1969 Chevy Chevelle

[SmallRed63]

Used Revell's 1969 Chevy Chevelle 1/25 kit.

Started with the bright blue (shiny) 60s color in mind, but after a bad paint job using Rustoleum's Spa Blue, decided to go for the look of an old, partially restored car. I lost the 4th headlight somehow, so now it is 'gone'. All of the rust was scrubbed on using a Tamiya weathering kit. There were some pains gluing the front bumper onto the body, but besides my amateurish problems, it went together really well, and hey, for my fourth model kit, it really turned into a beauty (depending on who you ask).

Built box stock using all of the zillion parts and a billion decals 

 

[XYHARRY]

Every build is practise for the next one Zach. Quite a few of my builds are sitting in their boxes waiting for a rebuild or used for their parts. As long as your having fun it's all worth while. I like how you turned a bad paint job into an interesting themed model. Well done Zach. Here is a pic of a 69 I have in my rebuild stash.

Cheers, David. ??

[KWT]

nicely save

Edited March 12, 2023 by KWT

[espo]

Great job of changing direction of your build. 

[Stingray wes]

Turned out fantastic. Great weathering!

[ybsluos]

Zachary, the guys have already covered all my thoughts.  I wanted to chime in anyhow, I just give you kudos for not getting discouraged being this is only your fourth build. Let me tell you brother, my fourth he’ll never looked this good. You did a fantastic job on this. The weathering is very convincing and honestly weathering properly Is every bit as hard as making a model look pretty, perhaps even more difficult so way to go man.

[FLHCAHZ]

Looks a true survivor.  Very nice

[Andy Oldenburg]

Zachary, applause for your build! You did a great job and your weathering and rusting are very convincing.

Keep up the good work?

[happy grumpy]

Nice recovery of a bad situation Zach. Great use of weathering. Each model you build is a practice for the next, I am still practicing after 40 years. The most important thing is to have fun building and learning. So keep it up, you're on the right track.

[slusher]

Very nice recovery and it looks great!

[PappyD340]

Nice Chevelle!