Hawk312

Mine says "MC200 Red Adonize". It is tricky to work with. If you are going to use it, I would suggest allowing the Metalcast to dry several days at least before trying clear. I`m working with the purple Metalcast for my current project. Over Bahama Blue (also duplicolor), it makes a killer blue/purple candy color.

Nice work. I take it this is the MPC kit judging from the engine bay? Where did you get the wheels from? PS I was expecting a Van Halen song in the background.

Thanks! It is Duplicolor Red Metalcast over Tamiya Mica Red, finished with about 5 coats of clear.

I have to agree. This thing goes together beautifully. It was probably the best engineered kit I have ever built, Revell or otherwise.

Thanks again everyone! I appreciate it! Actually, I did them very last, even after rubbing it out. I masked them off, sprayed a quick shot of clear, then a quick shot of aluminum metalizer, and finished it with a coat of sealer. I wanted to clear over them, but I was worried with how the metalizer might react to that.

Thanks again everyone! I definitely recommend this kit to anyone who is considering it. Sorry Harry. From the beginning, I built this one as a top up display only. I actually applied some of the final details while it was sitting on the display with the body up, and I am not sure I want to risk dropping the top on this one. Maybe I will just have to build another one with the body down.

Wow! Thanks guys for all the complements. Coming from this bunch, it really means alot! I`ve seen some of your builds! I need to stress that I think Revell really knocked it out of the park with this kit. All proportions just seem "right", and the decals are some of the best I`ve seen. I think this kit is as significant and ground breaking as the `69 Z/28 kit that was released in the early 90`s. It makes me wish that Revell would take all their past funny car kits and re-release them as a new tool. I was actually a little reluctant to post it because of the finish. But since there was a request, I`ll post my entire technique. I need to let everyone know that the color is just a shade darker in person. Not much darker, but it is just a bit darker. I started off with the krylon white primer. Pretty straight forward here. A little sanding with 600 grit and I sprayed it with 4-5 coats of Tamiya TS 39 Mica Red, about 10 minutes between each coat. The important thing is to get complete coverage. I let it dry for about 3-4 days. Then I sprayed about 3 coats of of the Duplicolor Red Metalcast spray (available at Autozone and Advance Auto Parts), which is a clear red spray. About 10 minutes between each coat here as well. After the 3 coats of the Metalcast, I waited 10 minutes and started spraying the clear Duplicolor. I put on about 5-7 coats since I knew I would be wetsanding and buffing it out. After about a week of drying, I sanded with 2000 grit, followed by a rub down with 3M rubbing compound, followed by several rub downs with meguires swirl and scratch remover. I used Tamiya "finish" compound for the final rub down, and I lost track of how many times I used that. Anyway, that`s all there is too it. Thanks again everyone. Here is closer shot of it:

This was a "quick" build, about 2 weeks altogether, which is lightning fast for me. I pretty much built this straight from the box with no major modifications, just some added detail. All the good things you hear about this kit are true. The fit on all the pieces is amazing, by far the best engineered kit I have built, Revell or otherwise. The only problem I had was on the hinges for the body. For some reason, the body would not clear the rear tire in the up position, so I had to modify the hinges. I haven`t heard of anyone else having this problem so I am assuming it was something I did wrong. The finished product us striking compared to my other models, and I`m not sure if it is the accuracy of the kit or the color scheme that puts it over the top. For the body, I used krylon white primer, tamiya mica red, duplicolor red metalcast for the candy effect(need to be careful with this stuff!!), and about 5-7 coats of duplicolor clear. This combination gave it a deep candy apple red color, and I couldn`t be happier with it. I know it is not accurate to have it all rubbed out and polished like this, but I like it this way and I am unrepentant about it. The braided line is detail master .035" line. The parachute cables are cat 5 wires wrapped in masking tape and then painted silver.

I am looking through my pictures, and I cannot tell where the parachute cables connect to under the car. I am building the Chi-Town kit. Do they connect to the frame? The rear axle? Thanks.

This looks to be a great one too! And it looks like this will be a excellent, informative thread, just like the Chi-town thread. Your thread on the Chi-town kit convinced me to get it, and I am very happy with it. As for the color, did you consider Duplicolor`s blue Metalcast over Tamiya Mica Blue? I used the red Metalcast over Mica Red, and it came out with a deep candy red color.

