R. Thorne

Thanks. It was a fun and interesting build.

Thanks, Tony. I have a long ways to go. Got the back door finished last night.

Just got the amt twomuch kit in and it’s on my (long) list to build like Gordon Collett.

Almost forgot. After deepening the groove with the saw, a final pass with the umm-usa scriber widens the groove.

Ha ha. Not much actual sanding and actual pollution done so far. I have a “tool” to help in that respect. I will show it to you later.

Had a few minutes today. Used the Dspiae tape for alignment and protection scribing. The 4mm thickness anllowed me to alight with the existing scribed line of the 2 door and, at the same time, gave me a pattern for the left side of the tape for the 4 door. Over the years I have accumulated various scribing tools, but very little experience with resin. I tried all of them. The Trumpeter tool and the rather simple looking umm-USA one worked the best starting the scribed line, while the jlc saw (with, and without, the handle) was the final “scribe”. Most scribers deepen the groove depth, but also raise the edges. The saw deepens, but also removes the material more completely than scribers.

I am back on this one. This build is definitely going to be a learning experience. I did some 2 door and 4 door measuring from the internet pictures. I measured from the edge of the front door to the beginning of the rear chrome trim on the back glass. I measured the pictures on my iPad. On the 2 door cars, the door length is 60% of the total length. On the 4 door cars, the length is 53% of the total.

Thanks, Carl. Have a good day.

Thank you, gentlemen. I enjoyed it (for the most part).

Thanks, guys. I had some fun with it and learned a few things.

Just to show how far the FusionFirm bottle goes, I decided to paint (with the enclosed brush) some wheels, bolt heads, shifters, etc. No primer, base coat, special cleaning was used. These parts were taken out of the package and painted. This was in addition to the previous work done on the Corvette. I have about 90% of the liquid left in the bottle.

An interesting article I unearthed a few years ago when I started my build on the Marrs Boys 1963 Corvette. It appeared in Cars magazine. This is courtesy of the autohistorypreservationsociety.org.

More pics.

This is a build I started in 2021, got a bit over my comfort level, and put it away. Most of the work had been done. Sometimes, you just gotta get it over with. Anyways, this is the venerable amt kit with the blown big block. I had adapted a torque flight trans to a Chevy stick shift bellhousing to build the B&M Clutch Flite transmission (essentially a stick shift clutch adapted to an automatic transmission). Details of how the trans was built by B&M are in the WIP section for those technically inclined. One of my first airbrush paint jobs using Testors metallic green and lacquer thinner. A lot of modifications to the hood and the rear wheel wells. Parts box slicks, kit wheels, aftermarket headers painted with FusionFirm,decals from eBay (Fremont racing specialties). The things I am not happy about on this build: not Cragar wheels, paint job, motor was slightly tweaked during installation, didn’t paint the rear wheel inners black. The things I like: the corvette body, the paint is pretty from 3 feet, the decals worked great, when I look at it it reminds me of the 60’s drag race cars. Questions, critiques, comments are always appreciated. As Frank says, Be Well.

Almost forgot to put a panel line wash on the doors. Now I’m done.