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Started fitting the roll bar and the convertible hard top.

I think I got those from iceman collections..I've seen a few 3D resin companies make them, but these looked the most accurate to me.

Yeah I was kinda surprised and happy with the result lol, it would work nicely for a "splatter paint" trunk floor also.

If you're looking for some solder/wire that's in scale for header primary tube diameter..try going to michaels in the jewelry section, they have several different diameters of aluminum wire..I bought the largest diameter stuff they have and I'd say it's close to 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" diameter in 1:1.

Thanks, I painted it flat black then misted some gray primer over it.

Little more progress, painted the chassis and floor pan. Also put together a resin/photo etched dominator from futur attraction and painted it..I think the dominator suits the engine better.

Got the engine painted and mostly put together, haven't decided if I'll use this carb or maybe a dominator.

After looking at the old completed model I realized the engine seems to sit way too far forward..in 1:1 scale it would be about 8-10" probably from the firewall to the back of the block which just looks goofy to me. So I added some mounts to move the engine back closer to the firewall. Also attached the scoop and did some seam filling on the body..about ready for primer.

Thank you!

Thanks! Just kind of winging it so far, I have a vision of how I want it to look but luckily don't have to replicate a specific car. Just going for a basic late 70s bracket car.

Eh not worried about it, I've read some posts about how it will chip easily from metal if not cured fully..but these won't be handled much at all. This stuff dries almost immediately..it was dry to the touch within a minute probably. I did a couple thin coats.

Painted the wheels with VHT high temp silver caliper paint, and detailed them a bit, pretty happy how they turned out. Then mocked up the car again and sat the grump lump scoop on the hood to see how it would look..so far I'm liking it.

Got the trans cut off and put on a resin th400..also played around with some other front tires I have that are a bit taller and fit better with these wheels..I really tend to over think everything which really drags out the build lol..oh well baby steps.

thanks! I'll probably re-shoot it or use another body I have to get rid of the parting lines and emblems I initially didn't bother removing. Still sticking with the green though as I love the color (actually GM mystic teal metallic).

Oh ok thanks..they just have that perfect size and sidewall that I usually look for lol

Extremely clean! It's got the prefect stance and look, love it!

really nice! Did you sand down the bel air trim on the sides? Always wanted to do a 210 build but that seems difficult to get rid of all that trim on the 1/4s.

Do you recall which ebay seller makes the tires?

Very nice! I'm partial to old corvette race cars, my dad has a 62 that he's had for over 50 years, raced it in the 70s and 80s and has always been more drag race oriented..runs in the low 11s now. I stashed away some parts and 2 revell 62 corvette kits to build a replica of his eventually.

To start off, I have several of these AMT 57 corvette street machine kits that I've grabbed parts from over the years so most of them are incomplete and for that reason I used the body of one to test some paint that I was going to use on a different build..but after painting it I realized I wanted to actually build it. Of the 4 kits I have, I only built one back in the late 90s when I was probably 12 years old. So I dug it out of a box and started to use it as a "mock up" for wheels and tires...it's not pretty but hey I was a kid when I built it lol. My plan is to make it a late 70s to early 80s drag car. Going to use the kit big block but switch the trans to a th400 since the trans in the kit is a 4L80e for some reason. I've got a couple different grump lump type scoops that i'll choose from for the hood and going to grab the removable hard top from an AMT 62 corvette kit I have. I'll probably leave the rear suspension as is but chop off the wheelie bars. Then add a 6 point roll bar and a bunch of details here and there. I've centered the build around the wheels/tires which I got from futur attraction since that's what makes the "look" in my opinion. I narrowed the rears a little bit so they fit the 11" wide rear tires better and added some lug nuts since the wheels had none. Trying to decide what color to paint them. I'm between anodized gold or the satin finish for the super tricks. But not sure what the best paint would be for anodized gold. Any suggestions, thoughts, comments??

Looking good! Where are those rear rally wheels and rear tires from?

Haha I know this car..saw it posted all the time on the Chicago petrol heads and car spotters page on Facebook. Car was at the muscle car and corvette nationals in the fall I believe.

I ordered some stuff from shapeways recently, although it was from a different designer (3D model specialties). Was pretty seamless, parts were printed quick and shipped out sooner than expected, quality was good, they offered two different grades of resin based on how much detail you desire. Parts were nice and as pictured.

Thanks! The slicks are from futur attraction, they're the 30x11s. Required some clearancing of the inner wheel tubs and shaved the inner 1/4 panel lips to fit.

This is cool! I'll be following this! I've always wanted to build the grumpy's toy VIII 70.5 camaro and figured using those two AMT kits is the best way to go, but his car was unique in that it started out as a full bumper car and was converted to the RS nose split bumper but did not have the larger endura rubber bumper around the grille...so it would be a bit of a challenge to fabricate.