[Closed] Brooklin '54 DeSoto and '37 Buick 2-door on This Week's Photos

I also saw that the '57 Olds hardtop is available on SpaCroft Models' site, David.

I'm sure that you've noticed it there by now, though.

As for the DeSoto, I'm thinking maroon or something. Haven't we had a lot of
blues and greens lately, or is it just my imagination? "Cars of the Fabulous '50s"
shows a very attractive copper and tan one, but I'm sure we'll have to wait a year
or so for a two-tone version from Bath.

Rick

But that metallic green on the Olds 88 hardtop...

There's not enough turquoise in it to be Jade Mist Poly and there was no metallic in Mist Green. I wonder what color it's suppose to be.

The shape and detail looks great but is the color authentic? Love that 3-piece rear window.

When the Desoto comes out, A tutone is available in less than a year.

We are so lucky to have so many model builders waiting to change them for us.

Maroon eh Rick? You are in tune with us!

This is one colour that is under consideration. As for the Olds...it matches the colour chips and is the colour of the car you sent photos for. We had a talk about colours for both the DeSoto and the '55 Chrysler Windsor. Several choices have been made and final decisions will be made in due course. What is not, and never is in doubt, is that the colours will not appeal to everyone. This is something we have to live with.

There was a Cherokee Red on the '54 Desoto but it wasn't really Maroon.

I do remember the color and it was a deep red but not a maroon. The Ensign Blue Metallic was a rich looking color on Mopar cars those years as were the pastel greens.

I'm still wondering what color the metallic green is on the Olds 88.

It may have been the dark red that I was thinking of...it seems to have been prominently featured in many of the ads of the day. The car didn't
have much in the way of flashy styling, so I was thinking that a rich, more
elegant color would work on the model. There are probably many colors that
meet that criterion.

Like, ah, perhaps Ensign Blue Poly?

My great Aunt Mary Mosher had a '54 Imperial 4-door sedan that had the same body shell (with longer front end) in a deep metallic blue. It was very elegant and rich looking. There is a DeSoto ad with one shown in this color and it looks sharp. On the Chrysler the dark blue was called Commodore Blue Poly

Remember the blue Franklin Mint DeSoto? (pic) Plus an oldie! (pic)

It was a '52. I thought it was one of the better FM pieces.

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And to balance those overly large shut lines, it had opening features.

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And, just for fun, here's a much older one, both in model year and year this rubber toy car was produced by an unknown manufacturer. The year was 1934.

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Those blue DeSotos do show up. Enjoy!

That was one of the few decent FM 1/43rds. Nice pics, thanks

I think that's the red shade David.

John, might Ensign Blue Poly also be a possibility for consideration?

Ask me how I really feel about that gorgeous color for this DeSoto. It would be stunning and very rich looking. I'm apparently one of those few who really liked the Chrysler cars of '53 and '54 and so am looking forward to this one.

Cherokee Red looked great on the hardtops, but I'm not sure it would be as nice on the sedan. A very pale non metallic green or pale non metallic blue were also both popular colors on the sedan. Cheers, and happy selecting.

It doesn't matter to me if other Brooklin releases of late have been blue or even plaid. It's what looks best on a particular car that matters to me. Yet as you say, John, no matter what color is chosen, some will be happy, others not.

Oh, and did I mention Ensign Blue Poly?

Hasn't there been enough blue and green done by Brooklin lately? How bout something different!

As my favorite theologian, Mae West, once said, "Too much of a good thing is not enough."

And besides, what the color of the cars that other people drive is not as important as whether or not a particular blue looks right on the car I'm driving. In addition to that, next to plaid, blue is my favorite color.

So once more, with feeling, how about Ensign Blue Poly for the '54 DeSoto?

Good point David. However, we're looking at several models in sequence rather than one at a time. Try to imagine a BRK collector who wishes to display all models together, and think of the colour variation. At the moment we're looking at the single tone (and eventual two tone) colours for the DeSoto and the Chrysler Windsor and planning over a longer period. Cherokee Red is not definite but is a possibility and we are not averse to making cars in similar colours...it's what looks right that is a priority as you've also said. As you've also said, whatever we do will not suit everyone! How right you are!!