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09/06/2018 9:08 am
For all of you Buick lovers out there.....................
Here are some repaints of mine. These are all 1/43 1953 Buick Skylarks by Dinky/Matchbox. I found a lot of Skylarks around but this is my favorite. But I wanted the right colors I've seen on the real ones. photo no longer available
The Matador red, Majestic white, Teal blue poly, and Mandarin red are my repaints using Duplicolor rattle cans to match the original 1953 colors. The yellow and green colors are of the original model toy. Not shown and not acceptable is the light blue Dinky offered. Which was probably the original color before I stripped it on a few of these. Bare metal foil on the chrome here too. photo no longer available
I'm still contemplating doing a black one too.
09/06/2018 9:12 am
Nice stable of one of the most beautiful of the 50s.
09/06/2018 9:29 am
Wow very nice.
09/06/2018 10:44 am
09/06/2018 11:12 am
I'm also a Buick fan, and happy to see this 1953 Roadmaster
Who made it? Would very much like to add it to my Buick range. Seems so hard to locate any 1951 or 1952 Buick Roadmaster hardtop, and this is the first 1953 Roadmaster hardtop I have seen upto now!
09/06/2018 1:14 pm
This is a phenomenal transformation of a Brooklin Skylark into a Roadmaster. I especially like how you managed to remove the dip in the top of the door line to create a straight platform to mount what appears to be a 50/52 Buick Conquest top. John, I appreciate that you have been posting pictures of your magnificent work. I also appreciate that these are not just repaints, but rather totally new creations.
09/06/2018 3:31 pm
Awesome!
09/06/2018 5:39 pm
John, your work on this 1953 Buick Roadmaster is just great!
Would you mind making me a copy of it and how much would you charge me for it? I would even prefer one in Balsam Green metallic with white roof. Sorry, I will have to wait until the end of the month to send you any money!
09/06/2018 7:23 pm
Great collection and nice painting work Don
09/06/2018 7:29 pm
Very impressive work you did, John. This Buick is a success
09/06/2018 11:39 pm
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09/06/2018 11:55 pm
Jacques & Tom, many thanks, your kind comments are greatly appreciated. Good to know you like the finished result.
10/06/2018 12:17 am
John, I can imagine how time consuming it must have been to build this model, since Gregory Gunn has made a few beautiful models for me, however they have not been very expensive, regarding his work on them, but I have not heared from him in so long, and assume he is very busy!
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