Dominik Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Today, i will show you my last built (i think also for this year). It is the 1951 Chevy Bel Air, old amt-kit. Its also a car for my wife like the 57 Fairlane i built for her. She choosed the color including the combination with the roof and the kind of whitewalls. To make a "nice" car out of this old kit...that was my part. In beginning my "modelbuildcareer" (it could be in the 80s), i built the same terrible one yeeeeears before. if i compare the results today, i would say, i started the first try on skill level -5 *lol*. it would indeed be stupid if i could not improve in 30 years. the funny part was, that the reissue (yellow on the box) had the same casiting fin on the roof, the same deformed frame/frontfenders, lousy fitting hood...and so on. Allthe flaws i tryed to reduce to the minimum. What have i done? a short review of the "biggest" changes...i think, it is normal, that i made a lot of sanding each parts to make it fit and look good. i removed all the trim around the roof and made new quarterlight... i removed paint from all the chrome, not only to fit the bumber to the body... The red one "before" is my first built lightsyears ago the greatest focus i layed on the windows. perhaps you know (i think, you know) that the clear parts had to glue inside the body. and becaus of the thick plastic i had to choose, what to do. to thin out the body or to make new windows to glue from the outside. I tryed the second option...and think, i hit the goal as close i wanted. in the right of the picture, i corrected the inner door line, to fit to the panelline outside some other changes was to reduce the frontbench in height, make a new horn ring on the steering wheel, correct the frontend from the radiator. also i filled the big column between the wheelhouses and the fenderskirts an the rear. for a pretty stance, i lowered the frontsuspension a little bit. at last some wiring on the engine. Paint is out or the rattlecan with no clearcoat to give him a "not as new restauration" look. wait a minute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) here is the result. i love it, my wife too - think, hit the goal to have a new beauty. Thank you for attention. i had a lot of fun to build it again after the years. Comments welcome as always. feel free to say what you think. Ah, Harry, i missed the mirror inside... Edited November 13, 2015 by Dominik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dann Tier Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 GREAT JOB!! -it looks REAL! -and that's everyones goal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Nicely done ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Ah, Harry, i missed the mirror inside... Yes you did! But it's such a nice model otherwise, I'll let it go this time! Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10thumbs Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Well done Dominik!You have a nice touch with styrene, and the paint fits the car very nicely. Clean build with good detailing. Even the hood fits!Michael Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Very nice work Dominik, you did a fine job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Beautiful!!! Wish I'd made all those improvements when I built mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltsr Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Nice build Dominik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Looks terrific Dominik!! Although I do miss the wide white walls. Great job! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yura1961 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Very nice work Dominik! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Beautiful model, perfect paint color and sheen. Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fseva Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I can't imagine how you could have made it better! And it's nice to know that I'm not the only one who forgets the inside mirror! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 That's a beauty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Ah, Harry, i missed the mirror inside... Looks like you also missed the windshield wipers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Really beautiful model. Great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Pugh Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 What a sweetheart! Very clean! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Minarick Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Very nice Dominik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Thank you very much for kind words. i appreciate it. Looks like you also missed the windshield wipers! Yep. a quick excuse...*lol*...no. the truth is, i removed them to fit the glasses from outside. when i completed the model, body on frame glued, little stupid Dominik saw the inside mirror on the sprue ...and i remember to the wipers. i grabbed my PE-Box...not found the ones i bought time ago. So i will built some wipers and mount them, when i have my Chevy back....and then i post it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Very sharp model.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Tuttle Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Not often a 51 Chevy is built up as a stocker and this is a really nicely built one too, the pale yellow suits it well, cool build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGL Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Classy, I like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Nice build Dom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardz Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Beautiful build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 NEAT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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