Wow, you have got me thinking about starting this as a hobby. I did modeling as a youngster, now I want to go back.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

No time like the present to start.

@jerrybatto2625

2 ай бұрын

not as cheap as it was when we were young,but have to have the right tools for the job

Great kit! Brings back memories of when I built my big Nomad. Many of the same parts obviously. Nicely built Chris!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Topper!

Beautiful model, great build review! You make it all look so easy. I always had trouble when I was younger (early teens) with aligning opening doors. Age brings enlightenment, lol. I really appreciate Model Roundup providing you models to preview/review. All of the Round2 stuff is great!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stu, this one is from Round2 direct, they also help sponsor the show with kits, along with Revell and Atlantis too!

@bobastu

5 жыл бұрын

@@hpiguy all of your sponsors a greatly appreciated as your channel has rekindled my love of models, and seeing the older kits brought back is awesome! Great job Round2, as well Revell and Atlantis for keeping the hobby alive!

Turned out great Chris. Nice color combo. Looks right out of the 50s! Well done.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This car is absolutely beautiful! You definitely went with the right choice of color for this kit!

You have done a outstanding job on this build, I'm not really a car fan, but I enjoy your builds and I have to admit I like cars of this era and scale.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Les, I'll build anything and everything. No kit discrimination on this channel. LOL

Love the colors. Looks like its ready for a Sunday drive. Definitely have to add it to my 1/16 scale collection.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Shannon, always!

slick and skilled video - your productions are the best. A tedious video doesn't hold one's interest but yours do. Makes me want to get them all . . .

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot James!

TY for another build. I'm working on the 1/25 scale 55 Chevy Bel Air right now. I'm hoping this gives me some cool ideas. Thanks again.

I see this kit as a new arrival from an online hobby site. Then go to youtube & you have this review of the kit I just learned about minutes before. Nice color. There is a lot of molded in detail that I thought would be separate parts, but, oh well it is still an awesome kit. Good job with that interior.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Daniel!

I literally just got this kit yesterday. Going to do a double build with the 1/16 1955 Nomad. Yours looks awesome! Keep up the great work!

I loved putting together AMT models as a kid. I would save all the unused parts and use them to "customize" future kits. I used my mother's black sewing thread for the distributor wires. Great job Chris, You are very neat and thorough, after watching this video I want to go out and get an AMT model kit. PS that last time I bought one it cost $2.00, so it's been a while. Thank you for your fine video.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Deek!

Beautiful work, Chris! I've been waiting for this beast on your channel. You've given me some ideas on mine when I build it. I'm thinking a pink with black exterior and pink and white interior. I can't wait to get started on this guy! 1/16 scale cars are probably my most loved kits to build (alongside 1/24 and 1/25 big rigs sets from Italeri, Moebius, Revell, and AMT). Great build! Bravo!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, these bigguns are made for flashy color combos, have fun making yours!

A beautiful kit of a beautiful car... I really like the colors you chose for it. Thanks!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Hisham!

Really nice clean build Chris, I love the color combinations, just outstanding!!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Ron!

Beautiful kit, great build. And the show off in the garden is an excellent idea. Personnally, I find those scales too big for my tastes, but they make great kits none the less.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

This is awesome! Love your channel. Anyway, on hobby forums all over the internet, modelers all decry the use of Krylon and Rust Oleum spray paints on plastic models. They say it obscures details, and melts the plastic. Yet, I have found a bunch of modelers on KZread, including yourself, producing gorgeous models doing just that.

Great video and build. Built an earlier release in 1979 during the blizzard. Thanks for the review.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That is a real beauty of a 55 Chevy Bel Air convertible . Love that sea mist color with the light blue interior, really stunning 👍

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jerry!

You make box stock look gorgeous! That is one sweet stock 55. I got inside info that I'm getting this car for father's day. I can't wait to build it. Great job!

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

Absolutely beautiful! The '55 BelAir is one of the best looking cars of the 50s to begin with, and you did another stellar job with great detail! My favorite detail here is the carpet flocking - as someone who has seen many of the real tri-5 Chevys in real life at Barrett-Jackson and other major classic car auctions, I can tell you your carpeting detail is spot on perfect to the real thing! On the BelAir trim, GM used a thread weave interlacing the interior color with black and silver. It really pops in the sun. You matched it perfectly!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot and for the confirmation on the carpet Joey!

Awesome build! Perfect color & I’m glad you went original!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment!

I haven't built this kit in years! Nice job!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Richard!

As being a double nickel fan, yet another kit to buy. Great build Chris. Keep the vids comming, I enjoy them.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

Thanks again Chris another great review I my self love the larger-scale models I'm at the age my eyes are letting me down a little lol just like to say wonderful paint job love your tow tone paint jobs real art work in my book

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Troy!

I always enjoy your car builds and the use of the rattle cans, to be honest I think they make the best car and truck paint jobs, if you can keep your hands off them until they cure.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks William!

Astounding job on this beauty! I'm going to have to see if I can get one!

