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  1. AJM
    welcome back to the hobby -- great job on the GT-40, paint job looks great!!
  2. AJM
    A beautiful 'clean' build --love the garage diorama! Great job!!
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    Brian -- Just saw your link to the 2005 C6 you built --it looks great. When I was researching this project I was originally going to us the same AMT kits , but I needed the Z06 Hood and the wider ZR-1 body for this build. I really like the color combination of the red and saddle interior!
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    Assembled the exhaust to the chassis and engine. Also applied 'heat staining' from a Tamiya weathering kit to sections of the exhaust pipes. Last pic is a close up of the chassis and detailed front suspension.
  5. AJM
    Assembled the exhaust to the chassis and engine. Also applied 'heat staining' from a Tamiya weathering kit to sections of the exhaust pipes. Last pic is a close up of the chassis and detailed front suspension.
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    Assembled the transaxle to the engine and began the detail painting of the chassis, used many reference pics from the web to replicate the air brushed color match -- then married the transaxle to the chassis.
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    Onto the engine and transaxle --detailed painted the LS7 , '427' motor, added wiring to the coil packs, but these probably will be hidden after the beauty covers are assembled. Most paints were Model Master and Alcad Metalizer and Acrylics. Added decals to the oil filter and the serpentine belt.
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    Thanx for the comments and encouragement, it's well appreciated -- so I test fitted the modified ZR-1 body with the interior/chassis and the Plamoz 'Cup Wheels'. It's coming together, but I'll need to address the kit tires, since they are too 'truck like' --will need to find something closer in profile to the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires.
  9. AJM
    Next up was to cut out the ZR-1 side coves and graft in the 'Z06' side coves to convert the body to a 2013. Side coves were measures and cut out with a razor saw. The pictures below show the progression:
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    So let the surgery begin -- I cut out the rear boot from the Snap-Tite Convertible(red)and also cut out the corresponding rear roof/ window section of the ZR-1 body --- after shimming and cleaning up the razor saw cuts, the 'boot' fit surprisingly well. This was super glued in place. You can also see that I filled and smoothed the 'supercharger' window in the ZR-1 hood to reflect the '427' hood.
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    Since there is not a kit available with he correct body style and is also a convertible, I decided to use the Revell Corvette C6 ZR-1 kit as the base to build from; I'll use the R 'Snap-Tite' '05 convertible kit for the rear 'boot and waterfall' and will use the side coves from the R '06 Z06 kit, for the proper side vents. I'll use the Plamoz 'Cup wheels', the photoetch detail set and the 60th Anniversary decal set. Also have some decals that were supplied by 'Speedway Decals'.
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    Inspiration for the build is the 2013 60th Anniversary C6 Corvette '427' Convertible, as seen below. Body is Arctic White with the 60th Anniversary graphics package, 'cup wheels' and the '427' logo on the Z06 hood. the interior is 'Diamond Blue' and alcantera trim.
  13. AJM
    Thx for all the positive comments -- it was a challenge, but rewarding to see the final results. Now onto to the next build --a 2013 C6 60th Anniversary Convertible.....
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    And here are the last two pictures that I'll post of this build ---a front view and a drivers side front quarter view. Thx again!
  15. AJM
    First off , thx for all the kind words and comments, they are much appreciated. After looking at the build , the right rear wheel looked to be protruding about 1mm too far out -- so that was really bothering me, so i did some surgery and had to cut the wheel off(they were epoxied on- I thought they were set properly), and sanded down the inside of the wheel hub and now I think it looks much better. So here are a few more pictures I took, while still on the bench --I think these pictures look better as well --so Happy Holidays to everyone and thanx for viewing! Al
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    Looks great -- really like the conversion!
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    Len -- Thx for the feedback -- yea it was difficult finding front and rear tires that approximate the look of the 20" rear and 19" front Michelin's. The rear tires I used were from Misha at Ukrainian Scale Cars Production(USCP), these are a 20" that have the appropriate sidewall height and fit the Plazmos 'Cup' wheels(I did use a wrap of masking tape over the wheel OD to make it fit a little snugger to the ID of the tire), these tires also have the Michelin Pilot Sport logo on the sidewall. I could not find a front tire that had the Michelin logos, but I used tires from a set of Pegasus Irok's(#1266) --these tires have the approximate dimensions and look for the 19" front tires, and fit the Plazmos wheels. Hope this helps, Al
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    Tom -- thx, yes this one one of the most challenging builds that I have done. Learned a lot along the way, I really tried to get the 'stance ' of the car correct -- realy difficult finding the proper size tires that had the correct sidewall height and the side fender cove trim was extremely challenging to replicate, I don't think it's perfect but it's close. It was great to finish this. I have a 2013 60th anniversary 427 on the bench -- you need to get into your 2004! Look forward to seeing it. Al
  19. AJM
    and can't forget the chassis and rear view
  20. AJM
    A few more views
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    Since a 1/25 scale model kit of the C7 Grand Sport does not exist --this was a major kitbash using the 2016 Revell C7 Stingray kit as the base, cut out the rear fenders and rocker panels of the Revell C7R, for the 'wide body' rear fenders. Cut out all vents, grill openings and used bits from a 1/24 Maisto C7 Z06, cup wheels from Plazmos, spoiler and ground effects from C1 models, 'black' corvette badging from Speedway decals and paint is Automotive Touchup, Arctic White and Carbon Flash Black center stripe, 'hash' fender stripes are Mecha Acrylic Gunmetal, all cleared with AT 1K Clearcoat --rubbed out and polished. You can follow the build chronology on the 'WIP' section. I've also included a picture of the car that was my inspiration. So here's some pictures(I still need to work on my photography skills) of the finished model -- appreciate any comments, thx Al
  22. AJM
    Well finally completed!! A couple of more pictures from on the bench --next stop will be hopefully some better pictures in 'Under Glass' --thx for following and all the supportive comments, it's always appreciated
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    Tim -- Great job on this!! Luv the look of the undercarriage , even if you think it's not close to the original -- it looks very clean!
  24. AJM
    Looks great , like the resto-mod!
  25. AJM
    Great job -- also love the garage diorama!
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