Johan USA Oldies 1961 Oldsmobile F-85 wagon rebuild

[rsmodels]

This one was a neatly built model with no painting or damage.It was easy to disassemble. I hand painted the whitewalls as it came with narrow ones. I  did a simple job painting the engine. The hood fits very well on this one. I have a thing about ill fitting engine hoods and usually glue them shut if the fit is not good. Of course,  most of my builds didn't come with opening hoods so it's seldom an issue for me.

The rear gate was a one piece hatch on these cars but a power rear window was optional so i added the vertical bars as only the center part of the window went down.

As always, thank you for looking and feel free to ask any questions and/or leave any comments. It's always appreciated.    -Rich

[cobraman]

Very nice, well done.

[Doug 1061]

Great restorations you have been doing.  Beautiful work.

[lazlow]

Man that came out nice, well done

[rsmodels]

2 hours ago, cobraman said:

Very nice, well done.

 

2 hours ago, Doug 1061 said:

Great restorations you have been doing.  Beautiful work.

 

1 hour ago, lazlow said:

Man that came out nice, well done

Thanks for your comments, guys.

[RAMBENNA]

very nice, great color. well done

[PappyD340]

9 hours ago, cobraman said:

Very nice, well done.

Yes indeed!!

[charger74]

It looks very good 

[TooOld]

Beautiful little wagon Rich !  These are great kits but adding the vertical bars to the rear window is a must , well done !

[NOBLNG]

Nice restoration!?

[Kah puts]

Those WW's came out great, I also like the paint on the engine, aluminum V8. Like Jamie Walker would say DYNO-MITE!

[Classicgas]

❤️

[rsmodels]

So many comments, thanks to you all.  -Rich

[slusher]

Very very sharp!

[ChrisBcritter]

A little gem from Jo-Han gets the clean build it deserves!

IIRC this was one of the promo tools they opened up to add more detail for the USA Oldies series, borrowing the engine and underhood details from the '62 F-85.

[Tom99]

Very nice.

[espo]

Great clean looking restoration. 

[ChrisBcritter]

And if anyone wants to tackle some underhood details, this shot was uploaded to my car club's Facebook page this morning - note the air cleaner; it's factory - so you don't have to mess with the carburetor!

 

[ewetwo]

That looks awesome

 

[rsmodels]

21 hours ago, slusher said:

Very very sharp!

Thanks!

17 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

A little gem from Jo-Han gets the clean build it deserves!

IIRC this was one of the promo tools they opened up to add more detail for the USA Oldies series, borrowing the engine and underhood details from the '62 F-85.

Yes, you are correct. Thanks for your comments.

13 hours ago, Tom99 said:

Very nice.

Thank you

7 hours ago, espo said:

Great clean looking restoration. 

Thanks

3 hours ago, ewetwo said:

That looks awesome

Thanks