62rebel Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Working on this one in between other projects, I find that the clear/orange metallic plastic is somewhat resistant to taking paint.... Even cleaned meticulously, nothing seems to stick well and my usual mek solvent seems to be unable to make a good bond between parts. Testors in the red tube seems to be the only stuff capable of bonding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Darby Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 That's the Katch the Kat issue. Only something like one in each master carton is molded in the metallic colot. Kinda surprized you want to paint it. I've seen them go for upwards of 50 bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62rebel Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share Posted May 24, 2017 I painted the inside of the body silver, but in truth, all that did was highlight the poor condition of the mold. Some parts have large extrusions that would be quite a pain to remove. Somewhere down the line in twenty or thirty years, it will turn up as a gluebomb and someone will question why a builder painted a supposedly rare clear bodied kit....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edboys Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Would be nice if the name of the kit was mentioned here. Just saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Would be nice if the name of the kit was mentioned here. Just saying. AMT 62 Corvette kit, molded on clear metalflake orange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I tried to paint mine in a color similar to the molded clear orange car. Its one of my favorites to date . A very simple , and obviously proportionally challenged kit. But it looks killer in the display case . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 The kit is not that bad. When AMT released the annual kit in 1967 as a Trophy Series, they ruined the headlights. They removed the bezels and the appropriately sized clear lights. Whatever money they saved was not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadrob30 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Would be nice if the name of the kit was mentioned here. Just saying. LOL, the name of the kit is Sock It To Me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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