59 Impala

I don't know what issues you're having but one can only guess that it has to do with the amount of BMF that has to be used on one of these things. I don't think I've ever built a model that had as much chrome as one of these cars does. Hang in there pal and looking forward to updates when you can.

Warning!

 BMF that has sat in sunlight a lot doesn,t work well. With all the great work you have here go for some New foil!.

Brandonk,mustang Ranger j and fox . thanks fellas I've been filding with BMF hasn't been working to good and I've been working on a P-47 but will do.

Cmon man!!! We wanna see some progress in here brutha! 

I gotta say this color choice is stunning. The interior is amazing. Super cool.

BK

Paint and finish are outta sight Nick. The interior.....well....that all speaks volumes for itself. Impressive work good buddy.

looks great. The color scheme is of that era. For those who are interested the tri-power set up was offered by the factory by both Chevy and Pontiac, in that era, as an option. My one cousin had a 1958 Chevy with the 348 with tri-power that was ordered with that option. The two tone pastel colors were the rage at that time, as were wide white wall tires.

Just plain W - O - W!!!!!

Jim  

keavdog.thank you my next chevy wont be.. lol.

the interior is done..

What a beauty!  Coming along great - and fun exercise in colors I'd suppose!  I have to try one of these two tone classics.  

JohnnyK many thanks for that tip.

I gave the 1st clear coat and now some drying time.

This is a really enjoyable post. I love watching the model being built and I love the comments regarding the real car. Last Summer I was waiting at a stoplight and a 59 Chevy floated along on the cross street. I'm not kidding, it appeared to float as it moved. Those beautiful fins, beautifil cat's eye tail lights, and those weird nostrils above the front grill.

Just a word of caution. I built one of those models a few years ago and I installed the chrome nostril grills upside down. It's easy to do.

Joe thanks bud. its the kit decals they did use a bit of mirco sol and a drop of clear.

Greg many thanks .This 59 is a challenge from the start.. but building these things has gotten me through some times... but Im almost out of this tunnel lol

Gotta be the third to comment on the interior.

It's awesome!

Your paint job on the seats made me sit up and take notice, that's for sure.

Really good to see you back around here and back in action Nick. Jeeeez man! Nice work on that dash. Looks like you captured the glass lens look very well on those gauges. Looks like the real thing.

Joe thankyou its moving along...

TB those custom jobs are something else.. I did my share in my youger days.

here is the dash 

Hey!

       I got to thinking. Do you have another one?

 I saw a custom once. Looked dead stone stock till you saw it from the side! The owner extended the fenders around the Connie. In other words it sat in a Notch between the fins. Looked about a mile long( Think the 59 Caddy Series 62)

 Also had some kind of running lights in the stock eyebrows up front

Looking forward to your return Nick. Hope you get feeling better soon and get caught up with all the real life stuff.

Thanks fellas for your comments, I need to clear coat the body..but cant get around to it just been busy with other things hopefully catch up with things now that the holidays are done.

That friggin' interior!!!!!! JEEZ!!!! 

Hi;

    I thought the 59 was gorgeous , but , then it tried to fly. Hmmm, 348 was nothing but massive. First time I tried to work on the one in my 58 was a No-No! It was stuffed in there.

     You have indeed chosen a not often seen color pairing. Great job!

OMG! Interior looks great. Looking forward to seeing more.

Jim  

These are really cool cars, and pretty rare too. I love the 348, its looks fantastic. Then I saw your color choice. Very good choice indeed. This is gonna be very nice.

BK

Beautiful choice on finish. The way they should have looked. The "W Block" was a real stump puller. Lots of torque, but they didn't like to go beyond 6 grand. I think we shifted those between 5 & 5500. Think 409 w/2 fours, or better yet 425hp 427 in 64. I think they stopped in 65, as 66 was the first "Mystery" engine if memory serves. PaulE

Its been a good while since I posted any thing, not been around much. I have been working on the 59 now and again here are some pics .

Many thanks fellas. I have been busy with my French bulldog pup, potty training and that brings,driving the old folks to appointments... I will be catching up on the 59 shortly with some pics 

Got anything on this one Nick? Sure would like to see some on this beauty.

The 348 was a truck engine. Chevy used it in 58, 59, and 60. You dont see many with the tri-power set up today. I had a friend whos father was an over the road salesman and he had a 59. He complained about the lift by the rear fins at highway speeds. Looks graet so far. are you going for a two tone paint scheme?