51 Chevy Custom

[1320wayne]

In amongst all of the other projects that I have ongoing I decided to pull one from the shelf and do another rebuild on it. This will be the second time that I have rebuilt this one as I just haven't been satisfied with the finished piece.

This one started life as a Jimmy Flintstone "Cadzilla" style resin body that I picked up years ago and built years ago. It was originally done as a pro street 51 Chevy using a Revell kit for the chassis and interior. Not happy with that one, years ago I pulled it apart, cut the roof off, added a turtledeck and turned it into a roadster. I built it as a curbside with a late model Corvette interior, painted it transparent blue over blue with some green ghost flames. I messed up the paint so rather than start over I covered up the mistake with a blanket.

Here is what it looked like after the first rebuild.

Now, years later, I decided that I was still not happy with it so I tore it apart, sanded down the body, primed it and got it ready for it's new exterior look. When it's done it will still be a curbside with the same Vette interior, but the overall appearrance should look quite different.

I decided that I wanted to use this build as a trial for my attempt at making more of my own decals on my home computer. The body has been painted with Valspar white and masked off with a silver base and Testors Transparent Blue sprayed over that. Once dry and a little wetsanding to smooth out any rough edges on the seperation, I added some barbed wire graphics from a Slixx sheet. From there the flames were done on my computer. They were a really good looking set of flames that I found on the net, exported them into a Word document and then stretched them to match the side profile of the car. This is where I'm at so far. I'm working on a new tire/wheel combination, although the rears don't really show at all.

More to come.

Edited August 1, 2011 by 1320wayne

[streetracer]

wow the body work is great! cant wait to see it complete, its gona look awesome!!!

[LAone]

that looks pretty cool. im liking the over all combo. best of luck on the wheels.

[baddgass]

Nice start on the rebuild Wayne.

[Dr. Cranky]

Love it, the graphix are super cool, making this one look slick and beautiful.

[John Goschke]

Flames look great!

[pharr7226]

Very nice!

[Jantrix]

Whoa. Looks like another winner to me.

[Fat Rat]

So far it looks great. I like the color scheme, and the barbed wire decal is a nice touch as well.

[crazyjim]

Looks like you're doing pretty well with the homemade decals, Wayne. That puppy is looking good.

[1320wayne]

Guys, thanks for the comments. Jim, maybe I can show this off in person as I hope to be able to make the meeting this Saturday.

[jeffs396]

Nice work Wayne!!!

[Danno]

Excellent job, Wayne!

[crazyjim]

Be good to see you and the '51, Wayne. Lots and lots of business to take care of first. Did I send you a meeting agenda? There's still time in case I didn't.

[1320wayne]

Be good to see you and the '51, Wayne. Lots and lots of business to take care of first. Did I send you a meeting agenda? There's still time in case I didn't.

Yes, I received your email with the app. and the agenda.

[David G.]

Very cool!

David G.

[Mooneyzs]

Wayne... this is looking great. Love the new paint job you did. Going to be a nice build.

[JasonFL]

This thing looks sick all laid out. I actually really like the wheel combo, I'm excited to see the end result. Great build

[tooltas]

looks great bud love it laid out mini truck style.

[nybuilder]

That thing is really cool looking, great graphics and i love those wheels.