(Pics) 1957 Buick Roadmaster

Beautiful cars! And once again, you worked your usual magic with them in your photos Mike!!

Thank you, Tony ! The Roadmaster, (and I think all the cars from 1957) are such beautiful machines and everyone hit an automotive home-run that year in my view. They all practically photographs themselves.

Your pic reminded me of how awesome the 2-tone paint looked on this car.  This was my fave color combo:

@jack-dodds  Burnished copper over creme is a great combination, though Buick probably came up with much more colorful names for their paints.

@gdh This car is done in what the GM color chart says is Garnet Red and Dover White (pic 1), but I do recall seeing many with the secondary color Antique Ivory (pic 2).

@jack-dodds These are great colors; I've always loved them.   

Mike makes that MM '57 Buick look much nicer than it really is....       I always thought it could be improved considerably with the help of a 1/18 HW61 1957 Oldsmobile.    Much like I'm doing on my '58 Pontiac project - splicing in in a roof - why not do the same here?

- One day, I just might take the top from a HW61 '57 Olds and add it to a MM '57 Buick convertible.  Then repaint it in these colors!     Why not, right?   😏 😏 😏   

@chris Sounds like a good plan Chris!  As a side note...don't you just love that Caballero wagon?!

@chris The Roadmaster hardtop for 1957 did not have a three piece back window, only the Special and Century.

@bob-jackman Correct, but the 1/18 MM '57 Buick could still be used - I can modify anything.  😉

@bob-jackman I have often wondered why GM changed that awesome rear window design on the Roadmaster as I prefer it; although both designs are beautiful.

The '57 Buick is an awesome car, and it is my favorite Buick. The MM Buick model is really a hot mess (my opinion of course) The proportions are way off. 

Mike's photos are excellent and do make the model seem far more reasonable in appearance. I got one of the models years ago with the intention of getting one in every color. That never happened. One was enough. Fortunately, Conquest made an exceptional model in 1/43 (I have 12 of those) NEO also makes a decent 1:43 model in hardtop and convertible format (although they are under-scaled) 

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"The MM Buick model is really a hot mess..."

Yes, you are quite correct John; it's basically a POS.  As I noted, Mike made it look MUCH better than it really is.   If (IF! ) I ever do this "roof project"  I was thinking more of grafting in MM's body panels to HW61's roof & doors.    As opposed to what I'm doing with my current "1958 Pontiac project"   whereas I simply grafted in a the top.

I didn't "make" it look "better" than it really is. I simply photographed it the way it actually is against some nice backdrops or posed it against _backgrounds_ constructed mostly in the computer.

The reason it may look good is because it is a very inexpensive model but quite well-done, especially at it's retail price. I eagerly await the new exceptionally "high-detail" 1/18 diecast model due in June, 2038.

@jack-dodds  

Jack, I love that wagon too !

steve