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Another Corvette off the assembly line. This one is MPC's offering of the 1978 Corvette. Color is a Pearlescent ink call Birdswing copper. I used Krylon latex clear over this and added a little red to it to deepen the color. Don't know when this one was painted but it is at least 12yrs ago. This particular clear dries rock hard and build up to a fairly heavy coat. When cured (about a month and a half) it polishes out to a very high shine. the solvent of the water base clear doesn't eat into the finish and muddy the color up. I have used it a lot. Can't say much about the quality of this kit. Lots of cleanup and fitting. In particular the engine mounts did not have a positive glue attachment and the body had to be pinned down in four places to get the stance right. Both involved some interesting engineering and a lot of curse words. Comments below the photos. Model on its wheels and it finally looked about right. Two of the pins to locate the body to the chassis are visible in the rocker panel just below the door seam. Interior and glass didn't fit so hot and required a lot of grinding , fitting and more swear words. Interior is a very very dark black green. Rear end veiw and the camera really picked up on the color. When I bought the kit it was missing two of the red tail lights but the spares stash supplied some suitable replacements. It really pays to hoard parts. Kit came with these two removable T-tops. Anyone who has ever owned a T-top car knows that they always leak but somehow nothing quite beats a nice warm summer nights drive down a winding back road with them out. I extensively re-worked the side pipes and sprayed them with AK chrome. Better than the stock option. Gotta luv those Astro wheels. Among my favorites and only available on the Vettes....I think. Engine was halfway decent and I opted for the tuned exhaust pipes. Getting it to stay in place....that's another story. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.