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USA-1 CORVETTE LSR TEAM! WIP Photos! Finished Now!


Ira

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Glad to see your back at it. One of my favorite projects of yours. Im liking the smooth look after choppin those fins off. I was liking the taillights so I'm interested to see how you go about doing the new rear. Keep it going Ira

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SMOOTHING OUT THE REAR END...

After attaching the new rear end I ground down the excess plastic around the rear end with a Dremel Tool and Sanding Boards.

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I cut 2 triangle shapes of sheet plastic to fill the area removed in the last step and blend the sections together.

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Then I applied some putty.

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More Coming... B)

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WE GOT PRIMER!

Here is the Transporter with some Grey Primer/Filler.

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You know, now that the Transporter has been Streamlined, I'm thinking that the Attempt Vette could use a little Streamlineing too... B)

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TAPE MARKS THE SPOT!

When I put the Attempt Racer in the back of the Modified Transporter and it looked too tall. So I decided to Section the body about 1/4". I started by wrapping some 1/4" tape around the middle of the body...

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I drew lines on both sides of the tape and then removed the tape...

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SLICING NEXT... B)

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CUTTIN' IT UP!

I used a Cut-Off Wheel in the Dremel Tool to cut along the Bottom Line. I cut the Bottom off first to put less stress on that section.

I left the Line on the bottom section so that I know how close to 1/4" the cut is. If you go past the Line you have lost that reference point.

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The second cut was done the same way.

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I put the body halves on a sheet of 100 Grit Sandpaper and Carefully Sanded the Cuts down Smooth.
Then I attached the body halves with Zap-A-Gap-Green Label.

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More Coming... B)

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Glad to see your back at it. One of my favorite projects of yours. Im liking the smooth look after choppin those fins off. I was liking the taillights so I'm interested to see how you go about doing the new rear. Keep it going Ira

Thanks Jason!

Hope you like it... B)

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