'59 Corvette "Bring out your dead" build

[mod3l Lover]

   To start this thread I would like to show some more

recent inspiration photos I found last night.

  I have wanted just such a look as pictured here, now I

have some better stuff to work with!

[mod3l Lover]

  I know that one thing I do want is the shaved door

handles. That is part of what I like about the 2 cars

pictured above.

  And I need to keep the body work to a minimum!

With all the other things I have to get together quickly,

like wheel choice, colors, etc.!

[disconovaman]

Love where this is headed bro! I can't wait to see the end result...

[Janne Herajärvi]

What kit has those wheels in lower picture, with red and white wall tires? They look great! Im following where this goes to.. 

[Snake45]

Which kit is this? Due to the very prominent side trim moldings, I'm thinking the AMT '59-'60. 

[mod3l Lover]

  Thanks Tony!  I'm glad you like the wheels Janne, they are something

I came up with myself.  Simple to do!  The Redline decal is from a kit

from Revell (68 Charger) !  Then I put those over a set of whitewall with

insert type tires from Monogram, and the wheels are BBS style from an

AMT kit I think!?!  I will likely use those on another build though! 

  Snake you nailed it!!  It's the AMT '59 Corvette with the red car on the

box top photo.

[cobraman]

Cool idea on the side walls.

[mod3l Lover]

   Thanks Ray!  I just wanted to see how they looked on there

really. I'm going to use a bit lower profile tire for the build.

      David S.

[mod3l Lover]

   Okay . . . . . .I have been trying to get some stuff done on this once dead build!

So I put the electrodes on it's neck again, and  . . "IT'S ALIVE"!!!  Well, . . . kinda!?!

  I have been getting the last of the body work done, and in the process, I broke

the the splash pan off the front.  Not the worse thing really, cause I had stuff I

needed to fix in that area anyhow!

  Then while looking at it in side profile, it suddenly looked way too tall in the

area below the doors. The mods I did on the back and nose are what made it

seem that way to my eye.

  So I'm taking a bit off the rockers on this car!

 

   So here is before and after on on the one side done- 

   And the last pic is a spoon test of the color choice

I am using for body color.  It will have black on the

side coves. and somewhere?

Edited December 13, 2018 by mod3l Lover

[mod3l Lover]

    Because I'm going to finish this build thread after the

"Bring Out Your Dead" is finished, I thought that a pic

of the motor choice might be kinda cool.

    I'm starting to think that there is no way that I'll get

this done in time!?!  But I will put up a pic of where it

was at then in the other main thread!

    When I dug this out of for the build thread, I didn't

quite realize just what was still left to do I guess.

    Well, at least it will get me to finally finish this one

after all these years!!

            David S.

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by mod3l Lover

[espo]

I like the 6 cylinder engine. Are you thinking of using the side draft carbs. from the early Corvette kits or maybe even the cross flow head and injectors from the AMT '51 Chevy kit ? 

[mod3l Lover]

   You know what Dave, that's a good question!?!?

This kit has been sitting so long that I really don't

recall what my original ideas were!

  I think this ones out of a Monogram '53 Chevy, and

that is why it looks a bit big-ish to me.

  Thanks for the suggestion, because I think that the

'51 BelAirs would be a better donor!

   First I need to figure out the body and paint to see

if I can still make the B.O.Y.D. build thread!?!

         David S.