PeeBee

Here's one that was almost off the bench, but I wasn't happy with the way the windshield fit and took it off for modifications.

Color is GM Sunfire Yellow (I believe this was a Corvette-only color) from Scalefinishes.  The bumpers that came with the kit were warped, and the only extra set that I was willing to give up for this car had lousy chrome, so they were stripped and given a shot of Alclad.  Interior chrome is Alclad, too.  Tires are those funky AMT Firestone Wide Ovals, but to me they just looked right on the Corvette.

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Regards.

Paul B.

Well, time to stop lurking and finally post a build.

This is the first build I've completed since a fire gutted my model room and consumed all my builts and 350+ kit stash (50 years worth).  The pictures are snaps taken with my phone and are not very forgiving; the model looks a lot better in real life (really!).  Especially the engine - in the pictures it looks like the paint's globbed on and the ignition wire (30-gauge wrapping wire) looks like scale garden hose!  Gonna hafta work on my photography, i.e. use a real camera and pay attention to lighting.

Anyway, paint is Dupicolor "Bright Red" over Duplicolor primer, no clear, just color sanded (4,000 thru 12,000) and polished with Novus #2.  "Chrome" trim is cheapo store-brand aluminum foil.  Tires are AMT Goodyears.

This kit fought me the whole way and I rushed it at the end - it was on the bench way too long.

Regards.

Paul B.

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