1965 Chevelle 50/50

[1959]

 I got this idea of building a 50/50 model (where one side is out of the box and the other side is build as a model car should be built) so that it would be easier to explain what this hobby is all about. It took me almost 35 years to do this and most probably wouldn't have done it unless my son hadn't encouraged to do it so we decided to do this as a joint project. We went through our stash to figure out a good starting point as we thought that a kit with too much or less details isn't suitable and we found none but then we run into this Revell kit in local vintage shop and there it was. Boxy body style, separate door panels and enough detail in chassis and engine. We started by carefully marking the parts which should be fully painted and which just half painted and made sure we paint the correct side. Then a lot of masking was needed before the painting could start. Body is painted with rattle can yellow I found from hardware store discount. Color is surpringly close to Chevy's original light yellow. I was also surprised how well it polished with just Autoglym Resin polish wax. Chassis and interior parts are rattle can satin and flat black and rest is brush painted with Revell and Humbrol paints. Where we had the most challenges was the BMF work and we are not fully happy how it turned out but it didn't get better with second or third try either. Seems like the foil is not as good as it used to be.

Only change for the kit's parts was the driver side tires which we replaced with AMT redline ones. Finally some wiring was done to the engine bay but after that little bit lost the energy and the brake lines were left undone. All and all this was a fun project but definetely it was not just half the work compared to a fully built model!

Kimmo and Henri

 

[Jim B]

Interesting concept.  Nicely executed.

[karbuildr]

Excellent idea, very different, came out great.

[PappyD340]

Really cool build!

[Kah puts]

I love it, put a smile on my face 😁

[shoopdog]

Great idea!

[happy grumpy]

A perfect demonstration on the difference between a toy and a model. Great idea!

[ncbuckeye67]

Excellent build of a unique idea!

[johnyrotten]

Really cool idea, we'll done. Great choice on half of that body color 😀.  

[slusher]

Very Niceley done!

[Ulbo]

Perfect idea and cool biult👍

[Brudda]

Revell should hire you to do some models like this for advertising. Before and after. Great job and great idea

[bob29579]

Ha.  Pretty cool idea.  That engine had to be hard to do like that.

[1959]

Thank you all for nice comments! Great to see that you have liked this bit of a strange idea. We have planned to take this to a model car show and make a display with mirrors so that you can see both sides and underside at the same time.

Kimmo&Henri