1957 Chevy Bel Air Convertible - 1/12 (Junk Car)

Hello guys, I've been working on my Chevy again...

Here you see the original firewall and a picture of a real firewall printed on scale.

The difference is so huge I decided to make it completely new...  while doing that I actually realized that I had to make the whole engine compartment new.

So here you have pictures of the firewall. I'll post pictures of the complete engine compartment  as soon as it's ready.

Before:

After:

Wow!

Exelent work scratch-building the firewall. I definate don't think I would be able to do something like that, and have it work out to look remotely good.

Exelent work

@ Railfan: oh yes sure you can! It's just a matter of practice.

Thank you for the kind words!

Hello guys, thank you for the positive feedback.

I hope I had more time to work on my Chevy. Anyway, here you have a short update of the work done this weekend.

The engine compartment. Before...

and after...

The steering wheel:

And the front axle...

I'm completely speachless, with my jaw resting on the floor, droolng all over everything.

 I think you went past the extra mile for everything on this build.

Some great work here--one suggestion, if I may? It would be great and very instructive to the enthusiastic followers of this thread if you would post the "hows" of how you are completing your model here. For instance, what techniques did you use to make the molded-look of the firewall?

I also have a passion for old, rusted cars--here are some examples of my models--enjoy!

"Lair of the Rust Bunnies"

"Checkered Past"

If you look at these work blogs, you'll see what I mean about showing your methods. It really helps people to see what you're actually doing. Pass along the knowledge!

@ Railfan: I'm glad you like it!

@ the doog: I had a look at your threads. Great models! Well done! I'll try to make my posts more complete!

Wow - this is amazing work. I'll be following this one.

Hello guys, I'm moving now and all my hobby stuff is packed in boxes.

As soon as my new hobby room is ready to use, I'll be back with more stuff!

Hello guys, I'm finally back. After moving, having a child, and lots of other things that came in between I managed to re continue this project!

here you have a few pics after painting and adding a few details. I'll be weathering the engine next. It wont take that long til the next post!  

Excellent work on adding some much needed detail. at least building it as a junker you can leave parts off to expose the detail your adding (it'd be a shame if it was all covered up).

IBuild148

1/12 scale? What is the length and width on that beast? I will be watching this. Looks like alot of detail.

There is a 1/12 chevy kit available, fyi. (from revell). recently reissued.

@OctaneOrange - Yes, that's right, as a junker you can ad details that otherwise you would never see. That's cool!

About the scale, It was my mistake. It's a 1/16. I tried to edit the headline afterwards but it was not possible anymore. It's an old 1/16 kit of ERTL.

Hello guys, I'm back after a long absence. Lots of things happened lately.

Now lets get to the model. After painting a matt brown layer and 2 red layers I wet sanded the body using rust powder mixed with water to get a very fine superficial rust effect.

I hope you like it. 

Thanks for the update. She's really looking bad, and that is really good!

I'm back with the engine bay details. Here you see a few pics of the process and t the bottom you'll see the finished engine bay.

I used an old light bulb to make the accelerator spring and I scratch built many parts such as the battery cable connectors, the brake booster, heater hoses, etc.

Here you see the finished engine bay:

Really good work....:)

That's a junker? It looks better than a few of the cars I've owned in the past.

Thanks!

awesome work!

hello guys, here is the final result on this project:

That's probably one of the most creative dioramas I've ever seen.  Fantastic work!

I agree with cn spots. Excellent work! Bob

That's just stunning, and just the most original thing I've seen in ages. BRAVO!!