First ever build

[Jamez]

Been floating around the forum for a while now, and thought I would share...

This was my first ever build, finished it up a few months ago.

Somewhere along the line the rear valence got lost, and the chassis got warped, but not bad for a first build in my opinion.

Colour was a Toyota Med pearl something sprayed over Duplicolour Black primer. Future floor polish for clear coat over top of the decals.

Thanks for looking

James

[gbdolfans]

Hi James,

Welcome to the insanity!!! :lol:

WOW,your first build looks great!!!

I love the color and the skill you already show.Have you built any other model,aircraft,armour,ship??

[larman]

Good job on the Chevelle! Keep up the good work! -Larman

[RodneyBad]

Rally great looking First build.

I'm still working on my first build, somewhere.

Welcome aboard too..

Fun place to be.

[trogdor]

That is far and away better than my first build. You should be proud.

[Jamez]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

As far as building any other models, nothing, this was my first time doing this, but I have built a couple of the real things....

[mannyclub]

Welcome James! Sharp looking Chevelle, wow for your first built model!

Manny

[MyBradKeselowski]

Very sharp ! ! ! Great looking Chevelle

I like the color...

[Guest old man]

NICE CLEAN BUILD FOR YOUR 1ST TIME KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

Edited July 5, 2010 by old man

[Rider]

Great work you'd never know this was your first kit.

[Peter Lombardo]

You are absolutely right, for a first build that is "excellent"....welcome, you will enjoy it here and your builds will fit right in.

[Captain Obvious]

It's not nice to lie...that CAN'T be your first build!

That is an awesome job, looks great!

[bsoder]

looks a whole lot better than my first that's a fine lookin' Chevelle..good color choice

[Guest]

Nice Chevelle! Keep up the good work!

[crazyjim]

First build - no way! Looks good.

[Scalper]

Looks great for your first build. you should of seen mine nothing as nice.

[Romell R]

I cant remember my first build but i do know it didnt look as good as this, keep up the good work

[jeffs396]

Excellent start to your new scale model building hobby!

[Gregg]

James, great job on your first build.

Hope we get to see more of your builds, and watch you build some really great models along the way.

[Jamez]

Thanks again guys.

To give you all some background, I'm a licensed Automotive Journeyman, and the shop I work at has been known to build the odd drag/street car. The last couple where a 67 Chevy C10 that ran a 14 flat in the 1/4 mile, of which I did everything but building the engine and the body work and my own personal car which made 267HP at the wheels through a 1.6L turbo engine, which I built from the crank up in my basement. Currently we are working at a '80 Malibu with a zz4 crate engine. Hoping for 12 seconds!

My specialty is wiring and final assembly and anything that requires a little "special" attention, so yeah, I know my way around a vehicle, and keeping it clean is what I do.

But this was my first venture into scale building, I recently sold my stuff do to some life changes and now play at something that cost $50 instead of $5000

If anyone is interested, I just started my first Work in progress thread.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=33003

Thanks again for the support, hopefully my stay here is a good one.

[ARTEMIS1759]

...and the chassis got warped...

Thanks for looking

James

Great build James. When people ask why the right front tire don't sit flat just tell 'em it had a whole shot off the line and with so much torque the frame twisted.

As I recall that is how they twist when they come off the line.

Edited July 6, 2010 by ARTEMIS1759

[impcon]

Your build looks great! I like the colour and the stock appearance and I really like the subject. Nice and clean and uncluttered - as I like a model to be.. nice job!!! If this is your forst build, I can only imagine where you will go from here!

[sigmaman]

Wish my first models came out that well. Nice work.

[mr moto]

Great first build! Probably took me about 100 to get to that level!

[Jesse D]

Daggum!! That's a sweet Chevelle. My first build was a 70 Chevelle, but I chose the blown 454 and slicks. 90% of my pain choice was flat black. my dog got a hold of it and half ore it to pieces. I miss it. it sure was awesome. The Chevelle is the perfect first build and that's comin from a die hard ford man.