Superbird McMonte Posted February 17, 2019 Share Posted February 17, 2019 I’ve built this Corvette in around 1992 to 1995. I had met Joel Rosen at that time and he suggested I try building his car. He had just bought it back and was having it restored. I may have mentioned all this in a previous post. I decided to give it a mild restoration myself. I didn’t touch the bodywork at all. It’s got a couple cracks. But I’m going to leave it alone. The striping on the side isn’t quite right, and a couple other little things. This Corvette Phase III GT represented the most expensive Phase III GT ever built. It had to be billed twice because while sitting on the lot waiting for delivery, the car next to it caught fire and burned it to the ground. So he built the second one to send to the buyer. So I will build a second one also. More to come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Looking forward to this Resto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooltime-fan Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 me too is this a resinbodie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbird McMonte Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, tooltime-fan said: me too is this a resinbodie? No. I made this myself before the Mini-Exotics was available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Hamilton Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Superbird McMonte said: No. I made this myself before the Mini-Exotics was available. Very nice work. I always loved the cars from Motion Performance. Seeing them in Cars Magazine made me salivate. I styled a build of a MPC 1/20 69 Corvette Sting Ray and an Aurora HO car with the fastback rear window. My only built Motion Performance model is a 70 1/2 Camaro in Daytona Yellow with the Black Stripes. Fortunately I had a set of Fred Cady decals, as the kit did not have any. I'm going to follow along with this one, as it brings back my youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbird McMonte Posted February 23, 2019 Author Share Posted February 23, 2019 Glad you like it Ron! Growing up on Long Island, Joel was a legend to me. On a whim, I walked into his shop one day, and there he was! Great Guy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Looking good , I have three of these bodys just waiting to be built along with the photo etch and decals . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Woodruff Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Kool. I love those Motion Phase III Vettes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 2/20/2019 at 12:54 PM, Ron Hamilton said: Very nice work. I always loved the cars from Motion Performance. Seeing them in Cars Magazine made me salivate. I styled a build of a MPC 1/20 69 Corvette Sting Ray and an Aurora HO car with the fastback rear window. My only built Motion Performance model is a 70 1/2 Camaro in Daytona Yellow with the Black Stripes. Fortunately I had a set of Fred Cady decals, as the kit did not have any. I'm going to follow along with this one, as it brings back my youth. What he said. I just started re-reading the Motion book, and have a couple Motion-inspired builds in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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