Revell '50 Olds fastback conversion

[philo426]

Grafted the front clip of the Revell '50 Olds to the body of the AMT Chevy Fleetline. Progress thus far;

[slusher]

Very nice job on the body. that will be a cool project...

[philo426]

yes it shall!

[kennb]

nice way of attacking the problem..................................................

[philo426]

Man!The engine sure is nice!

[charlie8575]

That's a nice line-up, Philip. How are you going to handle the rest of the trim and some of the other differences?

I like where this is going so far.

Charlie Larkin

[philo426]

Well I used my Dremel to grind off the trim on the rear fender.I will have to extend the door trim to match the fender trim using thin strips of styrene,.

[philo426]

Assembled and painted the chassis!Very nice detail!

[philo426]

[philo426]

Painted the aircan red to liven up the dull black engine bay.

[philo426]

I used strip styrene to add the chrome trim to the door and rear fender.The stone shield was pounded out of strip brass and was not easy to make!Took much longer than I anticipated to make it fit.

[charlie8575]

Nice work on the body, Phillip. Ideas for the color yet?

Charlie Larkin

[philo426]

i am thinking maybe a two tone green!

[philo426]

I'm digging the metallic green!

[Jantrix]

Phil, is it just the light or did you lose the front of the door panel lines?

[philo426]

I may have to rescribe them with my scriber.The gap when I joined the front clip was a bit too large but I will take care of that.

[philo426]

I decided to go with a slightly darker shade of green for the dash,seats and interior side panels,

[philo426]

Detail painted the interior panels free hand.I will refine them as best as I can.

[philo426]

The kit decals are not very good with almost no adhesive despite being dunked in the water for a few seconds.I had to put a drop of Future on them to make them adhere.

[philo426]

Airbrushed the final color coats and am very pleased!Man this paint will be bright in the sun!

[philo426]

Got the interior together.

[philo426]

I ran into a problem with the tires.The whitewalls flaked off when I installed the wheels.I prefer the Monogram method of providing a separate plastic whitewall insert.I will use my circle template and Tamiya white to airbrush the problem away.

[philo426]

There,that's better!

[philo426]

Now to let it dry.

Edited June 12, 2013 by philo426

[Lanny Haas]

looking good, like the color, I have a few questions, what is the plan for the tail lights as the olds rear fenders are different? and remember the olds has a one peice windsheld. but not a big issue, just remove the dividing bar. wonder if the olds windows will fit the chevy?