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Post by zenrat on Dec 13, 2014 6:14:43 GMT -5
So i'm thinking of dumping an AMT '58 Edsel down in the weeds so it's dragging that big old continental kit along in the dirt behind it.
Would it be TRaKable with that amount of real estate out back? I can't recall seeing a kitted build on here.
Not bothered either way but if the answer's no i'll cut loose with the weird stick and the skulls and flames.
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Post by draggon on Dec 13, 2014 12:50:55 GMT -5
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Post by zenrat on Dec 17, 2014 3:31:58 GMT -5
Nice pic, thanks for the link.
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Post by froghawk on Dec 17, 2014 11:23:09 GMT -5
Sure. Why not? If it's good enough for this '58 Ford (vintage photo from Andy Southard's "Custom Cars of '50s") it's good for an Edsel. Needs skirts to complete the effect though! This treatment was bigger in the East and Midwest. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by Bernard Kron on Dec 17, 2014 11:39:07 GMT -5
I can't imagine why anyone would think it's anything but quintessentially late 50's - nothing evokes the style of the era more completely than an Edsel, and no accessory is more evocative of the period than a Continental kit. And I agree with John about the skirts - why hold back...?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 13:12:39 GMT -5
I agree with the others. Should be good assuming the rest of the build elements are "in spec"
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Post by reedeezel on Dec 17, 2014 14:12:43 GMT -5
Continental kits were a hot item in the 50s. My dad's Hudson Jet had one, and his dad's Hudson had one, too!
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Post by zenrat on Dec 17, 2014 22:34:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the encouragement guys. The AMT Edsel with the continental kit has skirts but I may see what else I can come up with as they are fairly subtle. I have some ideas and will rough something out and throw it up here or the primer thread to see what you all think.
Having read the HAMB thread i'm surprised not to see "I HATE CONTINENTAL KITS". Obviously more tolerance of different cultures here...
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Post by reedeezel on Dec 18, 2014 10:17:17 GMT -5
Just to put in another 2 cents' worth, we may forget at times that this is a modeling forum. Some annual kits from earlier eras may contain "odd" customizing parts, but these are a reflection of real car trends and styles at the time the kit was released. Just like in the real car world, taste is in the eye of the beholder, but there is historical significance none the less. Lord, how I wish I could revisit some of the auto parts stores of my youth to purchase some of the accessories I laughed at back then!
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Post by 53suburban on Dec 18, 2014 11:31:10 GMT -5
I remember many of the AMT and Jo-Han kits coming with huge bubble skirts and continental kits back in the late 50s. I'm sure I built a few glue bombs using them but I honestly can't remember. All I know is when we moved from the Washington D.C. area to Southern California in 1959 my idea of what a "cool" car was changed dramatically. I never built another tail dragger or used a continental kit again.
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Post by cycolacfan on Dec 18, 2014 18:42:41 GMT -5
Just please don't ever put one on a four door sedan. One of my pet hates.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2014 19:14:11 GMT -5
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Post by cycolacfan on Dec 19, 2014 6:15:58 GMT -5
The red one just gets away with it being pillarless, the wagon looks FUGLY.
There's a trend in the UK for putting Continenetal kits onto fullsize 70s sedans, so you'll see somthing inappropriate like a '73 Electra four door with a three foot long shelf extending out from the back and the bumper nailed on to it. Hideous.
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Post by 53suburban on Dec 19, 2014 11:20:29 GMT -5
The red one just gets away with it being pillarless, the wagon looks FUGLY. There's a trend in the UK for putting Continenetal kits onto fullsize 70s sedans, so you'll see somthing inappropriate like a '73 Electra four door with a three foot long shelf extending out from the back and the bumper nailed on to it. Hideous. I actually prefer the wagon. At least it doesn't have a 3 foot bumper extension. I'd like to see a side or 3/4 view of it. |
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Post by cycolacfan on Dec 20, 2014 18:32:15 GMT -5
Reminds me of something related I read the other day, apparently Ford had a number of compliants that the Edsel wagon tailights were misleading at night since, when lit in the dark, the arrows pointed the opposite way to the direction of the turn the car was doing...
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