Get In Shape Cake

I normally don't do a ton of cake carving.  It is never as easy as I think it is going to be.  I thank goodness that I spent all of those years in sculpture class.  Thank you Professor Jay...you were right, I was wrong (mark this day down on your calenders, people, this is rare).
Soooooo, of course I decide to do a shaped cake for my oldest child's teacher for the end of the year.  He has mentioned to the kids about 1,000 times that he really wants a white Corvette, so I am going to make him one out of cake. 
I looked at tons of Corvette pictures online and picked out the ones I really liked.  It seems that I like an old school Corvette the best.  It has some shape to it, but I think I can pull it off.  Here is the picture I like best:

I hope it looks as good in white!

I started out by baking two 11x15 cakes.  I know it is big, but I wanted to make sure there would be enough cake for 30-40 people after it was carved. I cut two inches off of the cakes lengthwise to put on top.

To be honest, at this point I wasn't sure I was going to be able to do it.  It seemed like mission impossible.  I had read somewhere that cake was easier to carve if it was frozen...so into the freezer it went!  I was mentally preparing myself to actually start cutting.  Anxious!

 I took off LITTLE pieces at a time.  I was probably more cautious that I needed to be, but I figured better safe than sorry.  After I finished shaping it I put it back in the freezer while I made a batch of buttercream.  Covering the cake in buttercream was actually the most difficult part...I would suggest throwing the cake back in the freezer when the cake starts pulling away.  I think it turned out pretty well, though!

Back into the freezer.  I actually left in in overnight, but that was because it was late and I was too tired to try to cover it in fondant.  I think it was the right move because this morning I was itching to get it covered!  I made the fondant this morning.  I know you are supposed to let it sit in the refrigerator for a night, but when I am covering something large or awkward I like to do it when the fondant is super pliable (this really takes some practice, so I wouldn't try it on an important cake the first time you do it).

I am really happy with how it looks so far!

I know there is a dent in the "windshield", but that will be covered with black fondant later.  I pushed a lot of the extra fondant into the wheel wells.  All in all I am pretty impressed with it.  I will post a picture of the finished product later, but let me know what you think so far!