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I primered and painted the '63 Vette this afternoon and it looks so much better. No trash in the paint, which is a good sign! I used the same paint-Dupli-Color Emerald Green Metallic. More Split Window to come...

Thank you for the tip, Jim! I keep it in mind the next time I have to add to a hood.

I washed the Corvette body and now it is drying in my paintbooth. I made a set of rear wheel tubs for the Vette. Since I never made anything like these before, this took me a while before I came up with a plan to make them. Now, to paint them with Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black. More Split Window to come...

Thank you, Jim and Jim D! I think it might have been the result of adding a wider strip of styrene under the hood and some sort of reaction with the glue I used or contamination on the AMT plastic . If I had the Revell '69 Corvette hood, this wouldn't have been a problem, but I did have the AMT '71 Corvette hood that was gifted to me and was just a little too short and I choose to add to the length of the hood.

Thank you Rusty, Jeremy and Lee!

I have the 'Vette posted over in Under Glass!

Neat idea! I like it!

Thank you, David R., David E., Mario and Carl!

You are probaby wondering, "What the heck did he do?" I started to find flaw after flaw in the paint and instead of repairing each and every single flaw individually, I sanded the whole thing and will give it another paint job! Gotta wash the body first! More Corvette to come...

Thank you, guys! I was originally going to paint this 'Vette Mulsanne Blue, but then I start imagining this 'Vette in a dark green. I was almost out of Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl and I went out and bought some more. Good thing I got more since I did run out and had to use the second can for touchups.

My '68 Corvette is complete and posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

This is my '68 Vette L89 painted with Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl with a Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black interior. I converted the Convertible L88 to a lesser L89 Convertible using some of the extra unlisted parts in the kit. I added the AMT Pad Printed White Letter Tires instead of the tires in the box and a hood from the '71 Corvette donated to me by the late Barry Fadden aka streetrod.

Sounds like a good project, Bob! I'm glad to be an inspiration for you!

Thanks Jeremy and Carl!

I painted the 'Vette this morning with Dupli-Color Emerald Green Metallic and it looks great! Now to let this dry and give it a coating of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear. I've been thinking about adding a set of sidepipes to the car. This should look great with the Pegasus Chrome T's. More Corvette to come...

According to the instructions, I used a grey primer first, followed by the yellow basecoat. This will be followed by the mid-coat of metallic/pearl and when that is dry, a clearcoat to help seal all of that and to give it some gloss.

I noticed a missing piece in the right side vent window and I made a piece to fill in the gap. The Corvette body has been washed and will dry for a coating of Tamiya White Fine Surface Primer. I have a couple of metallic greens in mind for this Corvette, but I need to find the right one. More Corvette to come...

Thanks, Curtis! My only setback was the hood and getting the correct one. I decided to go with the hood that was originally given to me.

Thanks, Carl! Why should I just blow through a build and end up having it look like garbage? I work on my projects when I have some time and never work on it in a rush!

Thanks, Jeremy and Carl!

Thanks, Carl and Adam! I wanted to do this build before I had forgotten about Stumptown which was cancelled in 2020. We will never get to see what Dex's mother looks like.

Thanks Greg and David! The body is molded in a metallic red plastic and with some polishing, would look great. I want to paint this Corvette a dark green, but had to do some mockups first before I wash, prime and paint it.

The suspension is where I want it. More Corvette to come...

This is the remains of my Grandson's '63 Vette Coupe. The '63s have been a C2 favorite of mine for a while and I felt I needed to rebuild this in my favor since this model car has long since been abandoned by him. My rebuild will include Pegasus Chrome Ts and tires, new rear bumpers and a new dark green paint job. This Snap Kit will get many chassis mods to adapt the new wheels and tires. More Split-Window to come...

I clearcoated my 'Vette with Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear. Maybe another coat and then some polishing. More Corvette to come...