Rocket Away!

Pete, these model cars - the photography and angular futurist rocket backdrop are simply breathtaking.  Indeed, when I saw your shell beige over bronze, I did take a sharp intake of breath!  So good.

what the Rocket Man said !!!!

Those are all beautiful ! Fine jobs on these great 1955 Oldsmobile replicas.

Having the privilege of owning one of Petes make overs, I can tell you that the detail and finish are as good as, or even better than, what came from the factory.These Oldsmobiles are all wonderful.

Quite a project. Great results Pete.

Just gorgeous Pete; my favorite is the Coral/dark grey HT.

Staggering! Absolute masterpieces Pete.

Pete, they look fantastic, great job. I have two questions for you.  First, did you really take apart four existing DM models, repaint them, and reassemble them? At first I thought they might be kits, but I did not think DM sold kits. Second, is there a maximum number of attachments or a total size (GB) of attachments?

@,charles-rockett 

Thank you, Charles.  The backdrop is from an Oldsmobile advertisement from the early sixties that I enlarged.  Oldsmobile used rocket-themed advertising for years. After all, they built "Rocket 88s and 98s"!!

@bob-jackman Thanks Bob for the kind words.  I try to make my repaints look as if they came from the Mints.

Thank you, Gents!

@ed-davis Hi Ed.  Yes, I really took apart four models, painted, and reassembled them! From my logs, it takes between 5 and 6 hours to completely disassemble them (not one part attached to another), about 4 hours to strip the paint and clean up the casting, and a couple of hours to prep my garage for painting.  The actual painting doesn't take that much time, but it takes about six hours to complete the process.  There's a three-stage primer-sealer applied to the casting, then a water-based color coat, and finally a three-stage catalyzed clear coat.  Of course, each application must dry before I can move on to the next.  This is all automotive paint. Cleaning the spray gun takes more time than the actual painting time.

 Stripping a convertible. 

Here's the four cars ready for primer-sealer.

This is a hardtop in primer-sealer with its disassembled interior and exterior parts.

Yellow convertible in paint process.

Then there's the interior color change and then reassembly of the whole thing.

As far as the amount of attachments, it probably depends on the size of the photos.  I take hi-resolution photos so I just keep adding pics until I can't add anymore.  Hope this helps!

@pete-rovero 

Thank you very much. All of your work has yielded impressive results.

@pete-rovero And of course we have Jackie Brenston And His Delta Cats' 1951 Rocket 88 (credited to be Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm).

Pete  -  OUTSTANDING!! Absolutely fantastic work!