Greetings All,
Just an FYI, I'm the one who built the '54 Corvette. It's interesting to see/hear the reaction from people who think it's a plastic model. Well,I can tell you that it's not. Granted, the chrome pieces are from a model but the car itself is from the standard pinewood derby block and side kits. I attached an image below showing the car after is was roughly cut out. The goal of this car was to make a very close replica of the real car. I spent over 130 hours making it. A lot of the time was spent involving sanding the wood so each piece fit exactly. I eventually had to get a second model kit just to have nice chrome pieces. The ones from the first kit were worn so much from getting them to fit exactly. I also spent a lot of time carving the interior which includes the seats, transmission tunnel, door panels, and dash. The second attached picture shows the interior. As for the paint, I had the local auto body supply store custom match the paint of the real car and both the interior and exterior were professionally painted at one of the local auto dealers. Before the car was painted, it was shot with primer and then I spent hours block sanding so it was very, very smooth. And, a few more pieces of information, the lines for the hood, doors and trunk are all hand carved with my dremel. The side chrome pieces were custom made and then hand foiled.
So, all in all, my goal to create a very close replica came true.
These are the top 3 entries? A plastic model and two pinewood entries that appear to have been randomly grabbed from a local pack race? I should have entered I guess.
