[Closed] ‘42 Oldsmobile Station Wagon

John,I think is a good idea,go on whit fenders

I wonder if, being a 1942, chrome became limited as the war effort geared up.

Thank you, Lou.

I especially enjoy trying to get a more realistic appearance to the woodwork on this type of vehicle. The framing is repainted with a grained effect (so often absent on many woody models) and the paneling is simply a self adhesive plastic film, but with a nice realistic wood-grain appearance. Very time consuming to do but worth the effort.

Harvey, that sounds a very plausible explanation.

That seems right. I have heard that when chrome was stopped, several assembly lines at various makes used what parts they had in stock. Sometimes the chrome was painted to make it match other non-chrome parts. All this lasted only a few weeks of late 1941 and early 1942 as auto production stopped and war materials took over the assembly lines.
Our family doctor told me once that late in the war years his car just could no longer be repaired. He applied at a government office for a replacement and, eventually, received permission and a bill for a replacement. He took the train to a city a couple of hundred miles from home and then wrote a check to pay for the car. Only when he went to a warehouse to pick it up did he know what he had bought. I remember that big old Buick, because he still had it in his garage about 1950. I think it had chromed parts, but I'm not sure. Sorry, too many years ago.

You certainly got the hue of the correct. Very nice!