Pink Cadillac
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Testing Pinks
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Shade comparison
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Vallejo mix 2:1
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Undercoat
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Base Coat - Old Rose
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Base Coat - Old Rose
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Base coat
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Attempt 1 to cover mistakes
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Attempt 1 to cover mistakes
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Attempt 1 to cover mistakes
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poor outcome
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poor outcome
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poor outcome
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poor outcome
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Strip back
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Strip back
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Strip back
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Undercoat to cover mistakes made
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Undercoat to cover mistakes made
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Undercoat to cover mistakes made
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Final Cadillac pink to resemble 1957-59 swatch used
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Final Cadillac pink to resemble 1957-59 swatch used
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Humbrol Gloss Coat - bit thick but gives a much better shine than Vallejo Spray, did try using the airbrush with thinned down coat but the shine was not bright enough for me so brush coated in the end
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Polished gloss coat - used Pledge all-purpose as a top coat
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Final polished gloss coat in lightbox
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Starting on the engine
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Discovered that the exhaust was broken on opening and have lost the piece - will attempt to fix using builders silicone mould method. The engine block requires chrome pieces which will be fitted after painting.
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Rebuilt the piping and added to chassis. Added some extra sprue goo to strength the join tried to thin on location as I could not smooth down by filling the excess goo.
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Added some scenic, light flock grey ballast, to give extra texture to the carpeted area.
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Building and shading the engine block.
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Dry brushing the underside of the chassis.
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Dry Brushing Engine
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Коментари
10 14 April 2022, 09:36
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Testing some pinks - I have seen a variety of colours when googling images for pink Cadillacs but feel a more muted tone (like the one on the right) would work better than a hot fluorescent pink for the 50s image.
14 April 2022, 09:46
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Indeed it would, it would no doubt light up the sky like a comet if launched into space!
14 April 2022, 10:13
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Oh myy. Can't wait to see how this turns out. That big body is a lot of pink.
14 April 2022, 12:07
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Thanks Guys 😁 what do you think, should I go with that one on the right? I am thinking about playing some more with the flo-pink. Will upload some more photos for thoughts when next get the time to do some testing.
14 April 2022, 12:49
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For me personally neither colour make me happy - but whatever you choose: I am in 👍
14 April 2022, 15:39
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So with a little play on the colours, I now have a Bubble Gum Pink using 2-1 fluorescent to white and Baby pink using 2-1-1 Flo Pink, White, Rosa. Bubble Gum on left spoon and Baby on Right of Photo 5. What do we reckon?
14 April 2022, 19:23
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The colour in the fotos might be misleading - what with pic 8 or right spoon in pic 7?
In pic 5 I d go for Bubble Gum pink 😊
14 April 2022, 19:31
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Thanks Thomas 😉 Picture 5 is taken in a LightBox so does create a more vibrant result! As you mentioned colour can be very subjective due to light conditions, those on the tabletop - I think might give a slightly better representation. Picture 7 Showing Baby on the Left and Bubblegum on the right just to confuse things 😛
14 April 2022, 19:49
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I don't know. Fluoro pink may be hard to look at with that big Cadillac but it's also kind of cool that it's so bright. 😀
14 April 2022, 20:20
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Gotta love Google... hdpaintcode.com/cadillac/
Looks like both colours are too bright to be authentic, what to do? 🤔
15 April 2022, 09:19
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the paint charts may also be faded - google found me these sites
paintref.com/paintre../pink_Cadillac.shtml
uniquecarsandparts.c..swatch_cadillac_1957
and comparing the "Mountain Laurel" indicate some freedom in your choice 🙂
... I still would go for "bubble gum" and leave historic accuracy to the rivet counters
15 April 2022, 09:33
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Thanks Kyle 🙂
I chose to keep the kit vanilla in build, only adding extra matting to the carpet area using some base materials. I was unsure if to use the chrome stickers and considered painting the required areas instead, but glad I stuck to the provided 'decals'.
Was an enjoyable build and not taxing.
At this point, I should say thanks to my wife who got it imported from America for my 40th BDay, after I had been coveting it online for months!
14 May 2022, 23:10
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I like the pink you went with too! Looks like the perfect pink Cadillac pink to me.
15 May 2022, 02:37