Just completed : 57 Chev basic 6 cylinder sedan delivery

[traditional]

 

 

The inspiration for this factory stock ’57 Chevy 150 Sedan delivery came from a toy 1/24 ‘West Coast Choppers’ 2-door wagon. There were some reasonable body parts on the toy but the fender openings were oversize, the grille was dis-proportionate, and the chassis was strictly a low-rider. There were two additional donor cars involved in my sedan delivery build….the Revell ‘57 Chevy 150 ‘Black Widow’ kit as well as a Unique Miniatures ‘57 Chevy Nomad coin-bank toy.

Sedan Deliveries were part of the basic 150 series,  intended as work-horses, and the vast majority of stock ’57 Chev SDs came from the factory with six cylinder motors and three speed standard transmissions. They were based on the 2-door wagon body but without the rear side windows and with a simple, slightly raised flat cargo floor. Seats were non-sporty simple buckets with the driver’s back rest hinged to fold forward for cargo access and the entire rigid passenger seat hinging forward from front hinges.

The unique Replicas Nomad coin bank supplied the entire front clip (fenders and hood) as well as a section of rear fender opening detail. I also wound up modifying the coin-bank chassis for accuracy…..completing the spare tire receptacle, adding a hand-made (Renshape modeling resin) wagon style fuel tank, as well as a completely scratchbuilt parking brake detail. The rear axle came from the Revell ‘Black Widow’ kit, and the exhaust is aluminum tubing.

Following lots of research, the interior structure for my model was entirely fabricated from sheet styrene, including the spare tire access towards the rear and the headliner. The stock-style folding seats were hand fabricated using Renshape.  I made my own tight-swing door hinges to replace the original dog-leg hinges on  the wagon toy

In the engine compartment, the 235” six- cylinder block came from the WC Choppers wagon toy to which I added a stock style air filter, fuel and vacuum lines, heater lines, and to the engine hood, I added hood-hinge/spring detail, etc.

I used slightly larger wheels (parts bin) and the Revell ‘Black Widow’ tires, and had to enlarge the rather undersize stock Revell dog-dish hubcaps.

The photo-etch grille mesh and Chevrolet nameplates are all from Model Car Garage and the stock upholstery pattern is from Scale Motorsports.

The paint is basecoat/clearcoat depicting factory available Tropical Turquoise.  Since all  non-undercoated ’57 Chevies used red oxide as the underside color, I chose that instead of body color or black.  

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by traditional

[peekay]

Just when I thought I'd seen enough 57 Chevys...

... but this is just SO nice!

[Dodge Driver]

Outstanding finishes and attention-to-detail!

[mike 51]

very nice!   

[Smitty]

It looks fantastic Cliff. I'm amazed that you were able to seamlessly graft the body parts from two unrelated diecast models. Superb attention to detail as well. I think the majority of these end up as customs or street rods, so it's really nice to see a stock one for a change.

[unclescott58]

Wow! Very nice. 

[cobraman]

Great work !

[Lovefordgalaxie]

That's some first class job!!!

And the engine looks great, specially for something that came in a toy. Model car companies should pay attention.

[carman1]

Excellent work  !

[bill lanfear]

Very impressive!

[oldnslow]

Wow , another beauty .

[donb]

Superbly built! 

[Sixties Sam]

Great work on this! It looks so much more real!

Sam

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[Classicgas]

Very cool, very well done, and a 6 to boot! What's not to love?

[vintagercr]

Great work as usual 

[PARTSMARTY]

That is simply amazing !!!

[MrObsessive]

I LOVE the body mods! This just reinforces that things can be done to a "toy diecast! If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have swore that you indeed DID modify a plastic kit!

VERY, VERY WELL DONE!

[Snake45]

Absolutely fabulous! I have one of those WC Choppers lowriders I'm planning to do something with, but had never noticed that the wheel openings are oversized. Thanks for the heads-up!

[crazyjim]

Outstanding build with excellent details.  And it's SHINY

[TooOld]

Excellent work modifying and combining two diecasts into one great looking sedan delivery !  Your detailing is also very impressive , especially items like the hood hinges . . . great job !

[espo]

Amazing amount of work put into the making of this body. Outstanding detail work thru out.

[Ron Hamilton]

That is a masterwork!!!!

[Phildaupho]

I join the others in declaring this absolutely fantastic craftsmanship. 

[bbowser]

Wow!  Love the base model vibe, outstanding model.