I started this project a few months back. Caravaning in the 1950's with a 1956 Dodge Custom Royal & a Shasta Caravan. Heres the inspiration for this one -
Firstly the Shasta -
Heres the Dodge -
Both the Dodge & Shasta is a resin kit from Modelhaus. These are just beautiful, awesome castings. No cleanup required. Heres where Im up to so far -
The photos are just quick snaps & dont show the color really well. They are a light aqua, more green than blue. The chassis is all brass that I scratch built. I used Razor jon's awesome chassis jig for it & its a great. If you dont have one of Jons setup jigs do yourself a favour & get one. It made life very easy during the chassis build. For this chassis I wanted it very simple, made from brass, a sidewinder & something that resembles one of the plastic chassis that came on the early Promo models of the 50s & 60s. So here it is, its a bit dusty as I built it a few months back but here tis -
It seems strange to have the motor behind the rear axle but I thought I would give it a go as I wanted to keep the cars full interior. The chassis is very back heavy, but it should be good, Im not really wanting a super quick car out of this build.
Next up bare metal foil & lots of it!