66 Chevy Impala

[Yeah Nah]

First model post. A while back my brother and nephew went halves with a purchase of one these. The nephew got married so now with more important financial priorities, the car had to go. He could no longer have the real thing, so I built this Revell 1/25 (with the SS badges removed) for him. Pretty much represents the car he had. 

Thanks for looking!

[Mittagskind]

Yeah, looks very fine.

[XYHARRY]

G'day Garry, your Impala looks great with those wheels. I like the NSW plates, I used some on my 37 panel. Well done mate.

Cheers,

David.????

[Dirty Gringo]

Gorgeous build looks great thanks for sharing 

 

[70 Sting]

Very clean build. The chrome, emblems and badges look great!

[PappyD340]

Super nice Impala!!

[espo]

Great looking paint and color. The chrome trim is what really caught my eye. I was an original owner of a '66 Impala SS long ago, and the trim here just looks perfect. The wheel arches are hard to get right on this model and these are done right, and most forget the Hoods center line chrome.  

[TransAmMike]

Very nice Garry. I'm assuming thats BMF on the trim, grat job on that!

[karbuildr]

Very nice build. Great color, nice details, bare metal foil is superb, especially the wheel arches.

[Yeah Nah]

14 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

G'day Garry, your Impala looks great with those wheels. I like the NSW plates, I used some on my 37 panel. Well done mate.

Cheers,

David.????

Thanks David. The wheels came from the Revell 58 Impala kit while the plates are Photoshop creations which I've found is perfect for such things. 

[Yeah Nah]

Thanks for the supportive comments everybody! 

Correct on the use of BMF for most of the trim, though the wheel arches are silver acrylic paint (Citadel Stormhost Silver) brushed on. 

I no longer use BMF since getting hold of a Molotow liquid chrome pen which in spite of thinking it would be, is NOT the answer to all chrome trim problems , but certainly is to 90% of them! 

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[slusher]

Great looking Chevy

[ewetwo]

Really nice. Wheels set it off.

[Koellefornia Kid]

Great looking Impala with a nice set of rims! Nice first post, can we expect more great stuff like that?

['70 Grande]

Terrific looking build! One thing that troubled me about this kit was how the taillights looked after completion. I really like the way you handled those taillights on your build and I will be doing my best to duplicate the look you achieved with your taillights.

[michelle]

looks great 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Really nice job. Clean build and nice detail. First post is a winner! Thanks for posting.

[satterwhite78]

A "Crisp" build that definitely pops!

[Yeah Nah]

Thanks again everybody for looking in and commenting. From memory the taillights had slightly raised edges which made it easier to highlight by brush with silver paint. One of the reasons I use acrylics exclusively is it's far easier to correct and remove mistakes. 

[Yeah Nah]

4 hours ago, Koellefornia Kid said:

Great looking Impala with a nice set of rims! Nice first post, can we expect more great stuff like that?

Thanks Oliver! I've got a bunch of completed models but first I need to sort out my camera use skills (virtually non-existent!).