MrBrightside

First model in a long time. Car is mostly factory spec except for the Torq Thrusts and finned chrome valve covers. The stock valve covers weren't plated, so I chose to use the custom finned ones to brighten the engine bay up a little. Also the air cleaner decal says 350hp, and from the online research I did, as far as I can tell the 350hp engine should have chrome valve covers. Built it mostly out of box, with some minor tweaks. Sanded off the incorrect side mouldings that should not be there on a '69 SS. Also used a trick I saw Snake use in another post involving filling the terrible kit tail lights with wood glue, letting it dry and then painting it with Tamiya clear red to simulate tail light lenses. Worked pretty well. Also added headrests to the seats by sanding down some sprue. Colour is Testors Model Master Citrus Yellow metallic with Tamiya TS13 clear over the top, both decanted and shot through the airbrush. Then wet sanded and polished it all with Tamiya compounds, and put a little bit of wax on it to finish it off. It's a shame Testors discontinued the Model Master paint line, they had a good range of colours. This was a little bit of Citrus Yellow I had left over from several years ago. Thanks for looking.

Thanks for the tips Snake, much appreciated. I've had a look at GTS Pearl Blue (the Viper colour), looks a bit too dark to me. I agree that Nassau isn't an exact match and is a touch light, but to my eye it still looks like the closest thing without actually getting some LeMans blue. I think I'll test on some plastic spoons with some different colour primers and see what looks best. Sorry to hijack the thread by the way. Both of those Corvettes looks sensational, nothing like an early C3 (68-72) on Rally wheels.

Thanks Randy. I've seen other people use the same colour and have it come out looking lighter,so I assumed you may have used a darker primer. White it is then! Cheers

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but may I ask what colour primer you used under the blue? The final result looks close enough to make for a passable LeMans blue for a '69 Camaro. I live outside of the US and MCW don't post international, so this might be my best option to get a close match to LeMans blue. The Corvette looks stunning, by the way.

Thanks guys

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Regarding the wheel arch mouldings I am aware that all RS cars had these, however as I was replicating my dad’sreal life car I left them off for now. Can always add them later if he adds them to his car. As for the paint, it’s actually Hugger Orange, my crappy phone pics just make it look more red than it actually is.

Hi all, new here. This is the first kit I've built since my childhood. My dad asked me to build a replica of his real car, so here it is. My first attempt at wet sanding and using compounds to achieve a shine on a model kit and also my first attempt at bare metal foiling. Feedback welcome. https://i.imgur.com/ESQByuW.jpg