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This is the next to last Corvette in my series of 14 completions. An AMt/Ertl 1/25 that was painted in March of 2000. Color is a Liqui Acrylic pearlescent ink called Volcano red. Latex clear was used and this has been heavily polished. As an AMT kit this was not half bad quality wise and it built quickly and easily without too much fitment issues. My only complaint is the box art labeled this as a street machine and AMT modified it as such. As a result it was naything but stock. Wrong wheels, wrong exhaust and the rear suspension was a 9" Ford rear end and not the usual independent set-up. I changed the wheels as they were the most obvious but left the rear end and exhaust as i wanted this one done and didn't have the proper parts anyway. All in all it turned out pretty decent and I am pleased enough to present it here. More comments below. Not really red and not really pink. GF says its Coral. Still difficult to photo with the amount of pearl in the finish. I attaqched the fronts with a jeweler screw as it was better. Was lucky to find the correct wheels in the spare parts. The oversize tires were part of the kit and I left them. Overall the body looked correct. Stance required no modification and the chassis fit nice. I messed up initially and installed the inner fenders in the body. Had to slice some off the radiator to get it to slide in place. The 350 fuel injected engine was well detailed and worth a photo. I aprayed most of the engine chrome flat clear and then added panel line to highlight the details. I remember a day when I just luved chrome parts and judged a kit by how much chrome it had. Now I cover it up or dull it down. Tastes change I guess. Thanks for looking and feel free to comment.

Another Corvette off the assembly line. Only 3 to go now. Don't know when this was painted but it is more than likely 12yrs or more. Color is Liqui "acrylic pearlescent ink called Volcano red. Krylon latex clear was used and a little red was added to darken the color slightly. Kit was fairly well detailed but there were some fit issues that were easily overcome. Build went quick. More details below. Hood fit on this was great until the chassis was installed. Hood hinged on two tabs of the chassis. Some grinding on the hinge and re-adjustmnet of the front body were required to get this look. Making the wheels steer was not too much of a problem. Liked the tires. I lked the detail of the back. The glass fit well. Overall stance of the model was good so no adjustment needed. Interior is semi-gloss back and I found a red for the seat insert that came close to the body color. There was a lot of engine detail. Most of the parts were chrome and had to be toned down with a mixture of clear flat and smoke. Instructions were very vague on the placement of some parts so some guess work had to be used. Luckily this is not my first Corvette model. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.