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice words, we love all our cool viewers and their friendly support! We'e on Facebook if you don't already follow us, search for hpiguys Workshop

ALWAYS look forward to your reviews . I like the paints your using and they come out great. Sometimes people look down on rattle cans but they look great IMO. looking forward to next one

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Tony!

@MainahTony

5 жыл бұрын

@@hpiguy your welcome sir

Great build man,first discovered these great kits back in the early 90's,have built so far the '57 chevy convertible,'57 ford thunderbird,a couple of '64 ford mustangs,currently working on converting an old amt '55 chevy hardtop into a 1950's stock car,even sent & got some decals for that,great kits,also have in my stash the 1/16 '57 chevy nomad,another '55 chevy hardtop & this '55 convertible you've just done,thanks for the great tips with yours,as well I have also built the Revell 1/16 '34 ford coupe kit as well,a terrific kit,comes out as a great looking model as well,highly recommend that one too,keep up your awesome work,cheers

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Malcolm!

This helps me a lot because I am building this right now!

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Great build as always Chris! I’m loving my 1/16 VW Bus! Having a blast. May have to build some more 1/16 kits.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave, enjoy your mini-bus!

Very nice. I love the 55. A truly iconic car.

Great colors, love the build as always, one more to add to my bucket list.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Charles!

After watching your build of this car I managed to purchase the same kit can’t wait to build mine I’m going for the custom model thanks for this video very inspirational just hope I can build mine to the same spec

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

I just ordered this model kit I am painting mine turquoise and white also doing carpet with aqua embossing powder seats turquoise and white can't wait to get kit

Love the Bel Air, nice work Chris!...Bill

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill!

Stunning Work Chris, thanks for Sharing n God Bless All

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks much Gary!

@garyparker2969

5 жыл бұрын

Y W SIR

WOW, absolutely outstanding build.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joseph!

i did purchase this model using your link from model round up i plan using the same colors as you

Nice pointer on the carpet flocking trick! Another awesome build!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!

Good job ! I built the 55 hardtop as a stock car ( RACE ) just like the real car I raced in the mid 60s , it came out great , I hope they come out with the hardtop again .

Nice build, I’ve seen this lot for years, have the 55 and 57 Nomads and Hardtops but have always passed on the convertibles, I’m going to have to pick some up now 🤙🏼

@hpiguy

11 ай бұрын

Very cool!

Nice! I love the large scale kits, working on my 1/12 Fiat 500, this, too, is an awesomekit! thanx hpi guy!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud!

Awesome job Chris. I have a few of the 16th scale cars. They nuild quite well.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charlie!

Holy cow that is sweet, great detail and sharp looking build. Keep up the great work and Rust In Peace.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chopper!

Absolutely beautiful mate, those colours are very period looking !

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Gary!

Terminator? No way. This guy's the Modelnator! A model killing machine!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

I'll be back! Thanks!

Beautiful build. The way it should be done. Believe it or not, I do believe I have a hard top. Missing the major parts though. Great build. Till the next one. 👍😁

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan!

heyhey Chris....had this one when I was a kid @ 11...lol...55 now....AMT brought back the 1/16 Nomad , hopin' to get one , found online @ a decent price.....already got plans cookin' for it , rocking on Robert

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Nice, hope they issue more, it was fun!

Great video...but I especially like your OPEC joke! 😆

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you David!

Wow another great job nailed that color combo looks awesome

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a nice comment!

Very nice color choices, as always that came out beautiful...I'm feeling this one great job.

@hpiguy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Another great review... thank you! Small bummer that when tooled way back when that it couldn’t have been created in 1/18 or 1/12 scale since little else has been made in 1/16 scale. OH WELL!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. A cool car in any scale!

I have a older kit ,and mine is molded in baby blue. I love your videos

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roger!

She's absolutely beautiful Chris! And I see you're an embossing powder user too! I've been using that for years and to my eyes it represents carpeting in a much better scale than flocking. Flocking is OK for big scales such as 1/12 and 1/8, but for smaller stuff embossing powder is the way to go. A couple nits though......I sure do hope the box is MUCH tougher than the ones these kits used to be in. EVERY time I see the reissues on eBay, the body is messed up with severe warping or outright broken windshield frames. Also, I sure do wish that AMT would have modeled an uptop for something this size. I'm a big convertible fan and it's mostly because they look nice with their tops UP with windows down. Thanks for the review and keep up the great work!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching man!

Whoa, that's huge! Great job!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bryan, she's a big girl!

Great review! I've got the original release early 1960s Monogram kit of the 1/8th scale XKE Jaguar Coupe. It is huge! It's in its original box etc. I've got to get round to making it one day! If you can't have the real thing this model is about as best as it gets due to its size and for its time, still very good detail. Very Nice Bel Air build up, well done!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!

That's a beautiful ride man! With the garden pond in the background, it reminds me of something Mr. Miyagi might drive.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

It does!

Nicely done, bigger models have a lot more detail, great job

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I actually built this model, but in it's custom form, and it is rather detailed but went together nicely. Beautifully done BTW.

