Post by traditional on Oct 6, 2022 9:00:03 GMT -5
This detailed 1/25 scale stock '51 Chevy Sedan Delivery model is based on two plastic model kits of relatively questionable original proportions...the Revell '54 sedan delivery, and AMT's '51 Chevy two door fastback sedan. I've cut open and tight-hinged all the doors, added poseable steering and, using lots of reference, detailed the basic '51 SD interior, including headliner with dome light, and opening spare wheel access at the rear floor. Brass wire was then used as reinforcement to keep the body structurally sound once all the various parts were cut open. The '51 Chevy windshield has been corrected and most of the car's trim is done using stainless wire. Window glazing is clear polycarbonate which can be curved without showing whitish stress marks. The standard equipment 216" Chevy '6' is now detailed with plug wires, vacuum and fuel lines, heater hoses, etc, and the hood now has simulated hood hinges that are visible when the hood is open and disappear into the fenders/firewall when the hood is closed. The underside now has the correct spare wheel floor-pan and the correct SD/wagon fuel tank (Renshape tank with aluminum strip hold-downs cut from a pop can). The sedan deliveries' standard folding commercial bucket seats are also fabricated in Renshape. The oversize outer edges of the AMT '51 Chevrolet wheel rims are filed down to allow the rims to fit into the tires without the unrealistic protruding edges. In order to avoid the 'metalflake' look of automotive metallic paint on a 1/25 model, I chose automotive DupliColor touchup to simulate the available '51 Chevrolet 'Moonlight Cream' non-metallic color.
Cliff ReadShown with my previous '50s era GM sedan deliveries
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