Post your 1:12 scale '57 Bel Airs!

[Romell R]

here's one i started a while back and just never finished.

may some day i'll get to finish it. hehe.

hope you enjoy!

Dave You know if you wanted to hand this one over to me I'll make sure she gets treated like a queen!!! LOL! Great job Brother!

[Romell R]

I remember when you started on this one Derrick ...you need to get back on this Man!

[Jordan White]

Lotsa great looking 57's so far!

[GrandpaMcGurk]

Mine is a full custom......still in the major overhaul stage. So far it has a tapered section and a fastback roof line.....many more mods including a chopped top to come.

Edited February 24, 2012 by GrandpaMcGurk

[deja-view]

Here's my 1/12 57 with the teardrop trailer I scratchbuilt for it. I built the car about six years ago, and made the trailer and diorama in 2009. The trailer uses the 57's stock wheels.

Here are some hitch details.

Here it is in my campground diorama. I forgot to paint the rubber bullets on the bumper black - fixed 'em later.

This (and the others, too) is fantastic. Great use of complementary colors, Sam. I know it's unsolicited, but I'd like to make a suggestion to you and others about exhaust tips. The aluminum tubing that is used by so many builders is just too thick for the tips. Years ago I went on a "quest" to find something the right size...and chrome. I found that extendable TV/radio antennas for cars and portable radios was perfect. Radio shack or auto parts stores are good sources. Just remove the ends and the small clips that hold the sections together and you will have several diameters of thin-walled, chrome tubing sections from 3-6" each. You can cut or flare the tips easily because most of them are actually brass under the chrome plating. I think you can see the result in one of my '57 rear pics.

[deja-view]

This (and the others, too) is fantastic. Great use of complementary colors, Sam. I know it's unsolicited, but I'd like to make a suggestion to you and others about exhaust tips. The aluminum tubing that is used by so many builders is just too thick for the tips. Years ago I went on a "quest" to find something the right size...and chrome. I found that extendable TV/radio antennas for cars and portable radios was perfect. Radio shack or auto parts stores are good sources. Just remove the ends and the small clips that hold the sections together and you will have several diameters of thin-walled, chrome tubing sections from 3-6" each. You can cut or flare the tips easily because most of them are actually brass under the chrome plating. I think you can see the result in one of my '57 rear pics.

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Here's a pair that are rolled in...probably the ends of the tubing where it meets the smaller section going into it, but I have done it this way myself:

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The second is a long tube with angle cut end like the '57, but you can see the quality of the chrome and it's realistic appearance.

And here's a set that are flared and turned at a downward angle (1/16 '34 Ford coupe):

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Edited February 24, 2012 by deja-view

[Sixties Sam]

Ken, you're right about the too thick tubing. i just used what I had handy on the 57. Ironically, look at the tongue jack on the trailer in the second photo. Guess what that is? It's a piece of R/C transmitter antenna. It can be telescoped down to let the trailer stand on the caster, unhitched from the car. I had the exact right tubing for the exhaust on hand and never thought of using it! Duuuh! Thanks for the good idea!

Sam

[Jordan White]

I'm gonna have to take some that are much more clear.

Hey, have you had a chance to get another pic of the engine bay? I would really like to see it clearer so I can see what sort of detail you put into it!

[deja-view]

I saw this pic on my album and remembered the question about the hinge. There's a good view at the top of the open door. The reflection also shows the depth of paint we can get with our larger cars.

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In the size it shows uon the website it isn't all that visible (the white hinge). My pics are actually huge, and I can expand them to larger than my 22" screen, but they only show up here in this smaller size when I use the "code for forums" link from Fotki. How do some of you get those nice big pics on this site?

Edited March 15, 2012 by deja-view

[Jordan White]

It might be to do with the forum resizing the pictures. Also, whenever I post pics here, I just use the "img" code.

[deja-view]

Hey, have you had a chance to get another pic of the engine bay? I would really like to see it clearer so I can see what sort of detail you put into it!

Here's a couple. I really overdid the detail and bling on this one, but ya gotta remember this was mid 1990's and the trend for clean and hidden hadn't fired up yet. I tired to simulate an LT5 ZR-1 engine using the Cosworth (since there was nothing else even close). It's okay, but if I had owned my ZR-1 at that time I could have done a much better job. I was actually using pics of the "Indy" engine as a guide.

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My original pics are huge but Fotki resizes them to this size for their website. If you can click on the pic and get the info above that has a downward arrow you can click on it to get the original size...much more detail. But I don't know if others can do that.

Edited March 18, 2012 by deja-view

[Jordan White]

Thanks!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

My '57 Bel Air:

All box stock, and also factory stock:))

[Junkman]

Mine:

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Tulio;

That's one of the best box stock versions of that '57 I've ever seen. Great job!

Christian; Really nice complementary colors. Is that the Ivory on top or is it a white with a little pearl? Are you going to build it stock or a bit custom?

[Junkman]

Tulio;

That's one of the best box stock versions of that '57 I've ever seen. Great job!

Christian; Really nice complementary colors. Is that the Ivory on top or is it a white with a little pearl? Are you going to build it stock or a bit custom?

It's white pearl over orange pearl. It's going to be fairly stock, apart from wheels, rake and stance.

Edited May 14, 2012 by Junkman