1/18 custom 1962 Chevy II British Touring Car Championship

Modifiers corner! Post your latest creations, your "how to" tips and tricks. Custom model and parts development too.
Post Reply
User avatar
Oldtimer
Posts: 446
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:58 pm
Location: Hicksboro, TX

1/18 custom 1962 Chevy II British Touring Car Championship

Post by Oldtimer » Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:48 pm

Not sure how many of you subscribe to Vintage Motorsport Magazine, however it is what keeps me connected to the era when I was a racer.

In the May/June 2019 was an article entitled "Chuck and Pete's Excellent Adventure". Hopefully, through this Flickr https://flic.kr/s/aHsmQyUKR4, you can read it.

I became intrigued with the concept behind the cars, a fuel-injected Corvette V-8 stuffed into a Chevy II chassis, intended to only accept either an in-line 4 or 6.

Doing some eBay research, SunStar makes a '62 Chevy II and Ertl makes a '62 fuel-injected Corvette.

Fast forward to just recently, I have completed the model and shipped it to the author of the VM article.

I communicated with him early in the process, and he provided three additional magazine articles to help me with the project.

Due to the limitations of diecast, when it comes to customization, the final project does not absolutely represent the 1:1; however we got damned close.

Here are some final product pictures, followed by a link to the Flickr build album.

ImageIMG_1596 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

ImageIMG_1597 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

ImageFinal-4 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

ImageFinal-3 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

ImageFinal-5 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

ImageIMG_1612 by Jim Forte, on Flickr

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmLkeM9s

User avatar
[KRAFTIG]
.
.
Posts: 32622
Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:08 am
Location: Canada
Contact:

Re: 1/18 custom 1962 Chevy II British Touring Car Championship

Post by [KRAFTIG] » Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:06 pm

Not bad. Love the undercarriage red accents bits!

User avatar
Oldtimer
Posts: 446
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:58 pm
Location: Hicksboro, TX

Re: 1/18 custom 1962 Chevy II British Touring Car Championship

Post by Oldtimer » Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:38 pm

[KRAFTIG] wrote:
Sat Sep 05, 2020 2:06 pm
Not bad. Love the undercarriage red accents bits!
Koni Shocks :okay:

I also painted the oil filter Delco blue.

User avatar
[KRAFTIG]
.
.
Posts: 32622
Joined: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:08 am
Location: Canada
Contact:

Re: 1/18 custom 1962 Chevy II British Touring Car Championship

Post by [KRAFTIG] » Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:08 pm

Attention to detail! Love it!!

Post Reply

Return to “Custom Models, Repairs & Parts Development”