bh1701 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I have completed a restoration of my AMT 1967 Corvette that I originally built back in 1967. When originally built, it was bright orange with orange/yellow tie-dye fabric crudely glued to the seats. As you can see from the original interior photo, my teenage skills for detailing were seriously lacking! I disassembled the kit, stripped the paint and salvaged as much as I could. The original hood I used was not prototypical for a 67, and the seats could not be rescued once the tie-dye fabric was removed. Thanks to several members of the forum (Muncie and Snake45), I was able to secure new seats, a new hood, and new tires and wheels. I painted the whitewalls on the tires using a white gel pen. The gauges are from Best Model Car Parts. The exterior color is Tamiya TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. This was also my first try at foiling scripts/emblems/gas cap. Not perfect, but I was satisfied with my first attempt. I applied the foil prior to the last color coat. In retrospect, I think with my next attempt, I will apply the foil before the final primer coat(s). After the first few color coats, I may do a preliminary removal of the paint to expose the foil (before too many coats of paint are put over the foil). Then, after the final color coats, I'll remove the paint again. I think one of the issues I had with this kit was that the foil was so much brighter than the body color. I don't think there would be any way that the blue over the edges of the foil would ever have matched the rest of the car. The blue on the rest of the car got deeper with every coat, and the silver under the paint was never going to catch up to match! I need to try to trim the foil a bit closer to the script next time, also. I was worried about trimming too close and not having enough foil laying down on the body portions of the car. Thanks for looking! Bart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grodudulle77 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Nice work !! ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Much better looking color combination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That came out looking really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Great save, looks very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Nice save. I wish I still had some of my builds from my youth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That's a good looking re-do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelson Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Beautiful Re-do!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh1701 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 17 hours ago, Bills72sj said: Nice save. I wish I still had some of my builds from my youth. I saved about 25-30 of cars I built when I was younger with the hopes of restoring them like I did with this kit. But, I threw out probably about 60 to 70 other kits that had no special memories for me at that time or had too many missing pieces. In retrospect, there were a lot of models I wished I had kept - Mustangs, Camaros, Vettes, Thunderbirds and such. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 That so nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Bart, well done, restoring is sometimes more fun than building a new kit.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Great job, good looking Vette. I too wish I had my old models. I can't tell you how many i either shot up with a pellet gun or destroyed with fireworks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixties Sam Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Wow! What a save! Great color, and the interior is killer! Good work! Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Super nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e30lover Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 That's a sweet looking vette! Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 That came out great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Safire6 Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 12:09 PM, cobraman said: Great job, good looking Vette. I too wish I had my old models. I can't tell you how many i either shot up with a pellet gun or destroyed with fireworks. Me too. I either torched mine or put fire cracker in them. ? Nice job on the 'Vette! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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