Roughly shape the rear wings with a hot knife...

Add a radiator grill...

Start to shape the front wings...

Add a dashboard, windscreen and steering wheel...

Shape the bonnet or 'hood' (in Grease speak)...

Cut polystyrene blocks to the correct size...

And a boot (or trunk). Mount the middle section on industrial strength castors (the polystyrene wheels will not take the weight of the car or passengers). The front and back end are not supported by castors; they are secured to the solid middle section...

Add doors...

Make a full-size frame out of timber. Make the car in three sections for transport purposes. The three sections are secured together using threaded rod...

Add wheels and a steering wheel...

 First stage...build a scale model of the car.

Welcome

This is my blog cataloguing the building of 'Greased Lightning'; the car from the musical 'Grease'. The car is to be used in our school performance of Grease in July 2012. You can follow the construction of the car from scale model to the finished product. Please feel free to comment on our design or to suggest ways in which our design can be improved. Enjoy!