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The top is the gloss black under coat, I didn’t have any black chrome parts at the moment, but I apply the alclad black chrome the same as the bright chrome,

I put the final touches on today, one final polish and the AZZ-KIKR license plate

I polish the black first to remove any blimishes the spray the chrome at 12 psi about 5 inches from the part. Very light coats otherwise it becomes silver, after the chrome is dry I dip the part in future, but I’ve noticed with Alclad future tends to dull the bright chrome just a bit, not much but noticeable if your watching closely

That thing looks amazing

Thank you, I used ppg shopline single stage the first time, however it didn’t work out to well, I had to strip the body. When I repainted it I used ppg deltron base and concepts clear.

I’ve always liked the movie Con-Air but the car had my attention more than the movie. A 1967 corvette roadster, and it’s unfortunate fate. This kit started out as a 1963 revell snapper and was modified to be a full detailed small block 67 roadster with rear exhaust. The full build is in the WIP section.

Here are the pics of it completed

The Con-Air corvette is finally complete. The body fought me pretty hard going on, mostly around the windshield area. But once everything was adjusted it went together pretty easily. I also took out the center tag bar from the front bumper, from all the photos of the movie car it didn’t have one. I did find some pretty cool behind the scenes footage of the crew setting up the drop car.

Paint job 2.0 is complete, it came out very good, better than the first I believe. I also got the bumpers prepped for chrome and the backup light is cut into the body this time not painted on.?

Well a bit of an unfortunate series of events occurred while polishing the paint, I burned through on the top of the quarter panel, which I could have lived with honestly, then while I was removing some making tape from around the tail panel, for the center mount reverse light, the clear decided to come with it. The clear seemed to flake off rather easy, I believe I let the base cure to long before I cleared it, also the base coat seemed to have more of a shine than normal, the paint store may have mixed single stage by mistake which would explain why they said I might need some base coat hardener. Either way the body has ventured it’s way into the purple pond, hopefully it will strip the urethane paint off. Hopefully I’ll have a positive update soon?

After many attempts to get the color right I believe I have gotten as close to Elkhart blue as modern PPG paint will allow, it is the prime formula mixed using the original 67 paint code, I really like this color and am considering it on a couple other projects. Now I’m off to strip the chrome and reshape the hideous mold lines on the bumpers. Then final assembly can begin, I noticed in all the test fitting that the front wheels needed to be moved forward about 3mm to center up, the interior tub still sits a little forward for my liking but at this point I’m just splitting hairs. As always thanks for looking

I completed 90% of the chassis I’ve still got to mount the rear exhaust and the cross member before I can permanently install the engine, but all in all it’s moving along slowly but surely, I ended up using big block exhaust manifolds on the small block engine I’m sure it won’t bug me to much once the car is finished.

Thanks

So I have made a bit of progress on the interior, I used VHT titanium blue over grey but the color was to light looked more of a silver, so I tried a base of royal blue then sprayed the titanium blue over it. That had much better results, next is the rest of the suspension details and then the knock off wheels.

So here’s my pics of what I have so far, I used the rear clip from my junkyard roadster along with some bits from a scrap roadster I had. I used some styrene sheet to reinforce the body where I joined the two halves. Then shaped the window frame to look similar to the convertible.

I have thought long and hard about how to correct the 67 corvette roadster by revell, I love the kit it’s self, (I have about 30 of them in my stash) just everytime I build one the front end needs major reshaping. However the coupe kit nails the body shape in my opinion. So I finally bit the bullet and combined the two. My question would be do I do this every time or should I attempt to recast this body out of resin? Also has anybody ever cast a body out of resin and are there any pointers on how I could accomplish this task? Thanks in advance

Yes, as long as you use the interior tub from the 67

I’ve got the frame painted, and most of the engine painted. I tried to recreate the over spray on the fiberglass portion of the chassis, only problem is the blue almost blends with the dark gray fiberglass. Next is the suspension and the engine details.

I think that might be the best option, I’m thinking about using the whole rear clip from behind the doors.

Thanks, I think I’m going to scribe it in the tail panel. Or paint it on, Ive been thinking about the best way to do it, the biggest gripe I have with the body is the size of the tail light holes, they are a bit to big.

I finished up the body mods, now have it in primer. Next I’m going to start on the engine/chassis while the body work fully cures.

Thank you

Thank you

After a bit of test fitting I found that the revell 67 chassis will fit perfectly, my 69 z/28 camaro was kind enough to donate it’s small block engine, I removed the fender vents from my old junkyard scene sting ray. I have some knock off wheels around here some where, locating them is a trick though. Other than that I believe this is now a complete kit, time to get started

You can use purple power to strip paint, just submerge it in a plastic tub with a lid for a few days and the paint will peel right off, ive stripped many many models this way for a few years now.