AMT '57 Chevy

[dphipps]

Hey guys. This is my first one of this year as this is mostly my cold weather hobby. This is the current AMT '57 molded in blue. I picked it up at Michael's (Canada) with one of their 40% off coupons so it was about $20. It's a pretty basic kit with few pieces. Mine was molded pretty poor but overall it fit together fine.

For the model I think of it as custom by omission. I didn't add anything, just took some stuff away. So the door handles, chevy script and V on hood and deck, the 3 bars behind the headlights, and the top section of the fin trim were sanded off. I left the grille bar off. I built it straight out of the box otherwise and have the front axle in the low hole. I forgot pics under the hood but there's not much going on under there. I left engine bay detail out because custom and terrible molding.

Paints are craft style acrylics thinned and airbrushed. Primer is duplicolor Filler, clear is also duplicolor with matte on body and gloss on the roof. Interior is craft paint with a few details picked out and a light wash of a darker colour. Chrome trim is paint marker with no clear on it, it is delicate this way but much more shine at the expense of careful handling to not touch the chrome.

I still need to fiddle with the camera settings a bit .

Hope you like it!

correction: The whitewall tires did not come with the kit, but they're the same molding as the blackwall tires from the kit. 

Edited Thursday at 03:04 PM by dphipps

[Mike 1017]

Very nice Kustom

[Kanada Kustoms]

Great looking build... Nice and restrained!

[Sledsel]

I like that a lot!!! Great job!

[espo]

Like the clean look of the body with some of the chrome removed. This look with the narrow whites and black painted wheels reminds me of the late '50's and early '60's.  

[karbuildr]

I like it. Very nice build and I like the color as well.

[Stt226]

Awesome job. The body color really pops with the wheels ! 

[bondo bill]

sharp custom

[XYHARRY]

Kool kustom. Well done Devin.

[johnyrotten]

Very well done. Simple,clean looking 57. I like the contrast with the cleared roof vs flat body. It's got a great old school look. This is proof that sometimes less is more.👍👍

[dphipps]

Thanks for the comments guys! 

I didn't refer to this picture during my build but this is the inspiration:

 

Edited 23 hours ago by dphipps

[dphipps]

16 hours ago, espo said:

Like the clean look of the body with some of the chrome removed. This look with the narrow whites and black painted wheels reminds me of the late '50's and early '60's.  

That's the era I was going for! 

8 hours ago, Stt226 said:

Awesome job. The body color really pops with the wheels ! 

I wasn't sure if the black wheels would be too plain but I think it's cool! I did try some spinner bar hubcap style wheels but I think this is better.

2 hours ago, johnyrotten said:

Very well done. Simple,clean looking 57. I like the contrast with the cleared roof vs flat body. It's got a great old school look. This is proof that sometimes less is more.👍👍

I feel some of the designs back then were halfway to being a custom before they even rolled off the line so I didn't want to veer too far away, not that I don't like the wild stuff too though!