severin681 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 (edited) I did this mainly to get back into the hobby after a 10 year absence from it. I did a lot of these in college. My Junior and Senior year were tough so I put them in storage. Life happened, I have a family, and a house, etc...and now finally 10 years later i have time to do them. So I thought I would make as many mistakes as possible doing this one so I can focus on the other ones I have in line. So, it has problems, I know, but it was great relearning all the little tricks I once knew. My biggest mistake was not paying attention to the weather one day when I was spray painting the metallic black on the body. It started to sprinkle as I was putting on the final coat. A big drop of water smacked it on the driver front fender and caused these little craters to appear on the body. I never sanded them out, and I never glossed the body. But I proceeded forward knowing not to do THAT next time (spray on cloudy days!). I put only the detail on the car that comes with it, in other words, nothing after market. Regardless I'm still happy with how it turned out, mistakes and all. I hope someone out there enjoys it too. Thanks for looking! (Oh, and I'm making license plates at work with my sticker paper...so those are missing still, but not forgotten!) Oops! Forgot to post the full body shot! I was so concerned with the details. Edited October 3, 2012 by severin681 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Looks good from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 3, 2012 Author Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thank you Al! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Looks good Gilbert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgbben Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 For being out of the game for 10 years.....you still have it. Personally I really like the color choices and the overall look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Very nice looking build. I like SHINY :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 Thank you everyone for the positive feedback I really appreciate it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 For being out of the game for 10 years.....you still have it. Personally I really like the color choices and the overall look. Thank you! I still have a ways to go though. I want to learn how to do all the wiring on engines and where they are all supposed to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-Machine Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Killer Chevelle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Really sharp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Lovely box stock beauty. Young'uns, take note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 great looking chevell, great color combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBII Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 great colors nice model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelJ Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 10 yrs? You could've fooled me. That thing look's great, and some cool pic's... Michaelj... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 4, 2012 Author Share Posted October 4, 2012 (edited) Thank you everyone again! It really helps me to be focused on my current build so I can share that one! @Michael J - Yeah my wife made fun of me for contorting myself to get good photos with the camera. She said it looked like I was photographing a super model @Lunajammer - Thank you for that! I liked the simplicity of just working whats inside the box. My current build has a few goodies from Model Car Garage and Detail master, and I'm anxious to get that one finished! Edited October 4, 2012 by severin681 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Back in the saddle! Great job on the Chevelle! That instrument panel is great. Nice finish, too! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Back in the saddle! Great job on the Chevelle! That instrument panel is great. Nice finish, too! Sam Thank you Sam! Although the picture doesn't quite capture how terrible job I did on the speedometer . I attempted to paint it without adequate lighting and a nice magnifying glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Nice. Thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romell R Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Great work! thanks for sharing it with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
severin681 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Great work! thanks for sharing it with us. Thank you! It was your work on your very own that inspired me to start back up again and finish this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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