scalepeter

The "red Stripes" were achieved by painting the ribbed area running around the wheel red and waiting for the paint to dry then wiping carefully with thinners to revel the chrome high lights.

Little more progress here. Starting to get the roof shaped up. Got some filler on and did some sanding and will need to repeat again. I removed the quarter vent windows but i might add them back in. The drip rail has also been removed. I also smoothed out the area at the rear of the doors. I wasn't sure bout doing this but i think it has worked out. I added a peace of sprue to the rear of the hood to address the gap there. Body work is coming together which is good. Thanks for looking.

This started out as the Revel 53 bel air. Aim was to turn the car into a younger sibling to the corvette. This has been shortened and sectioned but left the roof alone. Chassis has been updated with scratch built four link in the rear and parts box front suspension which i think was optional front end from a tri five chevy. Can't remember exactly. Motor is from the revel 37 ford coup kit. Easy to pick the 57 chevy front bumber, the rear is from the 53 kit i'm sure. Wheels are from the 53 kit. Thanks for looking. Comments welcome.

Thanks David. Don't know if it's that inspiring but glad your getting some inspiration. Save away my friend all good. There would be more photos on my Photobucket site, my Photobucket is under the name of classicpeter, i guess though clicking on one of my photos would take you there. My advice is plan your work, I spend more time working out where to cut than actually cutting sometimes. One other thing i would consider is starting out with mild custom for example i only sectioned the Foose body by 2mm and it was a lot less work putting the body back together. If it makes you feel any better I'm still working on a 41 ford woody that i chopped and sectioned about 10 years ago, it was my second attempt at both and should have got my cutting skills a little better. Mind you though i have left it as a four door so that makes it harder. Need to get back to that project.

Hey Tom, i like this kit too. Thanks for the suggestions, fenders are staying as is. The rear ones look a little heavy but i can live with that. I do plan on removing the door handles and have a set to use that i found im my parts box. I'm in Brisbane.

Thanks guys. Vamach1 Not sure about Falcons but have a couple resin holdens but I'm bit biased towards Holden.

Noticed this wad moved which I'm fine with but could it get moved to the pick- up section please. I'm not sure how to move it. Or leave instructions on how to move it. Thanks.

Thanks guys. Got some photos comparing this to my Foose build and a stock body. Note that the Foose build has had the body and hood sectioned 2mm. The other two builds make the stock body look so big. Hard to see but the roof lines up with the top of the door frame on the Foose kit. The Foose build has kind of stalled, I'm unhappy with the color result. It may change yet. Next one is just a mock up of how it's looking at the moment. I had a moment of thinking the rear fenders do look a little too large but just going to leave it be. This will be the wheels and tyres I'm using. Thanks for looking. Opinions/suggestions always welcome.

Looking good. Be following this one.

Latest modification is the second roof chop where i pretty much sectioned the area above the drip rails. I think it was too tall in this area with all of the other changes going on. The amount was my saw blade width plus a little sanding to get to the shape i liked. I had to cut apart the roof to go back on. I moved the roof slightly forward by gluing the front edge of the roof to the moulding/drip rails. Photos make this a little clearer. First photo is before the second chop. The next show the process. I almost just cut out a flat piece of plastic for the roof but decided against it. You can see in this pic how i moved the roof forward a little. Thanks for looking

Thanks for the comments everyone. Interesting you mention the Foose kit afx it was that kit that got me building this. I'm currently building the Foose kit and was donig some comparing between these kits that got me taking my saw to both of these kits. The Foose kit is nice but when the stock 53 hood fitted the Foose body I was a little surprised. I do have some photos comparing the two but my foose kit has been sectioned by 2mm in the body and hood. Might get a photo with the Foose kit, my modified body and i have another stock 53 to see the differences. Thanks David I like how the hood turned out too. Getting hoods to go back together well challenges me a little, Just took my time with it. Not using the corvette tail lights but plan on using the stock cab lights which sit on the roof in the custom light fittings. Will just need a little sanding and painting but they should fit in. I have the bed, rear fenders and custom roll pan glued to the interior base. Tail gate will be the custom one from the kit. Grill has been modified. I must double check but i think it's a caddy grill from the 48 ford custom coup kit. Not usually a fan of the angled lights but seems to suit the build. Thanks for looking.

Thanks for the welcome.

Here is the sectioning of the bed. Cut out 4mm but added 2mm to where the bed meets the frame to allow the frame to be modified. I like how the fenders meet to the top of the bed. I did think about sectioning the fenders to lower them but they're the same height as the front fenders which i like. The frame where it was cut and the added pieces of 2mm sprue to zed the frame.

Next was to tackle the hood. I sectioned 4mm out of it. This required cutting the hood up to fit. Still need to do some adjustments to the rear of the hood. Thanks for looking.

Hi all. First post here. Idea behind this is a period custom. Trying to keep this as much as possible to what came with the kit. Nothing subtle about this build. Modifications so far are sectioning the cab about 6mm. The hood was then sectioned but only 4mm. The top has been chopped twice. First I did a 2mm straight chop, which has been my first pickup to chop. Left the rear window the same size. Was happy with the results but thought it looked a little tall between the drip rails and the roof line. So i cut the top off again using the drip rails as a guide where to cut which resulted in about 1 to 2 mm being removed. Just relied on the width of my saw and a little sanding as to how much i removed. Wasn't a lot removed but just improved the look somewhat. The pickup bed was sectioned 4 mm. Even thought I cut 4mm the top of the bed only lowered by 2mm and as added 2mm to where the bed joins the frame to give me room to zed the frame by 2mm. The bed was also shortened a little to finish flush with optional custom rear fenders in the kit. Motor will be the hemi with the fuel injection setup, wanted to go with the multi carby set up but i think under bonnet space is limited. Think that covers most of where it's at. One part from another kit is the grill. Kept the angled lights but used what i think is caddy grill from 48 ford custom coup kit. Thanks for checking this out. Opinions and suggestions always welcome here. Hopefully posting pics won't be a problem. Sectioning process. Had to narrow the rear of the cab to allow for the section job. Top chop part one was next.

Greetings from Brisbane Australia down under. Looking forward to being part of this site. My building taste are mainly but not limited to muscle cars, Hot rods, Classics and customs. I really enjoy customizing the most though. I enjoy the freedom to build it how you want. Wish there were more Aussie cars to build but the resin aftermarket has some options there. Be nice too build a few more with the steering wheel on the right side. I recently built a Skyline which was my first build out of the box to be right hand drive which was nice. Looking forward to getting some models posted.