[Closed] Being Cadillac was mentioned by Michelle, What Cadillacs would YOU like to see in 1:24??

WOW! Good for you.

Pics. What a coïncidence David ! Look on what I am working right now !

This Cadillac is a 1963 Eldorado "Seville" conversion that I am making from a 63 Coupe Deville resin kit. The regular horizontal "Deville" side trim is gone and I am creating the new Eldorado lower body trims and mouldings around the front arch wheel.

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I have discovered this Cadillac presented at the 2014 SEMA auto show and knew nothing about it, although I am not a Cadillac novice! 😉 Never this car has been mentioned, seen, or brought to my attention from serious Cadillac websites, books etc. I love that kind of discovery and she's a beauty !
So it looks that this Cadillac has been custom made for special orders and clients at the time but the total number produced remains uncertain, between 9 and 13 unit worldwide, according to OGPI, the group who owns the car.

Eldorado "Seville" ( so hard top ) models were stopped after the 1960 model year and only the Eldorado convertible was available in the Cadillac portfolio after that. ( apart of the series 62 convertible ). Eldorado convertibles were called Biarritz until 1963 and took the name Fleetwood Eldorado in 1965.
The new generation of ( now only ) hard top Eldorados has started back in 1967 with a brand new design, the name Seville was abandoned as well as the Convertible versions. Both Eldorado versions; the Fleetwood Eldorado convertible and the now called Fleetwood Eldorado "Coupe" were back again available in 1971.

I hope to finish this new Cadillac early this spring, but as you can see from the first pic, I have a lot to do ! 😉
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I had never seen that car before.

I also did not know that Original Parts Group was into Cadillac parts since 2014. I'm not as connected as I used to be.

But that gold Eldo Seville! I am amazed how much better the 1963 and 1964 cars look without the horizontal side moldings as seen on the non-Fleetwood series cars. It is a much cleaner look. And that sumptuous leather bucket seat interior is fine art. I will really look forward to seeing this as a completed model.

In case you never knew, many years ago a company called The Puttythrower made a photo etched set for 1964 Cadillacs. This was mid or late 1980s. They were not as advanced as sets made now. Imagine dealing with individual FLEETWOOD or ELDORADO letters in 1/25 scale. But the advantage was having those letters available for conversions.

Totally agree with you David. Always loved the way the 63-66 Eldorado and 63-69 Fleetwood side panels look without the regular horizontal series 62-Deville-Calais trim.

Apart of the customers wishes at the time, the Fleetwood Brougham 1970 is the first model to come back to the horizontal trim in the middle of the side panels, added to the Fleetwood trims.

I never heard about that company who made the 64 photo-etched !. Thanks ! I'll try to find some infos on it. One thing that can be done quite easily apparently now is decals. So I could learn to decal the scripts and letter I would need on my future models.
Talking about that Eldo Seville model, I hope I'll get close to that beauty so stay tuned I will of course share it here ! 😉

An interesting thread here that suggests another way in which 1/24 can be added to a slow growing collection. More importantly though in these Cadillac kits being discussed springing from Jeans modeling skills, there could be seen here some opportunities.

JoHan produced a pretty fair range of plastic construction skits including 70's Cadillacs, but many others too.
Not every body is a model builder, but that may not be the end of it.

There are hobbyists who will build, for a price, models for other people.
Hobby shops usually have customers who build for other people.
There are catches in my suggestions though.
JoHan kits can be forty years old. Therefore are a finite rescourse and for that reason can be expensive to buy.
Not forgetting either that they, like so many other kits, are 1/25. There is a difference, but its only small and barely noticable especially in a multi-scale collection.

So, something to think about and something I found worth doing to give me models to look at and enjoy.

Jean are you sure they are not 1:25?? That is typically what plastic “kits” are!

Not 1:24th