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Hello, I built this Gurney Eagle about 10 years ago and it is still one of my favorites and best efforts. Gurney's 1968 Indy 500. He finished second, behind Bobby Unser in another Eagle. More info here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/9504-ladies-and-gentlemen-the-eagle-has-landed/ RIP Dan! Thanks,

This project is FINISHED and posted Under Glass! Thanks for watching!

Hello! I know modern cars are not exactly the cup of tea of the majority of forum members here. But I'm very happy to present this humble model. You see, this is my first completion since 2009! While it won't hold a candle to what I was doing 10 years ago, I'm nonetheless very happy to be back! This is Revell's 1/25 snap C7 kit, so from the start we all knew this curbside was not going to get too far. I took it as a factory stock challenge. I built it as my dream daily driver as I would have ordered it: A C7 Corvette Stingray Z51, Laguna blue with Kalahari interior. The Z51 performance package includes upgraded brakes with slotted rotors, Z51 specific wheels and full width rear spoiler among other things. Option J6F: red painted calipers is represented. The interior represents a top of the line 3LT trim level in Kalahari color. This option included the top of the dash in Kalahari color for 2014 and 2015. But from 2016 forward, the top of the dash was black even in the 3LT trim level, making this car a 2014 or 2015 model year. However, this car also includes option EYT: Carbon Flash Package option which includes Carbon Flash (metallic black) emblems in the front and rear bumpers, the CORVETTE script letters in the back and the 2 fender stingray emblems, replacing the standard chrome items. This option was not available in 2014 so essentially making this representing a 2015 car. I also blacked out the front grille's chrome bar. This was not part of the EYT option until 2016 so I took a little artistic license there. Hey! It's MY car! This car also has option CFZ: front splitter and side rocker panels in carbon flash. This is a popular aftermarket option for C7s. As for the build, I used Scalefinishes Laguna blue paint and Scalefinishes clear. I removed the molded exhaust tips and made my own aluminum tips. The car also has full carpeting (flocking), full instrumentation including both displays and gauges, added scratchbuilt seat belts with hardware, inside mirror and outside mirror faces. I machined my own rotors and scratchbuilt calipers, front splitter and side rocker panels. Valve stems were added to the wheels. Inspection sticker and license plate make it legal. The ride height was tuned to my taste. Emblems are home brewed decals. You can check the progress thread here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/105147-c7-corvette/ Finally, a prominent feature of the car, the headlights, are very disappointing in the kit. I did my best and modified the parts but still not fully happy with them. Proper headlights would require extensive and very time consuming scratchbuilding. Anyways, here it is! Hope you like it. What do you think? Thanks,

Nice start! I like where you are going with this one.

Looking really good! Yellow looks good on it as well. I have the coupe in the stash and plan on yellow when I get to it. I'll follow this one closely. Thanks,

Beautiful execution! Love it!

Cool! One of my all time favorite cars.

Excellent craftsmanship! Great job on an unusual subject. Thanks,

Lots of effort in this one. Turned out really nice!

Followed the progress of this one. Very nice! It was very cool in itself as a stand alone unit but the diorama brings it to life! I like all aspects: the engine itself, cart, belt, saw etc. Never saw this type of equipment in real life but my only comment is that the saw itself looks very shiny. Maybe dull it a little bit? Again, never seen one so not sure how valid my comment is. Love it! Thanks,

Great job on one of the most beatiful cars ever made. I built the same kit a few years ago. Thanks,

I built a blue one years ago. This kit is notorious for chassis warp.

Beautiful! I started one about a decade ago and still not even in primer yet. Thanks,

And here are the threads on the build: Thanks,

Hi Phil! Love the rear looks of the red one! Thanks for letting me re-post mine here. I can't believe it was built 12 years ago already! The hood was modified with a bulge in the center, struts, side vents, rockers, brakes, wheels etc. Here is the link to the original post with more pictures. This was one of my first posts in this forum when it started, even before the Under Glass section was opened. and in this link I have more info http://puertoriconet.com/images/612 Thanks!

Looking really good!

That turned out pretty nice!

Nice! One of the most beautiful cars ever made. Timeless.

Nice to see another 612! I did a custom 612ig over a decade ago. Thanks,

Hello, Interior is done and in place. Molded tail lights painted. Black trim was a royal pain everywhere. This will go to the back of the display shelf. It looks good from a distance but don't get close... Thanks,

Looking really really good! What paint did you use? Thanks,

Very nice! Love the color combo!

Nice! I built the coupe over a decade ago and to this date it is still one of the most enjoyable kits I've ever done.

Hello again, Printed my own decals including tiny little curved CORVETTE scripts for the calipers. Brakes are done. Hard to see the script decals. Thanks,

Hello, The challenges of Factory Stock... No more Mr. Nice guy. This was supposed to be a quick snapper to get me out of the 9 year slump. But... I'm a sucker for brakes and calipers. Hey, I've never claimed to be normal! I could not find suitable brakes for this project. So I machined my own rotors and slotted them. But I searched high and low for calipers that would look at least close to the factory ones and decided I'd do my own. So using pictures of the real thing, I did them in layers. It is like manual 3D printing So each caliper is made of 3 parts. I have to print my own decals for the logos. I'm working on that. Thanks,