Derek Southerland
Roanoke, Virginia
“This 1955 Chevy Bel Air and its diorama were built to be like my dad’s real car as it looked around 1965 and was given to him as a Christmas present last year,” Derek says. “My grandfather originally purchased the car around 1957 and my dad later bought it from him. It will eventually become my daughter's.” The model is AMT’s 1/25 scale 2-door sedan kit and Derek scratchbuilt the diorama to match a photo of the real car in front of the house his father lived in around 1965 when he met Derek’s mother.