richcrabman Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Hi guys, My friend wants to build the corvette from a film called corvette summer.and he has asked me for some advive on what is the correct model to use. Now ive never seen the film,and i dont know anything about corvettes! So could somone kindly please advise me on which kit he needs to use. Thanks in Advance, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 What a terrible thing to do to a Vette. IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 As wrong as (I think) that car is, at least it is indicative of what many 16 year olds at that time would have thought of as cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcrabman Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Omg that is ugly! But im not building it,LOL......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) A couple of modelers have tried this. One used a '76 AMT Stingray.. http://www.modelcars...?showtopic=3733 Another used a '73 (the model year used for the movie car. I can't tell if the kit is really a '73, but that's how he labeled his contest build)... http://www.hobbytalk...ad.php?t=205063 Edited June 4, 2012 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Perhaps the "Tom Daniel California Street 'Vette" kit by Monogram might be a headstart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Greg Myers Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Here's your answer : http://www.modelcars...showtopic=47588 Edited June 4, 2012 by Greg Myers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcrabman Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Thanks guys, guess most of those kits are not easy to Get hold of? Also the wheels.are they the same used in the dukes of hazzerd charger and revell Harley Davidson panel van? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Those AMT offerings all have the Eckler's kit on them and will make a conversion even more work. I would start with a stock bodied kit if I were to do it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepperdrumstix Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 I think this was the film that Mark "Luke Skywalker" Hamil made after Star Wars and he crashed his own Vette and got the facial scars that show up in the next film. That is an ugly Vette though, but typical Hollywood "over the top looks over function" type movie car. Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philo426 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 The California Vette is really cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mademan Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 someone over on "the other boards" built a master and casted them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thanks guys, guess most of those kits are not easy to Get hold of? Also the wheels.are they the same used in the dukes of hazzerd charger and revell Harley Davidson panel van? The Tom Daniel Vette is neither easy to find nor cheap to buy if you do, but most of the '70s Vettes are easier to find. The General Lee uses American Racing Vector wheels, while the 1/24 Monogram '55 Ford has eight-lug turbine (Hurricane was Western Wheel's name for this style IIRC) wheels, so neither would be correct. Most of the '70s Vette kits (and the MPC '67 GTO) include 5-lug turbine wheels, some all four the same depth, some in two different depths. The Monogram 1/24 '56 Bel Air (black car on box art) also has a nice set of 5-lug turbine wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Some thing else to keep in mind is the car in the movie was right hand drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Zipper Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 http://www.scalemodeladdict.com/index.php?topic=4204.0 Here's one that some one has already built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja-view Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 And you'll need those Pep Boys mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richcrabman Posted June 5, 2012 Author Share Posted June 5, 2012 Thanks for all the info guys,ive sent this link to my friend and he also thanks you. I have asked him 'søren' to join this forum,as he has some Amazing builds and start of builds. So hopfully you will all Get to see his work soon. RichThanks for all the info guys,ive sent this link to my friend and he also thanks you. I have asked him 'søren' to join this forum,as he has some Amazing builds and start of builds. So hopfully you will all Get to see his work soon. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scummy Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 Car was right hand drive , i remember about 25 years ago the car or one of them with us plates on it was for sale in a small car yard in parramatta , (sydney ) for alot of money . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbox55 Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 What a terrible thing to do to a Vette. IMO It gets worse. They built 2 of them. There's the red one, plus they built a duplicate car in gold. Paint schemes are the same, other than the colors used. They did 2 of them for a plot point in the movie. After the car was "built" in the story line, it gets "stolen" (plot spoiler, the shop teacher sold it to make a quick buck). The guy that bought it "repainted" it gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff ewaskey Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Oh good Lord, the terrible memories this thread brings back!!!! Lol. Just goes to show how "hokey" the movie really was as if repainting the car in gold was gonna fool anyone let alone disguise its shear ugliness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul alflen Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 YOUNG MARK HAMMIL AND ANNIE POTTS AS THE HOOKER GIRL FRIEND! I REMEMBER IT WELL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VW Dave Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 The #2 movie car with the black interior was in a Corvette museum in Cooperstown NY about 15-20 years ago; when the guy liquidated his collection, that one went to Mike Yager(owner of Mid-America). The Cooperstown museum was pretty cool while it lasted - he also had one of the original Deathrace 2000 'Frankenstein' Corvettes too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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