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Thanks for all the compliments fellas. So I’m guessing this has a some potential after all? Glad I aborted my first attempt.😬 Today I did a little more shaping.🙂

Excellent attention to detail.👍 I’ll follow along. I’ve always wanted to build one…🙂

Day two builds are my favourite.

Looking very Nice!👍

It looks more metallic grey than black to me….but I like it!😎 I goes well with the red interior.👍

Absolutely wonderful! 😎

Beautiful fab work!😎

Adjustable parallel line jig. Useful for chopping tops, sectioning etc.?

It’s looking good Jim!👍 That Vac U Form sure looks like a handy gadget.

And what a gem it was!😳 I pretty much had to hack the interior out in pieces and then grind the glass away. This time I shortened it at the peak of the rear fender bulge so that the body lines would line up. Kinda gives it a Cheetah look I think.😎 Then enlarged the wheel well back to its former shape. I narrowed the roof so the rear window edges lined up and filled the resulting gap behind the doors, and chopped it slightly to get the roof slope to line up more or less. I took about a 1/4” out of the cowl and spread the A pillars to mate up with the doors again. Then added a chunk of Evergreen to each door and shaped them a bit. They may need more, but I’m going to let it sit for a bit while I ponder my next move. Thanks for looking. As always…all comments welcome.😎

I’ve had a desire to build something based on this ever since I ran across the photo. I started with a second hand ‘vette I picked up at the flea market. I bought a new 1/32 Corvette too thinking that I might use the roof section. I know someone on here (Impalow I think) also was pursuing this idea. I started by narrowing it quite drastically,(too drastically😬) and then sectioned it by about 3/16”. Then I bobbed it by about 3/8” behind the rear window. I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t really know what I’m doing….just cutting and hacking in the direction I want to go.😳 This is where I ran into trouble because the body lines no longer line up.🙄 Abort,Abort!🤬 So off to the Flea market to pick up another five buck gem.🤪

It actually came off in nearly one piece….but I really doubt that I’ll use it. Everything is molded in.🙄

Thanks for the vote of confidence fellas!🤪 Nothing much salvageable except for the body….and the dash surprisingly.😬 But……it will live again!!! Build thread: https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/201255-chopped-sectioned-and-bobbed……’63-corvette/#comment-3035197

Picked up this little gem at a local flea market for a mere five bucks. This thing does real justice to the term “gluebomb”!😬 I think the builder stood back a foot or so and gave that ol’ Testors tube a good squeeze!😳 I hope to start a build thread shortly.🙄

Anyone tried this brand?🤣🤣🤣

They likely only partially fill the jars in order to leave room for thinner if you want to add it. That said, I agree it is deceptive and I would rather get a full jar. As far as the primer goes, I buy the little square jars and add lacquer thinner for airbrushing. I keep some pre-mixed in an airbrush jar and just add a bit more LT or primer as needed.

Now that’s thinking outside the box!

If you bought it new that should be covered under warranty no? There is a good chance that the casting had a flaw in it that caused the breakage. A fist sized rock should not cause catastrophic damage.

Forever young is only possible with the right mindset.

Just move the tree over a little bit.😜

Super nice job on the interior!👍

Good to hear the colors work nicely. I haven’t tried them and didn’t know if the clears only came with one nozzle or if mine was missing? I e-mailed Vallejo saying how disappointed I was with their product. They replied asking for photos of the label so they could determine the batch number for their chemistry department. I sent them along with a complaint about the lack of a low flow nozzle. I’ll post any further response I get here.

Well you made a pretty decent looking rat rod out of it in my eye Bob.👍 I kind of grimaced when I first saw the cab, but you brought it all together. Nice scratch building.😎

Outstanding bodywork and the paint is a work of art there Lee!👍 It’s a real beauty, and the stance is perfect!😎 Whatcha got for an engine in that bad boy?

Nice looking Galaxie Nathan.👍 It looks like you tried applying the decals as one piece? Next time try cutting them into sections at the door jambs. You can lay a full length strip of tape down as a guide to keep the chunks aligned. After all, they would be applied in sections (or cut at the seams) on a 1:1.