MPC 57 Chevy

[Painted Black]

Just this week I got rid of 30 years worth of kits, parts, projects, etc. Loaded it all up in the truck and went to the local flea market, pit a sign on the truck bed, FREE just take it all...walked over to the drug store and 20 minutes later it was gone, what a relief!! No more distractions to deal with. So I.m starting over fresh with a new kit, will be OOB except for a couple of changes. And here it is after 4 days, not bad for me, I usually take four days to figure what I'm doing.

Thanks for looking..

[TransAmMike]

Well Robert, you certainly got a good start on it for just 4 days work. Keep up the good work!!

[mustang1989]

That IS a good start Rob. Looking forward to more.

[Painted Black]

Thanks... Having no other stalled projects really frees up the time to spend on just one.

[bisc63]

Congrats on rediscovering what's fun about the hobby: building kits! Looking good!

[Bullybeef]

Well here’s to new beginnings??
great progress.

[Tortuga Kustomz]

Great start my friend, not a bad idea, i have a couple project that i lost interest so i think i can do the same with all those things i'm not going to use, looking forward for more updates

[FLHCAHZ]

Looks Great!  Can you please tell me what kit this is?  Woud you post a pic of the under carriage?

[Painted Black]

The chassis is pretty much generic, mine was warped real bad but I got it close to straight, right now this build is on hold while I figure out if I can get the warp out of the front fender unit.. Other than that its pretty straight forward as far as building.

[FLHCAHZ]

1 hour ago, Painted Black said:

The chassis is pretty much generic, mine was warped real bad but I got it close to straight, right now this build is on hold while I figure out if I can get the warp out of the front fender unit.. Other than that its pretty straight forward as far as building.

Thanks!  Im torn between this kit and the 1/16 57 Chevy convertable

[TransAmMike]

48 minutes ago, FLHCAHZ said:

Thanks!  Im torn between this kit and the 1/16 57 Chevy convertable

I have never built a kit larger than 1/24, but IMO, unless you just want to build a flip front drag car, I'd go with the Convertable. Just my 2-cents??

[FLHCAHZ]

3 minutes ago, TransAmMike said:

I have never built a kit larger than 1/24, but IMO, unless you just want to build a flip front drag car, I'd go with the Convertable. Just my 2-cents??

Decisions decisions...

[TransAmMike]

1 minute ago, FLHCAHZ said:

Decisions decisions...

I have that '57 Flip nose but just keep bypassing it, and I'm a huge '57 Chevy fan.

[Painted Black]

Although I really like this kit, and it is very basic, the warping problem just spoils it for me. Even after I straightened the chassis  it has returned to left wheel doing a wheelie..

[TransAmMike]

 

1 hour ago, Painted Black said:

Although I really like this kit, and it is very basic, the warping problem just spoils it for me. Even after I straightened the chassis  it has returned to left wheel doing a wheelie..

Put some ripple wall slicks on it and it'll look like thats what it's doing, but of course will need a driver. ??

[Tortuga Kustomz]

I have that kit in my stash, don't know what am going to do with it yet

[Bullybeef]

Go to a tire shop and get some stick on lead weights, put them in the trunk, give it a lift off look

[slusher]

On 2/17/2021 at 11:14 AM, TransAmMike said:

I have that '57 Flip nose but just keep bypassing it, and I'm a huge '57 Chevy fan.

I have not finished mine bit no troubles. I keep starting something else.

[TransAmMike]

On 2/12/2021 at 7:08 AM, Painted Black said:

Just this week I got rid of 30 years worth of kits, parts, projects, etc. Loaded it all up in the truck and went to the local flea market, pit a sign on the truck bed, FREE just take it all...walked over to the drug store and 20 minutes later it was gone, what a relief!! No more distractions to deal with. So I.m starting over fresh with a new kit, will be OOB except for a couple of changes. And here it is after 4 days, not bad for me, I usually take four days to figure what I'm doing.

Thanks for looking..

Any more progress on this one Robert??

[Painted Black]

Well sorta, the front axle is so small in dia. that the ends keep sagging, I'm going to rebuild it with some alum. tubing just as soon as I can get to the store. The engine is complete and I've started doing the foil work. Will post update when I get these problems worked out.

[stevez]

that body looks pretty nice. 

[thomascoffey1959@gmail.com]

I did that cleaning house bit, a long time ago. I got rid of kits, and parts, and I wished I hadn't. Tastes change, but eventually the wheel comes back around, and those 50's and early 60's cars and kits I ditched were all I wanted to build.    This 57,by the way looks to be a bad ash ride.  

[Painted Black]

There will be no further updates to this project

[bluestringer]

I just started this kit, doing body prep now. Lots of flash on mine and I've got one side window post that is broke. Was looking forward to following your build. Looks like you had a great start on it. 

[Painted Black]

Thanks James, it is a fairly good kit, good bit of flash as you say, My reason for stopping on this one is the front axle is so small in diameter that it will not hold the weight of the model without bowing at the wheels. I planned on building a new axle but just have to many other things going. I will finish it someday..