1956 Pontiac Club De Mer

[VanSpence]

Ok, so this is one you don't see too often. Revell's Club de Mer kit is definitely from a time when model building was a different thing. I actually really liked this as a fun little build and it was the first time I have actually done figures for a vehicle. The figures were terribly molded and presented some challenge but I look forward to trying more figures in the future. 

 

[espo]

Beautiful looking finish. I was wondering how you did the multi piece body. The video really shows a lot for someone who hasn't built one of these before. What did you use up inside the wheel wells for masking ? Great idea what ever you used. 

[Tom99]

Definitely unique, I like it, looks good.

[Spruslayer]

I'm getting the dreaded " this video violates YouTube terms of service " 

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[VanSpence]

  On 12/6/2020 at 5:44 PM, espo said:

Beautiful looking finish. I was wondering how you did the multi piece body. The video really shows a lot for someone who hasn't built one of these before. What did you use up inside the wheel wells for masking ? Great idea what ever you used. 

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For inside the wheel wells I just used kleenex to prevent the silver from going over the inner fender red. Not perfect but kept it pretty clean. 

 

  On 12/6/2020 at 6:46 PM, Spruslayer said:

I'm getting the dreaded " this video violates YouTube terms of service " 

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Yeah, YouTube deemed it inappropriate but it has been fixed. 

  On 12/6/2020 at 11:52 PM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

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  On 12/6/2020 at 6:36 PM, Tom99 said:

Definitely unique, I like it, looks good.

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Thanks for saying. 

[cobraman]

Nice job !

[hedotwo]

Great build Spence!

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[doorsovdoon]

Amazing how well this old kit turned out, it looks great. I enjoyed the video too, great stuff!

[Danno]

Sweet.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Very nice rendition of a rare piece.

I've always felt the scale of this kit may be somewhat under 1/25, but I've never taken the time to research the dimensions of the real one and check.

[Slimguy]

Great job on this Spence.  These old kits are really difficult to make given the poor fit of many of the pieces...I say you nailed it!

[VanSpence]

  On 12/7/2020 at 12:29 PM, cobraman said:

Nice job !

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Thank you! 

  On 12/7/2020 at 1:05 PM, hedotwo said:

Great build Spence!

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Thanks, appreciate it. 

  On 12/7/2020 at 2:16 PM, ChrisR said:

Nice!

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Thank you! 

  On 12/8/2020 at 2:31 PM, doorsovdoon said:

Amazing how well this old kit turned out, it looks great. I enjoyed the video too, great stuff!

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Thanks for watching! I actually enjoy making the videos almost as much as I enjoy making the kits. 

  On 12/8/2020 at 3:18 PM, Danno said:

Sweet.

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Thank you. 

  On 12/8/2020 at 3:27 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

Very nice rendition of a rare piece.

I've always felt the scale of this kit may be somewhat under 1/25, but I've never taken the time to research the dimensions of the real one and check.

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If you look at photos of the real car and the replica that was made (the original was scraped in 1958 or something) and you can see how bad the scale is on this. Revell cared nothing for scale at this point in their carrier. The hubcaps are laughable, it is missing tons of trim, (yet they put those terrible stars right on a seam line) and those figures are just enormous. It looks OK next to some of my other 1/25 scale stuff until you put those figures in there and then it just looks silly. Clearly this was made at a time when models were created as kids toys more than a serious representation of the original. Still, it was a fun yet challenging build. 

  On 12/8/2020 at 3:28 PM, Slimguy said:

Great job on this Spence.  These old kits are really difficult to make given the poor fit of many of the pieces...I say you nailed it!

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Yeah, when I first opened the kit my thought was WTF? These pieces don't even fit! But I spent some time going over all the pieces and thinking about how I could make it work. Clearly you had to do the inside first, there really was no way around that so once you got it together, some putty, some sanding and voila. Shame about the side stars, no way I could recoup them and there was no way I was going to try and scratch build them! ?

[slusher]

Looks fantastic....

[FordRodnKustom]

Magnificent! Straight from the '56 GM Motorama. Very well done.

The guy driving looks like he had a few too many expressos' LOL

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[ewetwo]

That looks great. 

[mr moto]

Truly excellent build. It may even inspire me to build the one I've had hanging around for years. Never imagined it could turn out like that. Great job!

 

[BeakDoc]

That’s cool. Love the finish!

[Dave Darby]

That's gorgeous. What did you paint it with?

[VanSpence]

  On 12/10/2020 at 6:17 AM, slusher said:

Looks fantastic....

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Thank you. 

  On 12/10/2020 at 6:49 PM, FordRodnKustom said:

Magnificent! Straight from the '56 GM Motorama. Very well done.

The guy driving looks like he had a few too many expressos' LOL

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Haha, yeah the figures are.... Well, they are anyway. I have never done figures before and these are simply a front and a back. They have huge holes all over and their poses are weird, not even mentioning that I have no idea how to paint faces. Lol. 

  On 12/10/2020 at 9:02 PM, ewetwo said:

That looks great. 

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Thanks for saying. 

  On 12/10/2020 at 9:20 PM, mr moto said:

Truly excellent build. It may even inspire me to build the one I've had hanging around for years. Never imagined it could turn out like that. Great job!

 

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I would love to see more of these built. It is a unique and interesting car. 

  On 12/11/2020 at 7:01 PM, BeakDoc said:

That’s cool. Love the finish!

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Thanks! 

  On 12/12/2020 at 4:21 PM, Dave Darby said:

That's gorgeous. What did you paint it with?

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The reds inside are a Vallejo color and some rustoleum spray for the seats. The exterior is Tamiya can primer and then a mix of Tamiya chrome silver and clear blue in a ratio of about 8 to 1. It is clear coated with tamiya ts13. 

Hope that helps. 

[robertw]

Have the kit but after building the Revell Futura a few years back I still haven't built up the courage to tackle this one. When I do finally put it on the bench the figures will go in the parts box, they are truly horrific.

[absmiami]

Fun fact. The club de met was only 38.5 inches tall. Those figures might not actually be much out of scale!  The driver and passenger actually stuck up out of the car about like those figures ...   

really like this build. Makes me want to build my kit ...

[Dominik]

great built!

[VanSpence]

  On 12/12/2020 at 11:07 PM, robertw said:

Have the kit but after building the Revell Futura a few years back I still haven't built up the courage to tackle this one. When I do finally put it on the bench the figures will go in the parts box, they are truly horrific.

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The figures are pretty bad. lol but I thought that may as well build them to go with the very old kit as well. I don't think I will be displaying it with the figures in it. haha. 

  On 12/16/2020 at 5:08 AM, absmiami said:

Fun fact. The club de met was only 38.5 inches tall. Those figures might not actually be much out of scale!  The driver and passenger actually stuck up out of the car about like those figures ...   

really like this build. Makes me want to build my kit ...

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It is certainly a small car, no question. I think it is more like the car is 1/25 scale and the figures are 1/24 scale, they are not too far off but they are still slightly too big for the car. Still it was fun painting them. Never done figures before so it was a new experience. I will be doing more for certain. 

  On 12/18/2020 at 7:13 AM, Dominik said:

great built!

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Thanks so much!