Flamin 57 Chevy

by Chris Fri 09 Jul 2010, 12:19 am

Luke warm off the press.... Finished this one last week after much "life getting in the way" Some of you may have seen the painted body at Tumut - see it's been a while!
Revell's newish 57 Chevy Black Widow kit, which I can wholly recommend if you're looking for a 57 project. This is basically an out of the box build aside from the mandatory lowering and a set of whitewalls pinched from another kit.
No wiring or anything fancy, this was done as a tester for the flame mask set. Paint is all airbrushed Tamiya lacquer & acrylic aside from the (excessively thick!) 2K clear.
Excuse some of the blotchy bits in the pics, had to fiddle with the contrast etc to get them looking half decent... crappy lighting!
Hope you like it!

by Kynan Fri 09 Jul 2010, 1:32 am

Top build love the flames, is that the engine out of the kit I like the fuel injection set up is it from it looks like a corvette set up ?

by monster Fri 09 Jul 2010, 2:21 am

Great build and great paint bigthumbsup

by Bryce Fri 09 Jul 2010, 8:46 am

Looks awesome - great job!

greatwork

by allan Fri 09 Jul 2010, 8:51 am

super cool 57 heavy chevy Flamin 57 Chevy 16722

by Tony Fri 09 Jul 2010, 9:24 am

Nice work and nice flames Chris Flamin 57 Chevy 8057

Cheers Tony.

by Tillerman Fri 09 Jul 2010, 10:17 am

Thats a nice build mate. Well done.

by Chris Fri 09 Jul 2010, 2:14 pm

Thanks, guys!
Kynan, the injection is in this kit. The "Black Widow" had the hot motor, heavier suspension, 6 lug truck wheels and a stripped out interior. Based on the bottom of the range 150 utility sedan, then add the go fast bits!

by yenkoman Fri 09 Jul 2010, 4:50 pm

Love those flames mate! Very tidy! There's just something very cool about posts and fuelies Flamin 57 Chevy Icon_cool

Great job all round Flamin 57 Chevy 238495

by doorslammerfan Fri 09 Jul 2010, 6:58 pm

Great job mate those flames are killer

by dv8v8 Fri 09 Jul 2010, 7:17 pm

by Paul Fri 09 Jul 2010, 7:56 pm

Luv it!!

by Tubman Fri 09 Jul 2010, 8:10 pm

Very cool dude, love everything about it, tri-fives rock.

by michael Fri 09 Jul 2010, 11:08 pm

Very Nice Mate

by checkmate Sat 10 Jul 2010, 12:29 am

I checked it out when you had the body up here, great to see you've finished it mate! Sensational. Flamin 57 Chevy 333868

by HOT EH Sat 10 Jul 2010, 10:53 am

well chris super cool young fella how come you dont post all the other flamed cars you,ve done

by Geoff Sat 10 Jul 2010, 3:38 pm

very nice example of a 57. well done mate

by Chris Sat 10 Jul 2010, 9:53 pm

Thanks people! Hey Rob, I think your map is upside down.... I'm up here, you're down there! Col, more flamin models to be revealed soon...

by Bigdaddy0 Sun 11 Jul 2010, 10:16 pm

Flamin nice work. Flamin 57 Chevy 59175

by Kane Tue 13 Jul 2010, 5:49 pm

Good to see it finished, finally, great flames.

by Palmetto Tue 03 Aug 2010, 9:01 pm

Chris
When you apply the white first do you shoot the entire mask white & then use the yellow ,orange & red as fades? I was thinking that the white acts as a primer sorta kinda sorta. I cannot wait to try them. Thanks in advance.Gary

by Chris Wed 04 Aug 2010, 10:37 pm

Hi Gary,
Yep, I spray the entire mask area white first, so the primer idea is exactly right! Then starting at the tips of the flame spray towards the front of the car with the flame colours. Good luck, looking forward to seeing some shots! Remember to allow plenty of time for your body colour to cure... very important!!!