Revell Monogram 1/12 '57 Chevy.

[Lovefordgalaxie]

I built this one box stock.

It was hard to resist adding more detail to it, but I wanted to see how it would look like just with what was inside the box, plus paint, and foil.

I have more of those kits and plan on building another with lots of extra detail, just don't know when just yet.

The only thing I did add was one piece of stainles tubing to each exhaust tip.

The paint is Tamiya TS-14 black, from the mini spray can. The interior was painted with tamiya Italian red and Testors flat black.

The frame was painted with Testors flat black, the floor pans with red-ish brown primer, and some eventual black undercoating was simulated with Tamiya X-1 acrylic black.

Gas tank and engine were painted with testors acrylics.

Hope you like it

Thanks for looking!!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

A couple more from the botton:

[Haubenschild]

This absoultley beautiful!! The paint and details are superb!

Edited May 8, 2012 by Haubenschild

[midengineaddict]

wow, very cool,

[rctruk]

Super nice...plus great photography

[AZ Boy]

Outstanding! I have one thats about 70% done, and seeing yours gives me the incentive to finally finish it. Again, great build!

[kruleworld]

even though you've not added any detail, you've done well with what is there. you color choices on some fo the detail parts is spot on.

[Eric C]

Wow.... Look at that black paint job. Gorgeous! Very nice work.

[Ron Hamilton]

Drop dead georgeous!!!!

[cobraman]

Very nice. I like your color choices.

[bondo bill]

shes a beauty

[cortinanut]

That's a phenomenal build! Stunningly realistic even without adding anything, thanks to your strong technique.

[Badluck 13]

That first picture looked like a real 1:1.....what a awesome job and that black finish....WOW!!!!

[Sixties Sam]

That is beautiful! Great paint and interior. It looks absolutely real in some of those photos. Excellent work!

Sam

[stevehansen]

Excellent, like the real thing

[martinfan5]

Yes, that is beautiful, great job

[DumpyDan]

Nice, and big enough to park in your own driveway. VERY COOL!

[The70judgeman]

Not an easy color to pull off on any scale model...let alone on a real car. Obviously great prep work for an awesome finish. Very well done.

[Danno]

That's the word ... Superb!

[Lovefordgalaxie]

Some pictures of the build:

[Lovefordgalaxie]

By the way, if someone is thinking about buying a 1/12 Chevy kit to build it stock, stay away from the Revell "50th Anniversary" edition of the kit, as it comes with the wrong stock tires. The tires I used are from a 1986 vintage edition of the kit, at the time released by Monogram.

The tires Revell inclued are the ones from the '69 Camaro Z-28 kit and are not only incorrect for a 1957 car, they donet have the recess to receive the plastic whitewall inserts that do come with the kit.

The old Monogram kits have better overall quality as well, and are an easy find on e-Bay.

[hgbben]

From the first few pics, I thought it was real. Fantastic workmanship there.

[hgbben]

By the way, if someone is thinking about buying a 1/12 Chevy kit to build it stock, stay away from the Revell "50th Anniversary" edition of the kit, as it comes with the wrong stock tires. The tires I used are from a 1986 vintage edition of the kit, at the time released by Monogram.

The tires Revell inclued are the ones from the '69 Camaro Z-28 kit and are not only incorrect for a 1957 car, they donet have the recess to receive the plastic whitewall inserts that do come with the kit.

The old Monogram kits have better overall quality as well, and are an easy find on e-Bay.

I have this kit from early 2000's. My plan is and was to replicate the exact car my dad had that he bought brand new.

[TheCat]

WOW... beautiful job.

[Bart68]

That is one of the nicest Paint jobs I have seen ever. You do some great work.