HELP i need some advice on my new projects 59 cadillac and 55 nomad

[rmg313]

so i bought two new kits with the the hobby lobby sale

the ghostbussters cadillac wagon

and the new boyd coddington 55 chevy nomad


as you can see i love wagons


1 . so for the nomad i plan a two tone paint job top smoke grey metalic and bottom teal metalic and some smoke grey center wheels pretty much box stock after that

but i dont know what to do about the interior


2. on the cadillac wagon i plan another two tone silver with navy blue top and fins with ghost flames al over

wheels will be the wheels from the nomad kit they are way too big for the nomad , also a custom griill to clean up the front a bit

everything shaved ofcouse

but my question is should i shorten the caddy from a 4 door to a 2 door
it would be like a caddy nomad type custom


what do you guys think?

[white97ex]

i looked at that nomad kit today..but i turned and walked away. the last thing i need is another project right now. lol

[Whumbachumba]

I didn't get Boyd's version of the Nomad, just the regular one. Maybe we could do a side by side production of Nomads.

[rmg313]

Originally Posted by Whumbachumba

I didn't get Boyd's version of the Nomad, just the regular one. Maybe we could do a side by side production of Nomads.

sounds like fun but what about the caddy should i chop it

[Whumbachumba]

If your not going for the Ecto 1 look, chop that roof down 2 scale inches, that would be like what, 1mm? I think I'll do my Nomad with the Smoke Gray Pearl top half and Roadster Orange bottom. These would look pimp next to each other. The gray on opposite sides and the orange and teal contrasting each other. I might make mine the drag version though.

[SteveK2003]

1" = 25.4mm, so roughly 1" = 1mm in 1/25th scale. It's a hair off, but when you are talking a few inches, exact millimeters is close enough.

For longer distances, do the math as it adds up. For example, If you took a 110" wheelbase and simply used millimeters, you get 110mm. If you scaled the wheelbase down to 1/25th scale, it comes to 111.76mm, a difference of over 1/16th of an inch.