1957 Chev AA/FC 1/16th scale

[Ian McLaren]

Got this STL file from New Zealand, and the body printed very well with few issues as did the chassis from another source.  Not absolutely sure which car I'm going to do. 

 

Edited September 12 by Ian McLaren

[John B.]

You're off to a great start - I know it's going to be very nice!

[Ian McLaren]

Got the body halfs joined, and added the roof hatch and inner fender extensions

[1320]

Looking like a great start!

Jim

[Ian McLaren]

On 9/15/2025 at 8:19 PM, John B. said:

You're off to a great start - I know it's going to be very nice!

Thank you John, stay tuned for a twist on this one.

[Ian McLaren]

On 9/22/2025 at 4:06 AM, 1320 said:

Looking like a great start!

Jim

Jim thank you so much!

[Ian McLaren]

OK here comes the twist on this one. The real car runs two different bodies, one for nostalgia events and another for match races, the 57 Chev for nostalgia and this for match racing.  So I'm doing both bodies and they will fit the chassis without having to make any changes to the chassis to fit either body just as in the real car. 

 

Edited September 27 by Ian McLaren
UPDATE

[Ian McLaren]

Yellow base coat on to allow laying out and masking the Yellow graphics on the body, also working on the chassis  to add all of the major areas where clearance issues migh arise when mounting the two different bodies.

[FoMoCo66]

Looking real good there man!

[Dragline]

I see Mongoose there. But that car is rather boring graphically speaking.

[Ian McLaren]

8 hours ago, Dragline said:

I see Mongoose there. But that car is rather boring graphically speaking.

Yup, it looks kind of like a stock 57, but that not Toms car.  This was the second body out of the same mold.  It's called the Prospector and was built and run out of Edmonton Alberta as an AA/FC, with Toms blessing as I understand it.  There is also a 57 Black Widow street car in the fleet along with these three.

Edited 5 hours ago by Ian McLaren