[Closed] PICs - From My Collection - '42 Oldsmobile

Very nice John....I have the two-tone one and it is one of my favorite white metal models.....(pics)

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The whitewalls really take it up a notch. Beautiful model.

The whitewalls look great on the Olds. The blue model also has the correct side trim. The red insert is not factory correct. Not sure why Brooklin added it to the second release.

It is a beautiful model. I have the gray version too, for now I'm leaving it with black-walls.

Yours looks great with the extra detailing.

Lou, although probably not correct, I decided to keep the red

Side trim insert just because I thought it looked good! I have seen photos on the web of a 1:1 car with this trim. Perhaps Brooklin could explain why they went for this option?

Thanks, John. As with colour schemes, white or black walls are really just a matter of personal taste.

PIC I also took the liberty to change my Olds a bit...

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but now it's clear: whitewalls are needed 😉

Isn't it because Mr. Bulgari's car, on which this model is based, has them?

The 1:1 was featured in a Hemmings Classic Car article and the red inserts are shown on it.

Much better with white walls

Rick... it was based on Bulgari’s car however the red insert was not a factory

Option. However I do like the red insert.

1942 Oldsmobile and whitewall tires......

The reason Brooklin did not put whitewall tires on this Olds, was that Mr Bulgari's car does not have them.
Mr Bulgari is a stickler for accuracy, and if you look at the 1942 Oldsmobile sales brochure, all of the cars are lacking whitewall tires.
When the 1942 cars got underway in production, we were already partially changing over to building was machines and sending them over to England and Russia. There was already a scarcity of materials for certain civilian uses. Then came Pearl Harbor and we went all out. Car production ceased approximately February 1st, 1942. White wall tires and chrome finishing became casualties of the war effort. The last cars built from late December to the end of production, are called Blackout models.
So lots of 1942 cars lack whitewall tires. I personally like whitewalls and my 1942 Studebaker President has them. It doesn't change history, because when tires became plentiful in the late 1940's, many 1942 cars had them as a replacement.

Lou...I knew it wasn't factory-correct, and I double-checked my Olds brochure to make sure that none of the cars shown in it had the red accent. Since Brooklin was replicating Bulgari's car, I assume that that was why they included it. I suppose an earlier owner of the car added it, and I must admit that I like the accent. It would look especially good on a solid-colored car, I think.

I wish BRK had included the bright red "B-44" emblem at the top of the grille. That would have been a nice accent on the model.

Interestingly, it predates the '57 Olds which had the same sort of accent.

Thanks for the information Rick!