AMT 1959 Cadillac Hearse conversion

[Spottedlaurel]

I started this one a long time ago and it's my appropriate entry for this round of Snake's "Bring Out Your Dead" thread (assuming there is one this time).

Started off as the Ecto 1A ambulance, with lots of shaving and filling. It's likely I haven't done anything on it since 1995. Was progressing well until I snapped the glass, I think I was trying to get rid of the side panes with the lines moulded through them. I lost heart in it, but I was recently thinking about shaping a bit of clear styrene when a complete kit in a damaged box came up for sale. That's given me what I need to get on with it again.

It was interesting to look back at what I started with all those years ago. The boat fittings and brass wire are intended as the basis for a rack on the roof and/or on the wooden deck inside. I'm planning to varnish a bit of thin plywood for the deck.

Painted it straight black (not as shiny as I'd aim for nowadays) and did all that BMF work. I'll try and get away with giving it a bit of a resin polish to freshen it up and burnishing any loose/wrinkled foil. Wheels are the stock items from a Monogram '57 Chevy, the best I had at the time. Not sure if I have anything more appropriate now, they look suitably formal.

A bit nerve-wracking cutting off those big lumps of excess plastic, didn't want to break another one of these.....

More complete than it's looked at any time in the last 25-30 years.

I'm well aware that's it's not a very faithful replica of anything, but if I hadn't done something about the replacement glass it would have got built as a banger racer (demo derby car). I may end up doing that with the incomplete second kit I now have, but at least I won't be wasting all that foil work......

Edited January 9, 2021 by Spottedlaurel

[Sam I Am]

The only station wagon Cadillac ever made. ?

I really like this and might have to find me one of these. 

[kruleworld]

On 1/10/2021 at 7:16 PM, Sam I Am said:

The only station wagon Cadillac ever made. 

Cadillac didn't make the wagon part. it was coached by Miller-Meteor.

[Sam I Am]

5 hours ago, kruleworld said:

Cadillac didn't make the wagon part. it was coached by Miller-Meteor.

Many automotive manufacturers did the same thing....and still sold it under their moniker.