Superbird McMonte Posted February 9, 2019 Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/4/2019 at 1:02 PM, streetmachine11 said: Superbird, That looks great! Its a favorite of mine also. What color are you planning? Probably pennant blue from that year
streetmachine11 Posted February 18, 2019 Author Posted February 18, 2019 Made some good progress this past week Got the Bodywork roughed in and body in primer. Used the vette engine bay but removed the molded in battery to repace it with a better one. painted and detailed the chassis. Chassis was stretched to fit modified body. New motor/trans mounts
BigTallDad Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 Great build so far. As an old coot that owned cars in that era, the front fender wells were a satin/flat black and the firewall was body color. Keep up the great work!
streetmachine11 Posted March 27, 2019 Author Posted March 27, 2019 Finished up the interior and added the photoetch keys. Wired and plumbed engine and fuel tank sender Made/modified exhaust to fit
Vietnam Vet67 Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!! Edited March 27, 2019 by Vietnam Vet67
NOBLNG Posted March 27, 2019 Posted March 27, 2019 Fabulous work on that engine and interior! Love it!
mod3l Lover Posted April 3, 2019 Posted April 3, 2019 That looks really cool just sitting there in primer grey! The interior is super nice also, that's for darn sure!!!
chaves pah Posted January 6, 2020 Posted January 6, 2020 On 2/4/2019 at 6:02 PM, streetmachine11 said: Superbird, That looks great! Its a favorite of mine also. What color are you planning? Streetmachine 11, now we have a little problem here, we are seeing two different buildings: yours, based on a '56 Nomad, and Superbird McMonte's, witch I might say is based on the '55 Nomad... I too would like to build the four '54 Motorama Corvette "jewels" so, after some research I did buy a '55 Nomad kit, along with a '53 Corvette BUT, what I think would be great, it would be to get some blueprints of this particular Nomad, to get the correct wheelbase in order to see exactly where to make all the "surgical" cuttings... You lengthened the '56 chassis how many mms? Is the '55 kit chassis the same size of the '56's? are they the same size in 1/1, or are they different? And, of course, you will get a great model in the end!
Mattilacken Posted January 7, 2020 Posted January 7, 2020 Very beautifull build! Love how you stretched and modifyed the boddy! Great result!
damodelguy az Posted January 12, 2020 Posted January 12, 2020 NICE JOB, with using the 56. i started this subject build some 25 to 30 years ago. been out of the box a few times through the years for additional working at it. i used the amt 55 nomad. yours went real smooth. awesome the way yours came together. very clean
streetmachine11 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 3:50 PM, chaves pah said: Streetmachine 11, now we have a little problem here, we are seeing two different buildings: yours, based on a '56 Nomad, and Superbird McMonte's, witch I might say is based on the '55 Nomad... I too would like to build the four '54 Motorama Corvette "jewels" so, after some research I did buy a '55 Nomad kit, along with a '53 Corvette BUT, what I think would be great, it would be to get some blueprints of this particular Nomad, to get the correct wheelbase in order to see exactly where to make all the "surgical" cuttings... You lengthened the '56 chassis how many mms? Is the '55 kit chassis the same size of the '56's? are they the same size in 1/1, or are they different? And, of course, you will get a great model in the end! the concept car was built from the 55 nomad. the only reason I used a 56 was because I had it on hand. this was built for a 2 month build off. the 55, 56 and 57 are the same cars (I own a 57 bel-air 2d hard top). the way I built mine was cutting and building the body then I centered the wheels and extended the chassis to match. I couldent tell you how much that was. then used the stove bolt coupe engine since it was the correct engine for the concept car. hope this helps! On 1/7/2020 at 4:38 AM, Mattilacken said: Very beautifull build! Love how you stretched and modifyed the boddy! Great result! thank you. On 1/7/2020 at 6:58 AM, Danno said: Wow! Way to go, Jason! Hella good project. thanks. this is more or less finished i would just like to make some side trim to finish it off
streetmachine11 Posted January 13, 2020 Author Posted January 13, 2020 16 hours ago, damodelguy az said: NICE JOB, with using the 56. i started this subject build some 25 to 30 years ago. been out of the box a few times through the years for additional working at it. i used the amt 55 nomad. yours went real smooth. awesome the way yours came together. very clean your doing yours the same way as far as body cuts. it's such a good looking car. I have plans to build another one and also the Corvette corvair concept. keep on that project looks like you've got a great start would love to see it finished
Superbird McMonte Posted January 14, 2020 Posted January 14, 2020 On 1/6/2020 at 5:50 PM, chaves pah said: Streetmachine 11, now we have a little problem here, we are seeing two different buildings: yours, based on a '56 Nomad, and Superbird McMonte's, witch I might say is based on the '55 Nomad... I too would like to build the four '54 Motorama Corvette "jewels" so, after some research I did buy a '55 Nomad kit, along with a '53 Corvette BUT, what I think would be great, it would be to get some blueprints of this particular Nomad, to get the correct wheelbase in order to see exactly where to make all the "surgical" cuttings... You lengthened the '56 chassis how many mms? Is the '55 kit chassis the same size of the '56's? are they the same size in 1/1, or are they different? And, of course, you will get a great model in the end! In my case, I’m going for the “look” My 55 Nomad is 1/25 while the Corvette parts are Monogram 1/24
robertw Posted May 10, 2021 Posted May 10, 2021 Well done, that is going to look great. Considering that your other choice would have been the rare MiniExotics resin kit of the Nomad you've created an very good looking replica.
geemoney Posted May 11, 2021 Posted May 11, 2021 nice i too started with the AMT 55.... its in the box SOMEWHERE
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