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08/02/2019 1:33 pm
08/02/2019 7:51 pm
I'm waiting for the green/wheelcover version (not too crazy for wires). Any detail pics Robert?
I can't believe you saved a model you built in 1956.
09/02/2019 4:34 am
In 1956 I was 10 years old....
My model making skills were pretty primitive. The paint job alone is outstanding. How old were you when you did this?
09/02/2019 7:44 am
I will wait for the green version. I prefer the wire wheels, though.
One thing about this one: too much white inside. The package shelf should be gray, from pics I've seen of the 1:1.
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09/02/2019 8:04 am
I am a little older than you, and have an older brother.
Back in those days, plastic model supplies, spray paint, bare metal foil and polish compounds were not yet available. However. my older brother, 8 years older than me,was an expert builder. Paints in those days on gave poor results, but there was a trick. I had forgotten that until I net up with master builder Olaf Wahl, now deceased. The 1950's era paint could be made to flow to produce spray like finishes. I have sooe of Olafs built models, and his brushed on finshes leave mine in the dust! My brother used that method, and my brush paint was way ahead of its time, and as I recall, sometimes we would use a polish of sorts once the slow drying enamel dried.
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09/02/2019 8:10 am
More photos coming, and lots saved!
Christopher, lots of my 1950's models and toys were fortunatly saved. I have the full set of 1955/1956 1/32 Revell models I built way back then. Not all were as nice as the Chrysler shown here, I'd get in a hurry and start before my brother could help and start without him.
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09/02/2019 8:43 am
PICS Acme 1/18 1956 Chrysler
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09/02/2019 9:02 am
Based on the photos of the prototype and pictures in books, I was expecting the red to be a bright shade. The shade on my model I received yesterday is more of a "wine" red, which looks great. I trust it is a factory color. Now I wish ACME would re-issue the PM '56 BelAirs in some new colors (eg Sherwood Green or Harbor Blue).
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09/02/2019 9:26 am
YES, reissue the 1956 Chevies but W/O the skirts!
09/02/2019 10:05 am
Anyone know how it compares in size beside Maistos '56 Chrysler and Signatures '55 Imperial? Isn't the Maisto undersized? I must note that the dash cluster in your picture looks incredible.
09/02/2019 12:12 pm
Good question Ken. I wish I knew. The Maisto is terrible (very underscaled) and Sig's Imperial is...
...also too small. Motormax's 1955 is ever so slightly larger than the 1:1.
But, I don't know about this ACME (PM)1956 Chrysler. Based on previous PM releases, however, I'd say we have nothing to worry about.
09/02/2019 12:18 pm
Thanks for these pics Robert. Looks like there's a "steelie" for a spare. Great!
09/02/2019 12:20 pm
Excellent story. Still amazed that the model survived!
09/02/2019 12:21 pm
YES! Not only is it wrong but it's too "bright" inside. An easy fix though.
09/02/2019 12:22 pm
The skirts were always "removable." One could easily "snap" them out.
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