Rich Chernosky

Another Corvette off the assembly line. Only 3 to go now. Don't know when this was painted but it is more than likely 12yrs or more. Color is Liqui "acrylic pearlescent ink called Volcano red. Krylon latex clear was used and a little red was added to darken the color slightly. Kit was fairly well detailed but there were some fit issues that were easily overcome. Build went quick. More details below. Hood fit on this was great until the chassis was installed. Hood hinged on two tabs of the chassis. Some grinding on the hinge and re-adjustmnet of the front body were required to get this look. Making the wheels steer was not too much of a problem. Liked the tires. I lked the detail of the back. The glass fit well. Overall stance of the model was good so no adjustment needed. Interior is semi-gloss back and I found a red for the seat insert that came close to the body color. There was a lot of engine detail. Most of the parts were chrome and had to be toned down with a mixture of clear flat and smoke. Instructions were very vague on the placement of some parts so some guess work had to be used. Luckily this is not my first Corvette model. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.

Very creative to combine both kits into one. And very well finished. I'll bet this car is a beast on the track.

Its Pink !! The only road car in my collection that is. This was done in the early 2000's during one of my painting sprees. Corvettes were my favorite to experiment on. I wanted to see what Liqui Acrylic pearlescent ink Sundown Majenta would look like over white. I used the Liqui Acrylic Silver Pearl white as a base and masked off the side panel. Water base (latex) clear was the choice for top coat Never been a fan of pink cars so this went back in the box to cure for 20+ years. That being said, the more I worked on this kit (Monogram did a nice job here) and the closer I got to finishing it the more it grew on me. Am actually pleased with the finished build. More comments below. Feel free to leave your own comments as well. Aaaahh..the finished piece. Lots of chrome details as was typical of this year. Getting the wheels to steer was a little bit of a chore. The radiator had to be ground down quite a bit to get it into position. This was the only real problem encountered with this kit. Everything else fit very well. The hood opens but is nice and tight closed.\ Nice photo here and lots of detail. Interior was well appointed and the dash nice. White is a mixture of Tamiya LP2 and LP3. The hard top came with the kit and I like this one. Looks good in the pearl white. Could have fit a little better though. I went with the fuel injected version of the 283 v-8. Gotta luv Tamiya panel liner for bringing out detail.

Helmut, beat ya to it. I posted this build on the site in 2019. Here is the link: Fisher 1/24 Ferrari 512S yellow longtail 1970 - Model Cars - Model Cars Magazine Forum

Nice to see a different F-1 car . Nice job Thomas. The gold paint looks great.

Helmut...being able to draw scale plans is quite the talent. Something I never mastered. My hats off to you. I have that Fisher kit built if you would like pictures for reference.

This is the 9th in my series of Corvette builds. An AMT/Ertl 1/25 Corvette that was painted in June of 2009. Color is a 50/50 mix of Testors #2908 Managanese brown metallic and Model Master Kiln Red metallic. Some Candy Strawberry was added to the clearcoat. Not a bad kit as far as detail goes but there were some fit issues especially with the body and chassis. More detail in the picture captions. Finished model. Note the steering wheels. This was easily achieved as the spindles alreqady turned and it was just a matter of hooking up the tie rod. Lots of nice body trim sets this car off. rear end also had some nice detail. I substituted some chrome tubing for the exhaust tips. Nice interior is sprayed a mix of Pactra dark chocolate brown and flat black. Kit cam with this optional hard top that didn't fit as good as it could. I really don't like it and the car will be displayed without it. Getting the body down over the front wheels required much grinding on the chassis and some on the body. It was not very well engineered in this respect. I darkened some of the chrome with Tamiya black liner. I mad scrrens for the headlights. The clear lenses with the pattern in them was not going to cut it. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.

The latest in my series of Corvette builds. This is Revell's 1/25 2005 Corvette C6. Color is Pactra Odds N Ends Antique gold. Bottom of the car has been fogged with tamiya X-18 and the mpodle was clearcoated in a latex clear. This was done in July of 2005 shortly after the kit was released. Must say this went extremly well as Revell did a nice job on the kit. Making the front wheels poseable was a bit of an engineering challenge but other than that it was a joy. More detail below. Engine in this kit was very well detailed and filled the compartment nicely. Body slipped over the chassis easily and the stance was good. This photo shows off the fog work well. Gold color is interesting. Rear veiw. Good detail back here. Revell included those turned metal exhaust tips. It was a nice touch. Glass fit very well here. Kit came with the optional top and here it is installed. 1/64 diecast is a 2009 C6 that painted to match. Its a Hot Wheels.

Found a few. Thought I had a 280ZX in the collection. Closest I could come to was this 1/25 Revell 240Z. Best fit is the yellow one closest to the car. There is still some overlap so if your kit is 1/24 they might work. If you want any of these PM me your address and i will get them off to you. Free of course. Rich

Let me check the spare parts stash...just might have some.

Doug, you really did this kit justice. That color looks great on this car.

Build it like you would own it is the way to go. Would have been my choice too, Jim. Nice job.

Having built this kit when new I am well aware of the challenges you faced. BUT...to bring it back from a glue bomb...that's extrordinary. You did a great job and that color fits it well. Congrats.