Post by Mr409 on Feb 8, 2017 14:35:19 GMT -5
I wasn't planning on starting a new project now when I have a couple others that are getting closer of being finished. But, today while surfing at The H.A.M.B. I saw a thread about "The Astorian '55 Chevy". First I thought WOW - That's one super nice '55 Chevy. Then I remembered that I have one Revell '55 Bel Air glue bomb waiting to be built and just a few moments later I was already cutting it up!
Here are a few pics of the real car that I lent from that H.A.M.B. thread. It was Customized originally in 1964 and it has been restored in the '80s. Very good looking Sled!
OK, first let me say that this is Not going to be an exact replica with all of the details 100% correct. I don't want to try building an exact replica as I'd probably never finish it because there would be so much work. So instead, I'm going to try building something that looks like the real thing and it has the right look and feel, but I'm not trying to make every single detail correct.
So my starting point is this glue bomb where I had stripped the paint off earlier. It's in a pretty good condition, so a perfect starting point for cutting and slicing!
Now, the first problem was that my kit is a Hardtop and the real thing is a Chopped Sedan. I'm not trying to change it to a completely accurate Sedan, but the main thing is that it pretty much like the real thing. After all, the real thing is pretty heavily Customized, so I think the Sedan conversion doesn't need to be 100% like it came from the factory. More important is to create the right "look".
One of the big differences between HT and Sedan is that the rear window area is different. Sedan top goes a bit further back than HT so I cut the rear section of that top away and moved it a bit backwards. The gap between those top halves was filled with sheet styrene.
The bottom part of that rear window opening needs some modifying as seen here...
I scratchbuilt a new B-Pillar from sheet styrene and glued it on place. The door line was scribed with Trumpeter panel scriber. The top part of window opening went bit too much "down" because of the difference between HT and Sedan roofs. So that was fixed with a motor tool and I trimmed some material off from there. Looks a bit better now I guess. Now the same thing needs to be done on another side too.
Thanks for looking guys. This thing is in very beginning and it's still in rough stages. This will be a slow project as I have lots of modifying in front of me. The real thing is just so tasty that I had to start creating something similar immediately!
Here are a few pics of the real car that I lent from that H.A.M.B. thread. It was Customized originally in 1964 and it has been restored in the '80s. Very good looking Sled!
OK, first let me say that this is Not going to be an exact replica with all of the details 100% correct. I don't want to try building an exact replica as I'd probably never finish it because there would be so much work. So instead, I'm going to try building something that looks like the real thing and it has the right look and feel, but I'm not trying to make every single detail correct.
So my starting point is this glue bomb where I had stripped the paint off earlier. It's in a pretty good condition, so a perfect starting point for cutting and slicing!
Now, the first problem was that my kit is a Hardtop and the real thing is a Chopped Sedan. I'm not trying to change it to a completely accurate Sedan, but the main thing is that it pretty much like the real thing. After all, the real thing is pretty heavily Customized, so I think the Sedan conversion doesn't need to be 100% like it came from the factory. More important is to create the right "look".
One of the big differences between HT and Sedan is that the rear window area is different. Sedan top goes a bit further back than HT so I cut the rear section of that top away and moved it a bit backwards. The gap between those top halves was filled with sheet styrene.
The bottom part of that rear window opening needs some modifying as seen here...
I scratchbuilt a new B-Pillar from sheet styrene and glued it on place. The door line was scribed with Trumpeter panel scriber. The top part of window opening went bit too much "down" because of the difference between HT and Sedan roofs. So that was fixed with a motor tool and I trimmed some material off from there. Looks a bit better now I guess. Now the same thing needs to be done on another side too.
Thanks for looking guys. This thing is in very beginning and it's still in rough stages. This will be a slow project as I have lots of modifying in front of me. The real thing is just so tasty that I had to start creating something similar immediately!