roof is Not a roadster ?
I'm confused now.

its been a long time since I read about this so im not too sure now but I think a roadster doesn't have windows in the door.

Superbly done again Antwon, a beautiful old classic, that second pic looks like the real thing mate.

dv8v8 wrote:its been a long time since I read about this so im not too sure now but I think a roadster doesn't have windows in the door.

Think you find that this is a Cadillac Convertible Coupe, Still its very cool.

Was nice to see this in the flesh AJ

Thanks Ray.

Thanks Paul.

Isn't that a beauty, Great job on the old Jo-Han

Awesome, the model, the dio, the photos - everything here is classy as!

Thanks Guys.

...you thinned out the spokes???... Beautiful work on an ol' classic mate.

Very very nice. Good to see one built. I have two of these sitting in my stash, one only partly built. You've inspired me to move it up the priority list.

Thanks again Guys.
Warra48........give it a go mate, they are actually reasonably easy to put together and come out OK.

Tempted to give mine a go now that I've seen your superb job, well done. nice touch with the wheels, bet that took a while.

Thanks Kev, I really enjoyed building this one. And yep, it took a few nights of work to thin out the spokes, but well worth the effort I reckon, they look so much better.

Cheers