moonlite5hadow Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) ok, so after picking up the pieces of my life and getting back into the hobby, i figured i'd start fresh with a new build and not go back to my older ones. here is revellograms 1958 Chevy Impala. the wheel choice is already changed from the pics. decided not to do 13, 14, or 15inch wire spoke rims on a lowrider... seems too over played. instead going for a boyd coddington or chip foose type of style of big rims slammed to the deck. i believe these rims are appx 20" on 1/24 scale, but the model is 1/25... im horrible at math so i wont try and figure it out. only "modification" i made other than the obvious suspension work is 4-wheel disk brake upgrade using calipers and rotors from an aoshima Nissan GT-R R35. the floorpan/underbody has already been fixed/realigned since the pics were taken. current plans are to do it in a gloss black exterior, undesided interior, with all the normal chrome trim pieces. yes, also using the spare wheel out back. any suggestions on anything i can do to the motor? i have only built one car model in the past 3-4 years that had a stock engine. i wanna keep it that way Edited November 30, 2009 by moonlite5hadow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilsdropshop1 Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 good start welcome back, now show us some more pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Cullinan Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Glad to hear things are on track for you. You did it right by starting a fresh build I think. And you picked a good one at that. Those wheels look great under her and a gloss black with all her chrome trim will bring it together nice. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlite5hadow Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) minor update switched to different, slightly smaller wheels and tires. probably only about 1 scale inch smaller, and comes out to roughly 24" wheels. decided the interior will be flat white with semi gloss black accents/striping. yes, there's hairs in my camera. i dont know how to clean it out, but i'll figure it out somehow. Edited November 30, 2009 by moonlite5hadow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Good looking wheels. What are they? Are you going to fill all those chrome trim holes? I can imagine the holes filled and that trim across the middle painted a contrasting color - but that's me. I have a '58 Chevy kit but it must be AMT. Mine doesn't have all those holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlite5hadow Posted November 30, 2009 Author Share Posted November 30, 2009 all those holes are for the individual chrome pieces. the car will be gloss black ext with those chrome accents. not sure what the wheels are called, but they are issued by aoshima, and dont come in a kit from what i know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGary Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 all those holes are for the individual chrome pieces. the car will be gloss black ext with those chrome accents. not sure what the wheels are called, but they are issued by aoshima, and dont come in a kit from what i know. Definately like your second wheel choice. The '58 Chevy has always been in the shadow of the tri-five cars, but has its own beauty and style that the tri-fives don't have. I have this kit and stripped the chrome where needed for gluing, but that's as far as I got. I'm looking forward to starting it again in the future. Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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