Revell/Monogram '70 "Heavy Chevy" Chevrolet Chevelle Speed Paint & Build
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2018
- In this video, BDD continues his attempts to find a happy medium for filming and along the way hits one of the best aerosol paint jobs he's yet done...unfortunately, the water slide decals did not age well...
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I built this car model kit when I was 14 and now looking back at it at 40 I wish I never threw mine away. It turned out very nice. Just remembered it looking just like the one on the box. This 1970 chevelle and the 1969 Mach 1 was the best kits that I ever built. Wish I never threw all my models away. Stupid 16 year old kid. Just getting back into it with my kid. Models are a great tool to teach kids to follow directions
This was a pretty fun kit and it's met the floor a couple times since (it's in a suspended display with The Hulk (see Twitter feed for pics)) without too much damage so quite durable. The Heavy Chev was my dream car for quite a while...this far removed, the only part that still kind of irks me is using the dried out decals, but overall, it's stood up quite well.
My two youth vehicles are a 1969 or 1970 (forget which) GTO Judge and a 1980s Chevrolet Stepside pickup, with the stacked headlights in the grille. I have searched high and low for those (they probably were destroyed by my brother(s) after I moved out) but to no avail (though I have found a few newer kits in the same area, one a GMC truck and the other GTOs just had the wrong grille or body design). The Judge was a Revell (I think), don't remember what the Chev was. Those were the only two model builds back then that I did and liked. The Judge, in particular, I remember as being near flawless...if I find either, absolutely will be doing those.
This was the very first kit I ever built as a kid. It was a gift from my cousin, and I was hooked instantly. I built it exactly the same as the box art except I went with bright red instead of blue. Wish I still had it!
I've got a couple of those past masters myself...found one of them on eBay, possibly also the 2nd, but not quite to the point of pulling the trigger on either...I keep hoping they will be re-released by Revell at some point...both were Monograms, or Revell/Monograms, like this, as I recall...they're going to have to camp on the bucket list a bit longer. It's also why I like to go hunting through model shops anytime I'm in a new city...never know what you might find. This particular one came from a collectible shop.
Nice video overall. I would say you to the same thing my model car mentor told me. Test fit everything before painting so you can address any issues before final assembly. It does increase the time it takes to assemble the kit.
Thanks for watching! That is a quite good idea generally, but something I almost never do, preferring instead to modify as needed, if that proves to be necessary. This elements, mold and sprue issues, is part of why I generally prefer Revell and Tamiya kits, and why I try to avoid anything from Round 2.
Great vidio. Hope all the "guys" liked it.
Thanks! We hope so also.
The white stripes are for the hood and the trunk only... not the roof haha. I built this kit way back in the 1980s and still have it in the shed with a bunch of other cool muscle cars I build as a kid. Just could never part with them and kept them well away from my kids haha. Too fragile to give to kids to play with haha. Thanks for posting as this one was always my favourite
i liked the look on the roof and couldn't really use them on the hood with the blower. Definitely not playthings around kids...
@@OKGoodReview You did the best you could with what you had. All good 😁
Love how excited you are in this video! I'm new to modelling and considering this car. Thanks for this, seeing the entire process really helps newcomers!
Thank you. It was a blast to do and one I've wanted to do for a while. Also, this car was recently part of a new display for my office (see Twitter feed).
Thank you for sharing and the content; For Brush Painting, did you Prime any of the parts? or may we paint directly on the plastic? any tips to avoid brush marks?
I did not prime any of the brush parts and never do, so direct to the plastic on all cases for brushes. The only time I've ever prepped the surface has been if I think there is potential plasticizer migration (which stops things generally sticking well to the surface) before shooting it with a rattle can for coverage.
As far as avoiding brush marks, I usually use a fair amount of paint on the brush and try get a good consistency of the paint itself so the flow will generally make the application more uniform. This part is more practice to get the right "feel" (preference). Another large part is choosing specific paints. Certain color/brand combinations will tend to do better than others, but as brush marks are not something I normally desire (though I have used it to effect on specific areas here and there) finding that combination can be a bit time-consuming and testing-intensive. If you have a question about a specific part, I can probably tell you at least the brand I used as I tended not to change what I used on certain parts a great deal after I found combinations I was happy with.
I just bought this kit but all parts minus clear and chrome but they molded in metallic blue
That's interesting...haven't seen a whole ton of kits from Revell or Monogram molded in color...most of the ones I have seen in color (Round 2 brands mostly) don't tend to look as good (to me, anyway) as they do painted...
Yeah I'm not crazy over molded color....so off to sand primer and paint lol
I had a few kits of this same model back in the late 90s and they where molded in blue and a few years ago I got another and it was molded white
the stripes are pretty bad on this kit, however, the stripe you put on the roof actually goes on the hood. the odd lines on the tail end are the cut lines for the cowl induction. Chevelles never had roof stripes
The adhesive was pretty dried out on the decals and I kind of wished I had just painted the stripes instead. I wasn't really going for a vehicle accurate look (almost never do this, actually), but what I thought would get closer to the look I had in my head at the time. It never seems to work out, cutting decals, so I don't ever actually do that, but what you're saying makes sense. It's kind of cool the way that doing this brings you new info...I had never related that before, that Chevelles didn't have hood stripes, for instance, but thinking back on it, now that you mention it, I don't remember ever seeing one come that way and just didn't really pay attention...