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02/05/2026 3:20 am
These old Johan kits are great but in future I'll only buy sealed kits, a couple of other recent buys have problems. This one has a few light scratches on the windscreen and flaws in the body plastic. Love old Cadillacs I have nearly 30 1/24, 1/25s covering the years 1910, FMs Model 30, to 2008 and West Coast Precision Diecast Cadillac Sixteen.
02/05/2026 5:31 am
Great Job!! I love the color combo that you used!
02/05/2026 6:52 am
Yep, these were (are ) great kits despite the simplified chassis detail - which of course was because these were originally sealed promos. As a kid, I had a white '64 CDV promo that I cherished. Glad you could add this one to your fleet of scale Cadillacs! 😎 😎 😎
02/05/2026 12:55 pm
A great-looking model of this very impressive Cadillac. It is wonderful this replica is available in this form and just a bit of skill and patience results in such a fine result. I wish I still had all my 1/25 promo automobile models from when I was a kid. I have a couple, but it is just a small part of my previous fleet.
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02/05/2026 7:04 pm
thanks gents really appreciate your supportive comments. I'm looking forward to add more of these old 1/25 Johan kits, just need to proceed with real caution.
10/05/2026 10:44 pm
I made many 1/25 scale JoHan and AMT kits in late 1950s and early 1960s. I considered them nice kits for the time. I built some stock and customized others.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
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11/05/2026 3:03 am
thanks Ed. If you still have them, and feel inclined to do so, would love to see pics of your models.I made many 1/25 scale JoHan and AMT kits in late 1950s and early 1960s. I considered them nice kits for the time. I built some stock and customized others.
19/05/2026 7:26 am
Great work! While their kits are light in detail, I think the JoHan engraving makes up for it.
Something on this kit, somewhere in the re-issue process, JoHan used the 1968 De Ville convertible front seats in the '64 kits (with the '68's biscuit & button seat pattern). Sometimes original seats (with the "diamond" pattern that match the back seat) show up on eBay. Here's a photo of my set. Also, broken or damaged promos are a good source of correctly patterned seats. Here's a coupe interior (with bench front seat) that I picked up. It had a broken steering wheel. It was easily repaired with Tamiya Extra Thin Cement. I'm not sure if this was painted Blue by JoHan or a previous owner.
This post was modified 4 weeks ago 3 times by John Sharisky
19/05/2026 9:32 am
@john-sharisky Interesting observation John. I always knew something was "off" but never made those connections - despite once having that 1968 Cadillac de Ville convertible kit. When I got out of 1/25 model building (and moved on to 27 other hobbies ) my Jo-Han '68 Cadillac was among the first 10 things I sold on eBay over 25 years ago.
I kind of regret it now, as I had fabricated a very nice AND in scale white "up-top" for the model; it looked very good. Who knows where it is now? 🙄 🙄
Again, thanks for the info AND pics. Very cool! 😎 😎 😎
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19/05/2026 10:23 pm
@john-sharisky thanks John, interesting info.
Every few days now I find myself keying in Johan 1/25 in ebay model kits in the U.S. and local Australian ebay.