'66 Chevelle

[ScrappyJ]

Here are pics. of my '66 Chevelle. Gregg got to take some pics in ATL and had posted them in the Contest and Shows section of the forum so I apologize for any redundancies. I didn't get a chance to take pics. until today. It isn't 100% complete, but good enough for government work. I hope you guys like it:

[white00gt]

Amazing job-

All of the custom touches you added go great with the car ,gives it that modern meets old school look

BTW where did you get the wheels ?

Here are pics. of my '66 Chevelle. Gregg got to take some pics in ATL and had posted them in the Contest and Shows section of the forum so I apologize for any redundancies. I didn't get a chance to take pics. until today. It isn't 100% complete, but good enough for government work. I hope you guys like it:

Edited November 17, 2008 by white00gt

[ScrappyJ]

More Pics:

[ScrappyJ]

...more pics on my fotki

Edited November 17, 2008 by ScrappyJ

[Maliburacr]

Great build, also some very nice engineering

[Abell82]

AMAZING!! That is simply the best 66 I have ever seen.

[Bernard Kron]

Now that's FRESH!!! Really original take on this classic. Love the modern touches and all that chrome.

[BKIN10SECS]

Now...I do not want to sound critical in any way. nor, do I wish to offend anyone but, most people do not really understand what it is that they are looking at. This Chevelle built by Scrappyj (Dirk Joseph) is such a Tour de Force of enginering, design, lathe and mill work, craftsmanship and execution that most model builders may think, alot of the parts used in this build are aftermarket bought items.......THEY ARE NOT! To have a vision of the type of car you wish to build, to design, enginer and MAKE the parts for that car, to make sure everything is in a respectable scale. To have them all in the right place. To have them all look good. To have them all look realistic (in a show car theme aspect) and then to put it all together, believe me is no easy task! I would be secure in saying that 99% of all the metal parts that you see (that aint no alclad) on this car were made by Scrappyj. This car has machining, brass work (that has been chrome plated) casting etc etc. Please, take the time to really look at this car, go to his fotki and you will have the pleasure of viewing, in my humble opinion one of this countrys best (and best kept secret) model builders....Scrappyj aka Dirk Joseph.

Edited November 18, 2008 by BKIN10SECS

[Geezerman]

Exquisite !!!!!

What a fine gem.

Awsome craftmanship !!!

[ricky12]

WOW THATS GREAT NICE WORK

[outlaw035]

scrappy i saw ur chevelle at the atlanta NNL...its awesome....neal

[gilsdropshop1]

stuning chevelle absolutely one of the best machines out their great work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[miatamadman]

Stunning build!!!

I'm now going to go back and play with my legos

[Lyle Willits]

This is simply stunning. This has to be among the top 10 models I've ever seen in 25th scale.

[Zoom Zoom]

It certainly is a tour-de-force, and it's so well done that a lot of people have no idea how much of it is designed, machined, and fabricated. Well-deserving of it's top-ten award in Atlanta, and I won't tell anyone how Dirk finished this model on the stage in the morning after paying $20 for an unbuilt Chevelle for the taillight lenses

Fantastic work as usual

[Tom Kren]

WOW!!!!! Ok now that i picked myself off the floor all i can say is great job seen your stuff in your fotki album and what you do is just out of this world! again GREAT JOB!

[ScrappyJ]

Thanks, guys! Your comments are greatly appreciated and extremely humbling. They say a person is his or her own worst critic and I guess that would hold true for me. I think I might be too close to the project, but sometimes I look at it and am no where as impressed as some of the stuff I see around the forums, online and at shows (particularly all the great stuff that was in Atlanta). I would admit, however, I do like it better than the Nova I did last year.

Bob is correct and when I saw his comment, I was LMAO! It was Friday night and I was trying to finish the last of my "mostly" scratch-built bikes for the internet theme award. Dave Morton and I were rooming together and he, ever so politely and calmly, asked me where my tailights were. Well, I had stayed up until Thursday and was so frustrated and tired that I wasn't finished (just needed one more day, but that was the day scheduled for travel), I was on the verge of not going. Dave suggested that I bring my tools with me and finish the Chevelle and the bike in the hotel room. In my haste to make certain I had all the tools to be able to finish, I forgot the tail lights. The ironic part is that I had actually held the box in my hands the night before and thought, hmmm...don't need anything else from the box and put it down in my hobby room.

So, Saturday morning, I perused the vendors area on the search for another '66 Chevelle,of the Lindberg variety (awesome kit, IMHO). There was only one in the entire venue and just so happened that it was $20.00. I wasn't too happy with myself since I had just bought one for about $14.00 from my LHS after the front trim for the hood on the original kit was laready broken when I took it out of the box. Now I have 2 1/2 kits. The half of a kit from the one I used for the body (pretty much everything else, sans the center-console and the dash, were not used); one I had to buy for the trim piece for the front of the hood and the third I had to get for the tail lights.

Again, thanks for the kind words!

Edited November 19, 2008 by ScrappyJ

[bimmer]

Only one word....AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[BKIN10SECS]

Hey Gregg....think its time to do a "PROFILE"

[Raul_Perez]

WOW!!

Let's see…incredible…amazing…astonishing…remarkable…no, none of those terms come close enough to describing the awesome level of workmanship, craftsmanship and skill that went into this wonderful piece of work!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Later,

[Scott Colmer]

This is how detailing should look...everything is there, it's custom, and it FITS. Best build I've seen in months. Hats off!

[Tom Kren]

May i ask what color/type paint you used on this great build?

[ScrappyJ]

May i ask what color/type paint you used on this great build?

Hi, Tom-

I don't mind at all. I started with the HOK Lapis Blue and because I wanted a deeper blue, I added some HOK black to it. I don't know the exact mix/ratio, but just kinda, sorta added to my taste. I wanted an even deeper blue, but ran out of black. I wasn't too excited about it when I was done, but am happy with it now that the model is done. I also took some of the paint and added to my clear to tint when I painted over the carbon-fibered hood, the dash, the center console and the door panels. It isn't as tinted as it could be, but good enough for government work.

[catpack68]

awesome work dirk.it looks even better in person.i'm looking foward to seeing what you are going to do next

[Pat Cardz]

Wow is right!!

This is the nicest 66 I've seen, amazing work, just amazing!

Hey any chance we could see a picture of the Nova and Chevelle together??