mrmike

Earlier this week I took a chance and painted the hardtop roof and it didn't come out too badly. I painted the body this afternoon and I am not too happy as the body door lines and vent lines showed through the paint. Maybe another coat or two after this coat has had a chance to dry. I painted the underside of the hood and when this has had chance to dry, I'll paint the top of the hood. More Corvette to come...

Well, I must admit that I am a little frightened of this paint. Gravity Colors Solarbeam Yellow. Three stages of paint! Base coat, mid coat and clear. I haven't painted this Mercedes yet, but I will soon.

I have never liked the alternator/generator hanging in the air and I tried to make a bracket for that. It's not bad and probably a bit larger than it should be, but I did make a bracket for the alternator. Now to clean it up, finalize the shape and paint it! More Corvette to come...

Thanks Ian! Yes, this is a separate item for sure. I am questioning why it is attached to the air cleaner. in the kit.

Thanks Mike! From what I have been told and what I have seen, the shield is a separate piece. Why is it attached in plastic? Probably to make assembly a little easier.

The 427 CI engine is wired and assembled. I ran some wires through the ignition shield and then ran them to the cylinder heads. All that work done on the distributor and I didn't use it, but I did add a piece of 1/16 inch styrene rod to under the distributor shield to the back of the intake manifold. That sparked the question, is the shield a part of the 1:1 air cleaner or is it a separate item? The air cleaner I found was on the part sprue, but not listed in the instructions. This air cleaner is for a "lesser" 427 engine which I have created. More Corvette to come...

I left the engine covered in Easy-Off Oven Cleaner for a couple of days since I had to do other things. In other words, life got in the way. I washed the engine this morning and I got 99% of the paint off and I have been scraping any other loose particules off. Now to repaint the engine after I drill for plug wires. More Corvette to come...

I found this on Google while I was researching this Corvette. What is a Chevy L89 engine? The L89 aluminum head big-block V-8 was one of the many powertrain option choices for the 1969 Camaro, but it was by far the rarest application. The L89 is endowed with 11.0:1 compression, as well as forged internals, a solid lifter cam, and an aluminum intake topped with a Holley 4-barrel.

An L89 is a 427 big block engine with aluminum heads and produces about 440 horsepower. Check this out...https://fastestlaps.com/models/chevrolet-corvette-stingray-l89 Also check into this...https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c3-general/2069236-what-s-the-diff-between-l88-and-l89.html

Thanks Carl, Peter and Craig! I assembled the basic engine and went to paint it. The Model Master Acrylic Enamel paint I had picked up was old and needed to be thinned. I thinned the paint with Acryl Thinner and now I will strip the paint from the engine and repaint it. When I wire an engine, I usually drill out the distributor and add my wires. This distributor has a mounting pin just under the distributor capand I drilled it out, added a short piece of 1/8th inch styrene tube and then I glued in the pin. Now I can add my wires. More Corvette to come...

Thanks Mike! Yes, this Vette will have 427 power! A friend of mine once had a brand new '74 Corvette. He drove it for a couple of years until he had some hard times and traded it for a Toyota Corolla. I lost touch with him many years ago.

Thank you Jeremy, Carl, David and Mike! This model just needed something special!

Since I am on a sports car fling, my new project is one that I had started on about 3-4 years ago. The '68 Corvette ragtop roadster! I don't remember how I ended up with the kit, but I really wasn't a fan of the large hood bulge. Years ago, I was talking to the late Barry Fadden about this kit and how I didn't like the hood and he offered me a regular performance hood from an AMT '71 454 Corvette and I tried it on the body when I got home and it did fit, but it was a little short. I have been working on this hood for a while and I may have it were I want it to be. I was originally going to paint this '68 Vette with Model Master Nassau Blue Metallic Lacquer, but I kept imagining a dark green and I settled on Model Master British Racing Green Enamel. Now, my luck with old Testors/Model Master enamel spray paint is not very good, so I will try my best with what I have and if this doesn't work, I will have to find an alternative. This Vette will be built kind of stock. The tires I might use are from the Monogram '55 Chevy Street Machine or the AMT Pad Printed Goodyear tires. More Corvette to come...

Other than a coat of clear over the air cleaner, the Roadrunner 440+6 is now complete! And, the hood even closes completely, too!

Some progress on the 71 Roadrunner. I messed up the air cleaner paint and so I repainted it. The decal I will be using and a closeup of the engine compartment. More Roadrunner to come...

I have been thinking about my Roadrunner lately and I have decided on making a change. I am changing the induction system from a single 4 barrel carb and manifold to a 6 barrel induction system. With a careful removal of the 4 barrel intake, carb and air cleaner, I smoothed out the engine top, and painted the 6 barrel carbs, intake manifold and air cleaner. Now for some assembly. More Roadrunner to come...

Thanks Anton! A fairly easy kit to assemble. Now to paint it. Pictures are coming soon!

Thanks Curtis! Now to paint the body of my AMG GT. A basecat, a midcoat and the clear. This will take a while!

The chassis is up on 4 wheels! More AMG GT to come...

I started assembling the chassis with the engine, radiator, rear differential and the exhaust system. I painted the suspension plates and the disc brakes. More AMG GT to come...

The President of my Model Club gave me this Gravity Tri-Coat Solarburst Yellow paint for a good price. Thank you Paul! I didn't have any Gloss Black Lacquer paint for the wheels, so I used Testors Enamel Gloss Black paintI hope it doesn't let me down! I painted the chassis with Tamiya Matt Black. Now to let this all dry. More AMG GT to come...

Thank you Chris!

Thank you Mario, Helmut, Carl and Eric!

I had stripped the wheels of chrome in prep for some Tamiya TS-29 Semi Gloss Black paint. The grille and the exhaust tips got a coating of Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black and taillights got a coating of Tamiya X-27 Clear Red. More AMG GT to come...

Thank you Bill!