1960 Chrysler Imperial Coupe, 12/6, Outdoor Pics Added.

[StevenGuthmiller]

4 hours ago, peekay said:

Great to see a new model from you, Steve. And what a beauty it is!

Love the choice of wheels and tyres. Funny how these AMT tyres seem to fit other brands' wheels better than their own.

The wires from the 62 T-Bird are a perfect fit - but the kit has those slightly odd-looking 2-piece tyres that don't look nearly as good.

Again, a beautifully built classic!

I agree.

I was surprised to see how much better the wire wheels from the Moebius '55/'56 Chrysler kits looked with some nice tires wrapped around them.

The tires from the kits make the wheels look entirely to small.

They look great with the AMT Firestone Deluxe tires.

 

Steve

 

[High octane]

That Imperial is drop-dead-gorgeous Steve, as I just love dem Mopars!

[W-409]

That turned out very nice, but that's what we expect from you. As always, your paint work and detailing is done very nicely, but what stands out is the flawless BMF work. I hope some day I'm able to do that clean chrome trim with BMF, too.

[StevenGuthmiller]

They always seem to look better in natural light.

But, baby it's cold outside!!

 

Steve

 

[thatz4u]

Steve, excellent as usual, nice finish. You sure this isn't a real car that you cut & pasted?..... 

[ATHU]

Wow! Absolutely gorgeous, superb work!!

[Dominik]

beautiful! Looks amazing - very very nice!

[MrObsessive]

Looks absolutely excellent Steve! Beautiful paint and I like the tint band on your windshield.........that's something I can never get to turn out right.

[StevenGuthmiller]

1 hour ago, MrObsessive said:

Looks absolutely excellent Steve! Beautiful paint and I like the tint band on your windshield.........that's something I can never get to turn out right.

Of all of the parts of this build, the glass was the biggest problem.

The windshield, especially, was full of pits!

I polished out what I could, but they seemed to go all of the way through the glass.

The tint band across the top was not a problem, but I did mix up a very light tint for the entire glass from clear & transparent green acrylic paint.

I wanted to try to replicate the light green tint evident in most of these older cars.

Well, it didn't work as well as I had hoped.

Especially being as the glass was so pitted in the first place.

 

 

Steve

Edited December 7, 2018 by StevenGuthmiller

[donb]

Man! That is one fine looking car Steve. Captured perfectly.