'54 Chevy Panel Wagon-"Street Demons" Series

[mustang1989]

Well folks, I ended up finally finishing this thing. To go back to when I was a kid I was drawn to the Revell Street Demons line-up and ended up buying them all. I only built three of them back then and this was one of them. It's funny how when the hobby follows us into adulthood we see how much we either overlooked or just how bad the kits were back then. But hey, we were having fun back then right? lol . I took this project on in January of this year and although this kit does suck, I've had a great amount of fun with it and learning opportunities left and right over the course of the last 8-1/2 months. Although I was drawn to this car as a kid (and still am), as an adult I didn't care for the gasser stance for a "street" car and wanted something a little more jazzed up and to have some fun with it. Sooooooo, I created a dropped down party mobile. I mean .............with all that room in the back the possibilities were endless. I started out with my eyes being a lot bigger than 1.) my ability and 2.) what there was room for back there. Over the course of the build while my vision/ goal was always the same, I had to modify the ideas somewhat and my abilities got a tune up but I'm very happy with the end result.
I won't go over every detail of the build but I will say that there were 7 different kits and a lot of aftermarket involved in its making. What really blew me away was the fact that there weren't any headlight bezels/ buckets (and there still aren't to this day with the latest release of this kit!!!  ) and the hood hinge cut outs at the back of the engine compartment just make you want to slap the original kit engineers.

The kit:


Glamour shots:






















and then there's what's inside:

[celt]

I like this,very funky,well tidy.

[siffo]

Nice work fella !

[injidup]

Excellent! Lovely glamour shots too. 

[mustang1989]

Thank you to all who commented and clicked on the "like" button.  I really appreciate it .

[Ceithearn]

Super nice build.

 

Love the BBC with tunnel ram set up; plumbing is great.

 

Are you sharing cold Sam Adams with us?

 

What's next?

 

Robert

[mustang1989]

It's been a while and I just found this so I thought I'd show some this one again.

[Andy J]

Very cool excellent stuff !!

[gt6mkiii]

It’s funny, as I’ve gotten back into the hobby, how many flashbacks I’m having to kits I completely forgot about that I had as a kid. I remember having this kit and specifically remember some of the decals and engine parts. I came across a kit the other day called the Squad Rod that literally made me feel 10 again and I could almost feel the plastic in my hands. Memory is a strange thing. 

[mustang1989]

On 12/13/2019 at 10:14 PM, Andy J said:

Very cool excellent stuff !!

 

On 12/14/2019 at 9:23 PM, gt6mkiii said:

It’s funny, as I’ve gotten back into the hobby, how many flashbacks I’m having to kits I completely forgot about that I had as a kid. I remember having this kit and specifically remember some of the decals and engine parts. I came across a kit the other day called the Squad Rod that literally made me feel 10 again and I could almost feel the plastic in my hands. Memory is a strange thing. 

Didn't see this till now. Thanks a lot fellas.

 

gt: I hear exactly what you're saying. I've managed to score some pretty hard to find kits that I built in my youth over the last few years and it's a trip down memory lane every time I open each box.