Dragonhawk1066

I've never really been interested in any AWB cars I've seen, but for some reason this one has me wanting it. I am partial to the '64 and '65 Chevelle bodies though, so I guess that answers my interest, lol.

Exciting stuff coming!! Thanks for the pics and info!

Thanks guys!

Excellent work, very well done! I love the roof!

Looks good! I'll have to grab a few if and when I can.

Nice looking custom Olds!

Very nice!

Excellent work!

Thanks guys!

Very well done!

Very nice!

That's a great blue paint job with a very nice interior and nicely detailed engine compartment.

Nice looking Camaro! Resin hoods can be pretty tricky, I've wrestled with a few that just wouldn't be defeated, lol.

My version of the AMT 1970 Chevy Corvette LT-1. It's painted in Anita's Dark Plum and cleared with Createx UVLS 4050 Gloss Clear. The interior is Delta black with Anita's Glossy Black seats, dash and door panels. I thought the Cragar's added a nice little something to the overall appearance with the body color and applied some Fireball Modelworks Radial T/A decals. I added valve stems and ignition wires for extra details, used BMF for the trim, bestmodelcarparts gauge decals, and glued the kit's owner's manual decal to some sheet styrene and tossed it onto the passenger seat. It gave me a bit of a tussle in a couple of places, nothing too bad, and is a pretty decent little kit overall. Thanks for looking!

The hood sits nice and flush and opens nicely after the trimming of the front of the inner fenders. Also, while fitting perfectly initially, after attaching the body to the chassis the front air dam is about 1/2mm short. I ended up cutting a couple pieces of strip styrene and placing them on the edges of the air dam so they catch the inner fenders. I also had to trim the front bumper behind the turn signals to clear the strips. With that done, it's all finished.

Thanks! I'm just going with it. You have to get pretty close to notice it, and while it may be quite evident on the show table, it'll never see one, lol. It'll look pretty good in my display cabinet whenever I get one, lol.

The instructions say to sand the top front edge of the wheel wells, so I used my rotary tool to whittle it down. After a test fit, I noticed they needed to be ground down some more, but I went with the sprue cutters this time. I cut even with the indentation for the hood pin pivots so as to not have to keep popping the body on and off. There should be plenty of clearance now, and everything else lines up quite well with the stance looking pretty spot-on, so hopefully tomorrow I can pop the body on one last time and get it glued down.

I wet-sanded, polished, and waxed the body a few days ago, but I see that I messed up a bit with the clear. I ended up over thinning it and spraying it on too heavy because while I was wet-sanding, after I wiped off the excess moisture, the surface was still a tad soft and some lint from the paper towels I used ended up getting stuck on. It's not bad enough, for me personally, to strip and start over but it is there. After that adventure, applied the BMF on Friday, which was a fairly quick operation as there isn't much trim to do on this year Corvette. I also managed to finish the interior and complete the rolling chassis.

Yes, they really seem to have a very realistic scale metallic look. More so than the craft paints I normally use, which really aren't bad either.

Yes, they're all pearls. I also did the AMT 1969 Plymouth GTX in Pearl Silver, but that doesn't show off in pics very well.

I really like using Createx paints, as well as craft paints. I use their 4011 Reducer, 4030 Balancing Clear, and 5607 Retarder when mixing pretty much at their recommended ratios and they spray very well. I tested Transparent Deep Red, but it seemed too dark to get a good idea on transparency. The UVLS 4050 Gloss Clear is a great clear coat as well and I have started using it as my go-to clear. The '29 Ford Roadster is Pearl Plum over a Metallic Charcoal Gray base, the '55 Chevy Cameo is Pearl Turquoise over a medium gray primer, and the '67 Shelby Mustang is Pearl Tangerine over a Metallic Gray base, all with UVLS 4050 Clear for an idea of how they look.

The orange is the Revell Germany boxing, the green is for the U.S. market. The instruction manual for the Germany kit is much better illustrated and the decals might be a little different, but it's the same kit.

That sure looks enticing! I kind of can't believe none of the regular kit manufacturer's ever did this one. It wouldn't happen to have come with a set of decals, those flames would be pretty tough to try to paint on?

I was blessed enough to be able to make a trip to Hobby Lobby today to pick up a few kits for the first time in probably 6-8 months or so. Unfortunately it'll probably be another 6-8 months or longer for my next spree, so I took advantage. I was going to limit myself to 3 or 4 at the most, but the wife chose the '56 Thunderbird as a request, and talked me into the '71 Cuda for the $15 sale price. The '67 Vette and '69 Chevelle were the prime scores for me. No '71 442, '70 Road Runner, '85 Z28, or '55 Chevy to be had despite the shelf stickers for them. I got a few paints including the Pearl Magenta for the T-bird and some more much needed Createx Clear while we were there too. I also ordered some more tiny drill bits from Amazon.

Great color and very nice engine details!