Our Beautiful 1955 Chevy – (aka Micia)
This post is long overdue as in fact, this car was finished a couple of months ago. Anyway… we’re here to show you the results of a secret project we had going on for some time. Just so you know, our TeamVebra founding member – and originator – actually used to drive one of these (real ones) back in the sunny 1950s. Our Model here is just an attempt at recreating a classic look in the 1/10 scale. The chassis is our sturdy TL-01 and, for it, we got a Parma PSE shell from our favorite supplier: Modelsports.co.uk
It arrived in three separate parts (not something we’re used to being Tamiya fans) and the latter were not pre-drilled (another challenge for us)
As the pictures show, although there are three shell parts to cut out, the front and rear bumpers are actually molded onto the same piece of plastic.
We got a good pair of scissors and a shell-hole puncher (we think there is a more technical term for it but it escapes us right now)
Next came the tricky task of positioning the unfinished shell (in two parts) over the body of the car and deciding where to drill the body-posts holes. Astoria and Ka worked on this bit together as it proved “fiddly” to say the least.
Then it was time to place some standard Window masks followed by some “ad-hoc” masking tape. The truth is that the Parma PSE shell is actually the much more popular 1957 Chevrolet BelAir but we wanted to replicate – as much as possible – the look of the two door 1955 Chevy 210. So in order to get the same colour split down the sides we had to improvise a little bit.
We then graced Micia with a few decals (that came with the Parma PSE kit) and she was ready for a pair of HPI offset shiny rims (offset by 6mm because the shell is a larger 200mm body compared to the Tamiya 186mm TL-01)
And here she is, in all her CLASSIC beauty :) 
She’s not been raced yet, and she possibly never will be 
we like her a bit too much to see her landing on her back and scraping across the tarmac of the LMCC track
Thanks for watching!
A.