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice color choices, made it look very nice.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Beautiful brother im gonna have to add that one to the stash keep up the awesome work

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I built that kit 30ish years ago from an old kit from the seventies, & painted it up the same color. Had to repair the windshield as it had been crushed into the box & bent in the center. Shady memory but I believe the box art pictured a blue & white car & that's why I built it that way, great color combo!!

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I want to drive this down the street - full size, of course. Beautiful.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Me too, right to Sam's Pizza!

Beautiful build Chris!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Scott!

Chalk up another one in your book Chris, Beautiful build buddy.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim!

That came out great bro', thanks for sharing!!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

great work as always I love your channel

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Joshua!

loved the color choice you picked I've build a couple of the big scale models but not a fan of them, they take up to much room in my display case lol

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Craig!

Love those pastel colors on old cars and porcelain coated kitchine cabinets.

I’d love to see a 1952 Fender Telecaster electric guitar with a blonde-wood paint job in the backseat ! Pastels and blonde-wood are so ‘50’s.. Beautiful workmanship.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Machia!

Huge Kit don't need my glasses to build this 1 ... LOL Great Review

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Nice Charles, thanks!

The 50's had THREE THINGS going for it - pastel turquoise, the "tri five" Chevys and everybody wore "dress clothes" in public. (and that's MISTER Fuddy Duddy to all of you - stay off my lawn too). Your works are fascinating, fun and a little costly on my budget - but DON'T STOP. Thanks for sharing...

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot RA! Enjoy all your new kits and get to building some up!

very nice attention to detail. very well done

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! facebook.com/hpiguysworkshop

I built the 1/16 amt hardtop version about 30 years ago. Nice.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

I was hoping you'd get around to building this one ever since I saw it on Round 2's KZread channel - it looks to be an amazing model and I am sorely tempted....

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon!

I remember many years ago when I was young they had a lot of the kids that actually had a plug wire kits and distributor and you have to wire that part

@LynxStarAuto

5 жыл бұрын

When I was younger, engine plumbing kits were sold as accessories from 3rd parties. However, this kit included it back then as well.

Man o man iv gotta get this kit asap! Just built my first ever 1/16 scale the amt 65 mustang kit. Must say its strange going back to the 1/24&5's afterwords... Love the color i may get some for a 59 caddi kit its very period correct looking. O and i found some modpodge at the local dollar tree by me! 1$ im ready to try it out soon! Thanks for another great build sir!!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Adam, enjoy your kits!

Beautiful build of a beautiful classic Chevy. Almost looks like actual car.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

I'm jealous of all you You Tube model builders. Nothing ever seems to go wrong with your builds. I have this same model and it was a nightmare to build. Never could get the wiring to stay attached to the distributor and I used all types of adhesives. Doors still don't fit right even after modification to make them close. Only thing that came out to my liking was the paint.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

If there are issues I say so but most of the time it takes a little bit of fiddling and things come out ok.

Just beautiful thanks for sharing

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Francis!

Nice,beautyful model scale!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice job. Great color.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

Absolutely beautiful

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Terrific review and build. Dave

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Good looking build Chris.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Woody!

You have been cranking out the videos. I look forward to every one. Excellent work.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill, I try for two full builds each week!

Awesome work :)

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Nice work, nice video. I did notice 2 issues. It seems all the Chevy V8 models I've seen delete the V under the emblem on the hood and trunk, and the front splash pan / gravel shield seems a bit deep, causing the bumper to sit too far forward. Other than that, looks like a well designed high quality piece. Away from model building for many years, this one might make me jump back in. Wish there were more 1/16 -1/18 kits available. Can't do the small ones anymore.

Very nice build

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Kevin!

I Had That Kit Back In The Late 70`s. Their Was A `57 Chevy & A `55 Chevy Nomad In 1/16 Scale As Well.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Cool!

Beautiful 55. Ron

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

NICE JOB !!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daphne!

Love this car

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Me too! Nice kit indeed.

Beautiful !!!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robbi!

Great work

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Actually when this series first came out in the late 70's, a hardtop and nomad were available and I built them both.

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I may be a little late and I'm not usually one that corrects but that steering wheel " Trim ring " is actually known as a Horn ring many older models of cars had the ring all the way around the whole wheel then they went to half rings and then in the late Sixties some cars eliminated that ring with a button sometimes with an extension coz of the Deep Dish of the steering wheel and then some horn rings were built into the wheel itself known as Rim blown horns !! Out 73 or 74 Mercury Marquis had that feature I can't pinpoint the year coz I was like 7 or 8 yrs old at the time !!

kool , thanx...very kool kit Robert

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always Robert!

@RJDCR

5 жыл бұрын

luv that clor choice...really very nice....Rock onnn

@RJDCR

5 жыл бұрын

lol...got 3 builds on my table rite now...I will share pics later @ The Hangout

Nice job! If only that kit came with a rear continental tire kit plus fender skirts!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Big pimpin!