Here is what I have decided to build, for the pimp my ride campaign.
Revell's 1967 ChevelleSS396. The plan is to paint it in a dark orange redish color, with some sort of graphics. I contemplate on painting ghost flames in a lighter shade of the body color. Not sure yet. The interior will be red.
The plan was to buy am rims/wheels, but the kit rims are quite cool, so I will probably use'em.

Haven't build much yet. Glued a few thing together. Preped a few parts for painting. Not worth showing yet.

That'll be cool. It's pretty pimped out of the box - are you going to do anything more, lift the back end?

how about color schemes?

Hi Scott

My idea is to paint it in a dark orange, with a hint of red. I probably have to mix the paint my self. I have a vision in my head(just a vision, no voices) of a dark orange redish car with ghost flames in a lighter shade of the bodycolor.

I will paint the interior red, using oil's over acrylics, as I often do with figures.

I don't think I will lift the rear end. I will probably go for a fairly low look. Will do some dry fiting, to see how things look.

Hi Jesper!

Good choice! Actually, the Chevelle is a beautyfull car by itself allready so a solid base is there. The rims looks very fine indeed. Lets hope they come out of the sprue nicely, without splintering chrome. Than again, there is always Bare Metal Foil...

I'm on tour tail with this build!

Hi Jesper always great to follow your builds, an early Chevelle is always a good choice. Sounds like you have some good ideas for this build should be interesting.

Loooow - I like it. That'll smoke low.

I like the concept of the paint job. Ideas on how to get it done. Base coat of silver or bright color, then a base of the orange, then the flames in a slight variation of the base, then a very light translucent thin layer of the orange again to hide the flame.
Are you going to go with Classic flames or real Flames?

Hi all



I had that problem with the Viper I build. Best chrome I have ever seen on a model car, but unfortunately it flaked quite a lot, when I cut it from the sprue. Will be very carefull this time.



I just hope mu ideas work out. I plan to add some details to the engine. Haven't tried that before. Looking very much forward to it.



I will go for classic flames. I'm not that confident with my airbrush, to attempt real flames. Would be cool to master it some day though.
Thanks for the advice on how to go about it.

On the bottom right of this page
and more flames

That looks like trailing hard edge mask and a leading soft edge mask- think about it from a camo perspective...

On that page - the "Flamed Jeep" would be really really hard.

wanna see some 'sick' artwork - check this out

motorcycle paint jobs

Jesper,

Dude...really LIKE that ride. But, "Flames it's gotta be!" That car just screams the need. You can do it! Yes you can! Bring on the flamage!!!

Mike

p.s. Reminds me so much of the "tubbed" Chevy SS I almost bought.

My brother and I built a 66 SS w/ a 327 and a 67 SS w/ a 396 (both 1:1 scale).

The 396 would push your eyes back in your head - LOL

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Good Luck

Thanks for the links Scott. You're right, those paintjob are just mindblowing.

Mike: I ain't no Mike Lavallee, but I'll give it a shot

Neo: 67SS with a 396, man that must have been a sweet ride.

I have build a wee bit on my Chevelle..
I have assembled the main part of the engine. Painted the block in Humbrol Ferrari red and Humbrols polished steel. Intake and carb in Humbrol polished aluminum.
I have started adding the sparkplug wires. This is the first time I add wires and I have made a few errors, but I'm still fairly pleased with the result so far.

The interior is base coated with Andreas basic red. The paint doesn't cover everything, but that is of little importence, since the base coat will be covered in oil's. Red chock.

The undercarriage is painted with an el'cheapo spraypaint and Humbrols polished steel.

I dechromed some bits last night using ovencleaner. Man that is so easy. 10-15 min. in a plastic bag and the chrome is gone.

Looking good so far Jesper the chassis is coming along, the engine looks good with the wires but i am almost shore you have the carb on backwards it should be turned with its length running with the valve covers, still looks good.

I was very much in doubt about the carb. I started out gluing it the same way you believe it should be. That looked natural, but in the instruction sheet it is turned 90 degrees, so I broke it of an re-glued it. Could brake it of one more time.
I guess I have to do a little research.
Thanks Robert.

Jesper i did a little research, i have a few books on the Chevy muscle cars from the 1960's, if the car is using the stock carb and intake from the factory its wrong if its Hi performance after market stuff its mostly wrong, from what i have seen its possible for the carb to be mostly set on the intake manifold in length with the valve covers with a slight 30 degree angle or just slightly off center and that depends on who made the intake. If you do or don't move the carb it will still look good and you may not want to damage the engine. If you decide to remove the carb will you add the fuel lines that would look cool.

Thanks for taking the time to research this Robert. Much appreciated.
I'll see if I can ease the carb of with a scalpel.
Thanks again.

No problem Jesper i am glad i could help, if you decide to move the carb now would be a good time to drill the 2 holes for the fuel lines if you are going to add that detail check my 69 Camaro junker build that has the fuel lines added.

The ignition wire I ordered from a hobbyshop in Holland. When I got my 40cm of wire it was obvious it was nothing more than wire, for wire wrapping. Quite expensive at the hobby shop, very inexpensive at an electronics shop. I made a few mistakes, so the 40cm wire was not enough. Went to an electronics shop "Sorry, black wire wrap wire is out of stock" Wen't to another electronics shop, they had miles and miles of blue, white, red, orange and yellow wire, but no black wire. Bummer.
Guess I have to buy another 40cm, from Holland.

Well, I have gotten a wee bit of work done on my Chevelle.
Finally got some new ignition wire, so I can finish the wiring.
Added fuel lines using soldering wire.
Assembled the wheels.
Had to make a few adjustments to the undergarriage. The shok absorbers are to short. Nothing major though.
Painted the front seats with oils over acryllics. Gives a quite different look, from the enamels I usually use for interior.
Sorry no picture yet. Will post them asap.

I have almost finished the engine. Just have to add a bracket for the alternator, so it doesn't magically float in the air. I have some 0,3mm sheet cobber I can use for this little detail.

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Let me try that one more time.

Got some work done on the interior, undercarriage and body as well.

I painted the interior in oils over acryllics. Once dry I added some of the BMF. Still have quite a lot of work to do on the interior, but I'm gettin' there.







The rims are ready.


The undercarriage is almost ready.


I started on the body a few days ago. I have shaved the doorhandles and the markings on the front fenders and hood. I have dechromed the hood vents. They will be painted in the bodycolor. The hood vents were way to thick. Had to trim them quite a bit.
I have cut out the front vent window hoping it will make the car look smoooooother.
I have added some of the BMF to the body. Some add the BMF before painting, some after. I will try the "Before" method on the Super sport markings on the back fender.

Smooth looking body indeed Jesper!
Still going for the orange color?

Yes, I 'm still going for a redish/orange color.

The car is looking good - I like shaved sides, nice and clean.

The photos of the red interior emphasizes the notion of good lighting. The 3rd photos doesn't show the pin wash well on the bucket seat, but in the previous well lit photo it shows up well. Glad to see both photos.