56 Chevy Junior Stocker circa 1960’s

[R. Thorne]

Stopped and started a lot on this one.  It is representative of a 265 cu. In. Chevy with a single four barrel (4gc) carb and a 3 speed stick shift Stock Eliminator car.  Scattershield came from a 57 Nomad kit, aftermarket fenderwell headers, Lakewood traction bars from I don’t know where land, cast my own tires (7” cheater slicks) from the AMT Surf Woody that comes with 4 slicks.  Most of the parts came from the Revell Del Ray kit.  Paint is Tamiya spray cans.  Chrome trim is Hasegawa.  Don’t remember where the wheels came from.  More information about how I got started on this build is on the WIP thread.  Critiques, comments, questions, are always welcomed.

[M W Elky]

Wow that looks really nice with that smooth black paint and the white chassis a sixty’s custom trick many racers thought it would reflect the heat from the strip’s hot pavement. The Grumpy one painted his chassis white . As he was always looking for that competitive edge 

[Flatout]

Cool Junior Stocker Ron…love the fender well headers!  Well done😎

[PappyD340]

Great looking 56!

[Mike 1017]

Very, Very Nice !!!

[slusher]

Super nice!

[R. Thorne]

Thanks, guys.  Comments good or bad and questions are always welcomed. 

[TransAmMike]

Came out great Ron, really good locking Jr. Stocker!!  👍

[R. Thorne]

4 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

Came out great Ron, really good locking Jr. Stocker!!  👍

Thanks, Mike.  I am going to leave that smudge on the top of the left front fender to remind me not to use too much ca glue the next time.  I had the car upside down gluing the frame on and I found out later it had drained on to the fender.  

[TransAmMike]

3 hours ago, R. Thorne said:

Thanks, Mike.  I am going to leave that smudge on the top of the left front fender to remind me not to use too much ca glue the next time.  I had the car upside down gluing the frame on and I found out later it had drained on to the fender.  

Yep, it happens😂

[ChrisR]

Nice.

[R. Thorne]

On 4/14/2025 at 3:39 AM, ChrisR said:

Nice.

Thank you.

[keviiin86]

Cool car, I like the fenderwell headers..I'd suggest a little tamiya black panel line on the engine and carb to bring out some detail and shadows that don't show well on 1:25th scale. Overall really nice though!

[R. Thorne]

7 hours ago, keviiin86 said:

Cool car, I like the fenderwell headers..I'd suggest a little tamiya black panel line on the engine and carb to bring out some detail and shadows that don't show well on 1:25th scale. Overall really nice though!

Thanks for the suggestion.  I don’t normally do shading or weathering, but you are right.  That engine sure looks too orange.

[dragcarz]

Turned out really nice Ron. 

[R. Thorne]

17 hours ago, dragcarz said:

Turned out really nice Ron. 

Thanks, Roger.  It was an interesting experience and I think I got a little better with the Hasegawa chrome.

[Zippi]

I'm liking the way this one turned out Ron.  Nicely done.  

[R. Thorne]

Thanks, Bob.  It was fun and brought back memories of my junior Stock Racing days.  What more can you ask of a model kit?