Amt 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

[GeeBee]

On 10/20/2020 at 5:07 PM, TransAmMike said:

Keep it going there Geoff, your doing this '57 Chevy lover proud??

You'll love my next build then, I've got the paint which was supplied by Mike at MCW finishes,I've got the Mr Color blue green metallic on order, it looks pretty close to the photos I've got of the interior. 

 

Edited October 21, 2020 by GeeBee

[TransAmMike]

Are you gonna build it just like the 1:1 car picture Geoff??

[GeeBee]

10 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Are you gonna build it just like the 1:1 car picture Geoff??

Pretty much, yes, minus the rear wheel covers, I'll be painting it in Highland green with a surf green roof panel. 

[David G.]

Still watching, still impressed!

David G.

[GeeBee]

44 minutes ago, David G. said:

Still watching, still impressed!

David G.

Cheers David, hopefully I'll get it finished soon. 

[GeeBee]

Hood rockets fitted,  they were cut off the parts tree, after sanding the ends smooth and rounded off slightly, they were rechromed using Molotow liquid chrome and fitted to the hood using 5 minutes epoxy resin.

[Tom Geiger]

Here’s a photo of the grille badge. The actual areas of color are smaller and there’s a lot of silver and maybe gold detail. Best option may actually be a decal from this photo. I’ll bet that’s how the mints did it

[GeeBee]

2 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Here’s a photo of the grille badge. The actual areas of color are smaller and there’s a lot of silver and maybe gold detail. Best option may actually be a decal from this photo. I’ll bet that’s how the mints did it

Luckily my next build comes with a decal for those emblems 

[TransAmMike]

Any one on the forum have a good decal making instructional?     Having an exact replica of the emblem would be very useful for us '57 affectionado's.

[GeeBee]

Until I've set up my new workshop where I'll be doing my airbrushing, I'm back on this one, getting all the little chrome parts fitted, the door locks will be done using the photoetched parts.

 

[GeeBee]

Door mirror fitted, thank god for 90 second Araldite....

 

[NOBLNG]

Fabulous looking work on this one. It looks like really nice kit.

[GeeBee]

11 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

Fabulous looking work on this one. It looks like really nice kit.

Thank you, Amt kits can be hit or miss, luckily this is one of their good ones, makes working on it a pleasure. 

[David G.]

17 hours ago, GeeBee said:

Door mirror fitted, thank god for 90 second Araldite....

 

 

How tiny those mirrors were! The cars were much bigger though so maybe they balance each other out.

Spectacular work on this Geoff!

David G.

[GeeBee]

Radio aerial fitted, I didn't like the plastic mast as it looked a little over scaled, so I cut it off, drilled the base and inserted a cut down dressmaking pin, the base was then re-chromed using Molotow liquid chrome. 

Only thing left to do now is airbrush the front and rear scripts on the bonnet and bootlid in gold, and a few decals in the engine bay then it will be posted in the "Under glass" section. 

Edited November 2, 2020 by GeeBee

[GeeBee]

Chevrolet script and V emblems primed, these need to be painted in Gold, then I can get this one finished

 

[David G.]

Good call on the aerial.

Lately I've been using 17ga guitar string. It's pretty easy to cut and fairly flexible to allow for those occasional inadvertent contacts.

David G.