Thanks again guys. I apologize for the slow progress. I am getting a little sidetracked with the Chi-Town Hustler kit (great kit!!!!!) I just started. Anyway, I was holding up the stripe decals to the body, trying to get a perfect line for masking that would be covered by the decal, and just decided it would be easier to mask and paint all the stripes, which I did. The red is Testors "Flame Red" lacquer which went on great. After allowing to dry and a quick wet-sand (and a little touch up with a brush), I shot about 5 coats of duplicolor clear on it, which also went on great. Yes, for the purists out there, it will be inaccurate in that respect. I am going to be shamelessly wet-sanding and buffing this out to a high-gloss shine. You don`t paint a car red and then leave it dull. :D Let me know what you think.

Really nice work! I like what you did with the wheels. And that color looks great in the pictures! I am actually building mine right now, and used Tamiya TS-39 Mica Red, and then used 3-4 coats of duplicolor Metalcast red, and finished it off with 5 coats of duplicolor clear. It has a very deep candy apple red color, which is much more on the red side of things. I`m not sure I understand what you did with the body. Is that the height the kit builds into out of the box, or do you have the body lower in the rear?

That would be great. That plus a new 1/12 Camaro (new body style) and maybe even the new Challenger would all like awesome in a display!

I`ve never been apathetic about the latter. I will buy whatever they re-release!! Would be nice to have either some updated street or drag options in them too, and blue and red stingers for the `vette, and Blackstripes for the Camaro.

Heh heh ..... I mean....WAIT, WHAT????

Thanks for the help guys! I apologize for the slow progress on this. There are not enough hours in the day! Anyway, here is the body. Notice the slightly exagurated flares in front of the rear wheels. I didn`t go to crazy with them since this is my first time working with a resin body. The color is Testors Classic White lacquer. You will have to trust me that the white is truly white and not yellow....I took these pics under incandescent light. I am also at work on the frame and engine. Hopefully I`ll get more pics up soon.

Where do you guys get this "craft braid"? I just searched Michaels to no avail. Love the builds btw.

I just painted a competition resins body. I am also impatient. Can these bodies be placed in the oven for curing in the same manner as a styrene body, which can handle temps up to 120? Thanks!

Thanks guys. Does anyone know if you can use the decals on these Pegasus slicks? They seem really flexible for decals?

Ok, I am going to attempt a WIP on this, but with the rate at which I build, it may be a while til the next update. I am going to try to replicate Tom McEwens Coors Corvette funny car: I already have the Competition Resins body, which appears to be pretty decent, although I am working on the flares in front of the rear wheels which I feel should be more noticeable. I also have the Slixx decals which will be going on once I am satisfied with the body and have it painted. I will be using the CR body, the frame and drivetrain will be from the Revell NEC funny car, Slixx decals, rear slicks from Pegasus, wheels from the `66 Malibu street rat kit, and other details from the BlueMax Mustang and Cop Out funny car kits. I will be shamelessly raping my Chuck Etchells Avenger build for test fitting. Thanks to everyone on the tips for the super trick wheels. I am not sure yet if I am going to use the chrome ones from the Malibu kit, or paint the CR ones with Duplicolor chrome for a polished aluminum appearance. Here is what I have so far. I am test fitting everything before paint: Here is the size difference between the Pegasus and kit rear slicks: The kit tires appear way too small. The Pegasus slicks scale out to about 35". I wanted to paint the frame gloss black, with semi-gloss or flat black side panels, and I didn`t want to risk a noticeable glue mess from the inside of the cockpit on the backside of these panels. So I used the panels as a template to cut thin panels out of sheet styrene, which will be glued to the frame and sprayed. Then the semi-gloss kit panels will be applied to the sheet styrene panels:

Thanks everyone for all the great information! I am now piecing everything together, and it looks as tough my project will be complete with all the correct parts. Reliable, I sent you an email. Thanks

I am still struggling to find chassis reference pictures for this car. Does anyone know if this car was in Scale Auto? Thanks

Ok, I think I`ll just detail it based on his other Corvette`s then since it`s been through so many changes. Thanks.

Nice. Thanks! Do you happen to remember any other details like that...like the color of the fuel cell, side panels, etc.?

Thanks guys! I don`t remember seeing it so I`ll start a thread on the "other site".