1/16 scale 1955 Chevy Nomad (Weathered)

[Andria H]

Start on a distressed/weathered jumbo 1/16 scale AMT '55 Chevy Nomad in aged Autumn Bronze/Shoreline Beige with 2-tone tan & white deluxe interior and hi-po 265 V8/3-speed manual. 
I opened the fuel filler flap and removed the flap, added a gas cap and surroundings, will have a ragged headliner, dome/courtesy lights inside, greased up and beaten up and wired/plumbed engine, detailed & greased up shift linkage, Dullcoted windows with cracks carved in, working doors/hood, etc. Lichens and moss are simulated along with perished paint, right front/all over lower body damage, trim is starting to materialize, deteriorating carpets added on the floor along with floor rot and dents in the frame rails and the footwells roughed up. Fuel door is opened and the innards of the fuel fill compartment detailed/weathered.

 

 

 

Closeups of the damage

Engine & frame
 

Edited 13 hours ago by Andria H
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[johnyrotten]

That's a crispy one. Nice work so far.👍👍

[STU111]

Looks really weathered, a lot like abandoned cars in the outback here in Australia. Nice work. 👍🏻

[Andria H]

Current progress. I finished the vegetation growth for the most part, created rusty inner floors, will be putting random 1/16 parts in the cargo area along with old magazines/tabloids and a corroding mag wheel on a ragged old Firestone blackwall, and even trying to make a decaying headliner from Elmer's glue and crape paper to go with the 3 nonworking interior lights I added. Suspension will be out of the box except for aging/decay simulation, and the infamous "empty wheelwells" will have simulated ragged metal to fill out the gaps. The dashboard will be possibly the "prettiest" part of the whole car. Wheels/tires will be stock with 1 hubcap hanging on and 3 ragged steelies exposed to the weather, tires mismatched and distressed,and I plan on wiring/plumbing it, adding a Hurst floor shift and not ruling out Centerline wheels & beefy tires for the rubber/rim choice, and am going to put old performance/oil stickers on the glass and firewall and the 1976 Michigan tags also distressed to suit, so it looks as if it is an old hot rod & has been sitting in a deserted dirty place in the Motor City since the Bicentennial.