70 Sting

Thanks for the tip Dave. I will check it out. ?

Great looking car, love the engine.

I agree!

Thanks Joel. As much as I love the C2, C3s have been my favourite since I was a kid. Much appreciated David. ? Thanks Peter. You're making me blush David. ? This type of photography is very forgiving and helps a little, too.

Thanks Mario, means a lot coming from you. Thanks Larry. I cut the tub doors off to better access the interior. Unfortunately most of the interior can't be seen once fully assembled. Thanks Tom. I spent more time on this kit than my previous models. Thanks Curtis. Green, especially those close to British racing green were certainly popular back in the day.

Good Evening, I've been wanting to build a kit to match this '70 Vette... it didn't turn out perfect, however I'm generally happy with the final result. The body is Donnybrook green with a light saddle interior. The car has an automatic transmission powered by a 350 with 300 hp and 3.08 rear end (a cruiser). The paint dramatically changes appearance from full sun to shade. The build: To match the green I mixed TS-43 Racing Green, TS-16 Yellow, TS-29 Semi Gloss Black and X-31 Titanium Gold (Yeah, I know... acrylic mixed with lacquer. Don't know what I was thinking.) The interior is a custom mix of colours I blended months ago - I don't recall the formula. The carpet is Ranger marigold embossing powder. The gauges are from BestModelCarParts on eBay. Used some photo etch parts from Model Car Garage. What I learned: 1. Second time building this AMT kit: the first one was loaded with flash and required trimming/sanding of nearly all parts; this one was much cleaner with the only issues being several sink holes on the body and a twisted interior tub. 2. I filled in the hood 'vents' as the kit is an LT-1/ZR-1. Tamiya putty was a real pain this time as I continually got ghost seams after filling, sanding and priming. 3. The parking brake is weirdly moulded into the console, I cut out the bottom section to make it look more realistic. The kit comes with a manual transmission so I converted it to automatic by making a new shifter and plate. 4. Made my own antenna out of hobby wire - it's a little on the thick side but it was smallest size my hobby shop carried. 5. First time using a little pin to hold the side mirror to the body - will definitely be doing this going forward! 6. I opened up the front grills for a more realistic look. 7. First time doing a little plumbing in the engine. Finicky work. 8. Changed the shape of the washer fluid jug by adding putty. 9. Sanded off the Firestone decals and replaced them with BF Goodrich decals from Fireball Modelworks. 10. Printed my own license plates on gloss photo paper and coated them with Microscale Liquid Decal Film (for a little protection, I guess) 11. Used black acrylic paint diluted 1:1 with water for panel liner. If you've made it this far, here are the photos: Plus a few outdoor shots: Thanks for your time :^)

Yeah, that’s cool. ?

Pretty hard to improve upon perfection. ?

Perfection ?

Nice job melding the kits.? I’ve heard Pinto kits are tough to build.

“Pretty well” indeed. Nice job. What paint did you use on the roof?

Clean build. Looks great photographed on black with low key lighting!

First time using an airbrush? Certainly doesn’t show. ?

That turned out beautifully… looks like a diecast.

Great looking car, nice craftsmanship. ?

Beastly car. Great engine. Great photography.

Excellent work and great presentation.

Lol. Very cool. ?

Excellent build quality and photography… as usual.

Beautifully done! ?

Beautifully done. Great paint and finish!

That is one creepy car. Great job on the mummy!

Dry nice work. ?

Hey, you’re pretty good at building models. ;^)

Excellent work! Beautiful model for the display case.