Revell Chevelle SS396.....

[cruz]

Hi there my fellow glue sniffers, hope all is well. Just finished this ugly thing and wanted to share it with you all. Kit builds well until you mate the chassis to the body so make sure you glue everything well and strong, you will regret it if you don't. Other than that, it truly is a fun kit to build and simulates the real one well. Pictures still don't show the true color but it's close enough. Color is MCW Finishes Frost Green Metallic and I used MCW Finishes Medium Green Poly for the interior, both  factory colors. The interior was treated with a few aftermarket goodies including embossing powder rugs and a Hurst shifter from Detail Master. I also added seat belts with photo etch hardware. The engine was wired and plumbed and treated with a few other minor details. The Holley carburetor is from Fireball Modelworks. After the addition of the molding from Evergreen that separates the roof from the body,  used MCW Finishes texture paint to simulate the vinyl top. I couldn't acquire the factory color for the roof from MCW or anyone else for that matter so I decided to match the real color by using Tamiya Nato Green on top of the black textured paint. I think it's the best match for this. Wheels and Tires are from one of the AMT wheel and tire packs. Hope you guys like this thing...... 

[cobraman]

Wow, that is nice ! Great paint, great engine detail and the top looks very good as well.

[grodudulle77]

Awesome details, very nice work !! ??

[Andrew McD]

The under the hood detail work is magnificent! 

I recently built this model but with my more pedestrian and modest skills it isn't anything nearly as sweet as what you have produced.

Well done!

[espo]

This really looks great and I like the color scheme  you describe and I see what you mean about the picture showing it more as a grey color. The trim all looks good with the vinyl roof. I like how you displayed the engine. 

[cruz]

Yes guys, it's a little closer to this color. I also decided not to put the side decal in place because I think it's a little out of scale. It should be a lot thinner as seen on this real one.....

[Venom]

Hey Marcos, beautiful Chevelle! I love your color choice and the engine detail is very nicely done! Also, thanks for telling us where you got some of those aftermarket parts...I’ll be looking into them?

[Fantom]

Please tell us about that air filter! Awsome work!!

[Tom99]

Excellent!!

[doorsovdoon]

I think it actually looks better without the stripe, very nice colour and the vinyl roof tops it off nicely. Love the engine detail, the brake pipes and the vacuum hose for the booster are great touches. Very nice build.

[cruz]

1 hour ago, Fantom said:

Please tell us about that air filter! Awsome work!!

I purchased that air filter at a model car show years ago, it was offered by Replicas and Miniatures but I don't think he offers it anymore. If he does, I am getting another five dozen of them......

[Spottedlaurel]

Nice work, that colour combination looks really good.

[cruz]

9 minutes ago, doorsovdoon said:

I think it actually looks better without the stripe, very nice colour and the vinyl roof tops it off nicely. Love the engine detail, the brake pipes and the vacuum hose for the booster are great touches. Very nice build.

Thank you Garreth, I would have loved using the side decals as well but when you compare it to the real one it just doesn't look right. There is a lot of space between the door handle and the door lock on the real image but not the same on the actual model. Also, the shape at the ends are not even close, they are simply too thick....

[Belugawrx]

Another beautiful paint job Marcos?

The extra detaing on the roof and in the engine compartment looks great as well.

Cheers

[doorsovdoon]

I can see it, looks like the decal needs to be at least half the width of the real one.

[Classicgas]

Beautiful!  How did you correct the tail light bumper interface? 

[cruz]

 

[BeakDoc]

Man, that’s crisp! Your vinyl tops are freaking majestic.

[Quiet Eric]

Love the color, love the top, love the wheel choice, all around great build!

[charger74]

Looks great 

[Modlbldr]

Simply beautiful! The color and top are perfect. I really like all of the underwood detail and the choice of wheels too.

Later-

[RAMBENNA]

very nice indeed, love the color. the vinyl top is excellent. I know what you mean with the body to the chassis, thats also my only complaint when building this kit

Edited November 17, 2020 by RAMBENNA

[Dominik]

Perfect!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!!

[lghtngyello03]

Great looking build,  I think I saw this on FB somewhere.  Looks awesome! What brand are the hose clamps that you used? They look really good.

Edited November 17, 2020 by lghtngyello03