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1957 Chevy Bel Air
Started by Ron35369, Jan 06 2013 07:48 PM
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Posted 06 January 2013 - 07:48 PM
I built this AMT 57 Bel Air about 20 years ago as a replica of the car my Dad had when I was about 5 years old. I can still hear him tuning the dual 4-bbl carbs in the garage way back then. Paint was Tuxedo black with black & silver interior. He lowered it 4 inches & had wide whitewalls & 57 Plymouth styled custom hubcaps. The car had the factory 283 with dual 4's. He took the triangular shaped dual oil bath air cleaner off & threw it away...if only he had known those things would be selling for thousands of $$$ today. Of course if he had also known that car itself would be worth a good $75,000 or more today I bet he wouldn't have traded it in for a cheapy station wagon. Hind sight is 20/20.
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Posted 06 January 2013 - 08:55 PM
What a beautiful build. The paint alone is awesome, and I love this old tooling AMT kit. Very fun to build.
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Posted 06 January 2013 - 08:56 PM
That black paint is spectacular. I really like this build.
Charlie Larkin
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 04:37 AM
Love that slick black paint.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 04:39 AM
Sweet looking machine. SHINY 
RULES!
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 06:27 AM
Thanks guys!! The amazing thing about this paint is it's just plain old Testors rattle can gloss black & I didn't even polish it.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 06:29 AM
Very nice clean work & a beautiful finish.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 07:49 AM
Nice tribute to your Dad, Ron! Good lookin''57.
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 05:11 PM
very nice
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Posted 07 January 2013 - 08:26 PM
Nice.
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Posted 08 January 2013 - 02:58 AM
That pushes all the right buttons
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 03:24 PM
That Black looks like an oil slick, smooth and shiny Man!
An "exceptional" piece of BMF work as well!
I appluad your skill here!
Thank You for sharing
Later
Russ
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Posted 09 January 2013 - 08:13 PM
That is TOO cool!!!
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 03:36 PM
Nice job on the model, I also love your story about your Dad.
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 04:38 PM
Beautiful 57! Great finish, and I like the Plymouth wheel covers. Great work, and a nice tribute to your dad.
Sam
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Posted 10 January 2013 - 08:23 PM
Great job on the 57 Chevy!
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Posted 11 January 2013 - 04:31 PM
Stunning build, thats a flawless paint finish...
