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

Excellent work so far.  I'd like to have a closer look at the head.

MJ,

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

Nice job so far! I will follow this post because maybe I will build a 57 Belair but in 1/24... :)

I made a mistake, it's actually 1/16, sorry!

But anyway, big enough!

This is great stuff.  Should look awesome when done. 

Man, that looks great. I have to get your book on modifying models to look like junkyard cars.

@ somefella: Thanks, I hope it's going to look great when done!

@ ralifan: maybe you want to chek our special offer? I've sent you a PM.

Here a small update:

It's looking good. Thanks for the PM on the offer. Amazing work you do

Hello guys!

Sorry for the long absence. 
Here you have a small improvement for the rear axle.

Original:

Improved:

http://www.modeljunkyard.com/files/57_chevy_-_rearaxle1.jpg

It's definately looking good. Mabe I out to search out a large scale model, and try something like this. One of these days...

I definately can't wait for the rusting steps, as well as the finished project

I can't wait to see this baby completed.WIPs are such a tease!

TD4438

I can't wait to see this baby completed.WIPs are such a tease!

Yes, I agree, but sometimes it pays off to see the finished product before it's "finished product" state, so you can appretiate the work put in.

Like here, I find it just as interesting to watch  how the car is being built  as well as thinking about what the final product looks like. It's like a science experiment. You make a hypothesis on what you think the finished model will look like, and revise it as it get's closer to completion.

It's all part of the fun of WIPs.

I am glad to see your back and sharing an update! Very well done and we appreciate your changes and crisp photo's.

Fine looking work on this one.

thank you!

Looking forward to more!

Jim Barton

Looking forward to more!

Same here.

You sir, suck! man, love the level of detailing, the head, the door panel, and the inside of the trunk lid, just amazing!

@ Subhuman: thank you for your feedback!

Here is the first step for the diorama: A Tokheim 39 gas pump 100% scratch build (1/16) Everything is scratch build. No resin parts or whatever. The logos and the display are also self made. I draw them on my computer and printed them out in scale. 

It's not finished yet. I just put it together with tape for the pictures. I still have to do some weathering and rust effect on it. As it will be standing close to the junk Chevy, it can not stay this way. I know it hurst a little as it look great now, but...  I'll do it!

I hope you all enjoy it!

Alright! Rusty gas pumps!

Another one of my favorite things. When you get it done, I'm going to get that guide on how to build the pumps.

Thank you Railfan!

Great thread for detail ideas!

Thanks for taking the time & effort to post for us, it really is appreciated!

I have a Revell 1/24 scale Nomad station wagon kit.... Never in my lifetime have I seen such a poorly molded lump of plastic, yet I would like to build it for a theme prize for a contest next May. I will make a note of this thread for reference.

@ SuppressionFire: I'm glad you like my work! Thank you! I know what you mean. It's the same with this kit although it is a 1/16 scale. One of my worst kits ever. 50% of the time I'm working on details that actually should be there, specially in such a big scale! And I'n not talking about the door panels and that stuff, but really basic things such as engine parts or other basic details. This is my last "bad" kit. It's half fun.

Hmm, after the last few posts, it sounds like Revell could possibly need to re-tool some molds.

I'm O.K. with the detail I get from Revell kits, and suplementing them with my own scratch-built stuff, but that may be in part due to Revell being one of the few manufacturers I can afford most of the time.

Of course, those mold seems do go pretty deep, and it takes a good amount of sanding to get rid of them (as well as the molded details in some cases)

At Model Junkyard, the work you do is nice indeed.

I got an idea which would fit right up your line of work-- Ever play, or seen played, the X-Box 360 game "Fallout 3"? Well, it's time frame and story line is, in 2077 there was a nuclear holocaust. The game is set 200 years later, in 2277.

The kicker is-- everything is retro--looks like it came right out of the 1950s, and ALL of it is rusty and beat up. You name it, all the cars, trucks, buses, mailboxes, vending machines, even an aircraft carrier in the Potomac River that has holes rusted through the flight deck which you can see daylight through when your character is on the hangar deck. (By the way, the carrier resembles an Essex class, and all the aircraft look like F-80 shooting stars which were some of our first jet aircraft after WWII)

It would be neat to see a diorama from you with that theme in mind. Yeah I know-

But the convertible's looking good!!

@Railfan: that's right, the details on this kit are miserable... 

@kustommodeler1: It's actually not so out of topic. That's what I do... junk cars and junk stuff. I have another topic about a junkyard diorama . My brother and I will be building a huge Junkyard Diorama. We where thinking about including some more stuff than only cars, for example a WWI airplane such as Mustang P51-D and vietnam war helicopters like the Huey UH-1... 

Back to the Chevy. I've been working on more details for my Chevy the last days.

after and before

old tires

Here you see: before (left) and after (right)

Model Junkyard

 

. We where thinking about including some more stuff than only cars, for example a WWI airplane such as Mustang P51-D and vietnam war helicopters like the Huey UH-1...  

The Chevy is looking exelent. Gettin closer and closer to rust time.

I can't wait to see the UH-1 Hueys you do. If they are only half as good as the cars, then they should look exelent.

@ Railfan: I can't wait to build those models either! I hope I had more time to work on all that stuff...   I have to be patient