55 Chevy Nomad

[Rusty Irons]

 This AMT Nomad kit was the second model car I have built. I like the older cars and I wanted to try a two tone paint job. I don't think this is a Chevy color scheme but this is how I remember a friends nomad was painted. I mixed the colors from liqutex artists acrlyics and Tamiya acrylic thinner. I used waterborne varnish for a clear coat. Along with two tone paint, I wanted to have the tailgate open and close.

 The kit had a broken hinge for the tailgate so I wanted to fix that. The tailgate hinge was a challenge, but I learned alot in the process of reworking it. I made a pair of hinges from brass wire bent to make a pair of small eye bolts to accept the plastic pins molded into the original plastic hinge.
Overall, I am happy with the outcome. I have a two color paint job and the tailgate works.

 Now back to my 67 Camaro build with a swinging door and a jukebox.

Edited April 8, 2018 by Rusty Irons

[espo]

Great looking build. I like the way you hinged the tail gate, that adds a great deal to the finished model.

[cobraman]

Love a Nomad !

[ewetwo]

Nice build.

 

[Jmaracing]

Beautiful build. Great job.

[TooOld]

I like those colors , looks 50's to me !  Nice job !

[89AKurt]

It should be a requirement, that when one posts a car with lots of chrome, that you tell us Bare Metal foil, or Molotov pen was used!    I'm amazed you used water-based paints, I've been bitterly clinging to using enamels, but for some things like interior parts, am using acrylics.

Nice job!

[Snake45]

Not bad at all, especially if it's only your second model. When I started building it probably took me two years, maybe three, to get to that level. Model on! 

[Oldcarfan27]

Looks classy to me.

Your remade hinges will probably last longer than the originals would. If you're already reengineering models this soon, you're going to have some awesome builds to show us in the future!

Great job.

[Mahogany Rush]

Nice job. I have one just moved to my workbench. Gonna be a modded version. Of course...lol

[unclescott58]

Looks good. 

[David G.]

That's a fine second build! 

David G.

[Rusty Irons]

21 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking build. I like the way you hinged the tail gate, that adds a great deal to the finished model.

Thanks David !  Working on the hinge was my favorite part of the build.

21 hours ago, cobraman said:

Love a Nomad !

Me too  Ray.  Now I want to try a 57 

 

Thanks David !

Thanks Joe !

Thanks Bob !

19 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

It should be a requirement, that when one posts a car with lots of chrome, that you tell us Bare Metal foil, or Molotov pen was used!    I'm amazed you used water-based paints, I've been bitterly clinging to using enamels, but for some things like interior parts, am using acrylics.

Nice job!

Thanks Kurt !  I used Bare Metal Foil for most of the chrome.  I used acrylic paint because it was all I had on hand at the time. I should mention that the waterborne varnish I used is a super hard exterior grade clear coat that polishes very well after a week of curing.

 

Thanks Snake !

Thanks Patrick !

12 hours ago, Mahogany Rush said:

Nice job. I have one just moved to my workbench. Gonna be a modded version. Of course...lol

Thanks Max !  I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

 

Thanks Scott !

Thanks David !

[ATHU]

Looking good!!

[Jim N]

Looks very nice!  Great color choice.