Ok, For All You Who Are Car Smart (Or Car Carving Smart)...
Decorating By jjbrink Updated 9 Jul 2007 , 5:09am by rcs
my intentions were to use 2 9x13 mud cakes stacked on top of one another then carve a 68, 69 or 70 chevelle from it. (doesnt matter as long as it has the rounded off back) BUT, i got a little overwhelmed by the whole process, and my recipes i have for the mud cake i dont think will make a cake that would be tall anough for me to carve.
SO- i have the 3d car pan (shaped like a bug), do you think i can carve from this and make it into a chevelle? i want it to have the chevelle look so when you see, you know that is what it is.
i am looking at the pan right now, but i am not good when it comes to vizualizing the final product.
please anyone? what would be the best way? if i did use a regular cake pan? to use a 9x13 twice and carve it, and just not worry abouu the 3d pan? i think the shape of the bug wont incorprate to well into a chevelle. errr, this is aggrivating my mind....
hummm im no expert but it seems to me like the best way would really be to not use the bug but to start from the sheet cakes. but like i said im no expert. good luck with it though and i hope it turns out great. 
Get the book Cake Sculpting by Roland A. Winbeckler. It sure has been a Godsend for me!
Here is how I made Lightning mcqueen....I know I know totally different, but maybe it will help.
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-190601.html
I'm a car moron, but I did carve a car to look like a Volkswagon once. It was rounded. I baked a 10" round, halved it across the diameter, iced each half, then stood them on the cut side with the icing in the middle as filling and "glue". From there I carved the front and rear of the car. I used fondant accents and Oreos for wheels. Whether or not this will help you carve a Chevelle, I have no idea, because I am a car moron and I have no real idea what a Chevelle looks like! I hope it helps you though!
I just did a 66 Mustang cake last week, and I was terrified to begin!!! I thought about using the car pan as well, but ended up taking a deep breath and just carving it free hand. I think you will get better results without using the pan, because the shapes are so different. I used 2 9x13 cakes. Good luck!
I would use the 9x13s and stack. This was you can control the shape and not be defined by the pan's shape.
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