AMT 1972 Corvette LT1

[Musclecar Mike]

Here is my latest build and first completed build post. This Vette is the third build I have completed since getting back into the hobby. I picked this kit up at the NCRS Corvette show swap meet back in January for only $5! It was sealed inside the box so when I got it home, I unbagged it to find the right corner of the hood was a short shot. I managed to to rebuild that portion of the hood and the rest of the kit went together with very little fuss. The only other odd ball thing I encountered was the fact you had to shape the ends of the inner fenders to fit the inside of the body. This was called out in the instruction. I painted the Vette Testors Inferno Orange lacquer which to my eye was a close match to Ontario Orange on the 1:1 car.  The rest of build was just normal detail painting, foiling, and few photo etched parts. Hope you guys dig it and feel free to leave comments, I'm here to sharpen my skills and grow.

Edited December 2, 2015 by Musclecar Mike

[Crazy Ed]

  Mike, given your intent is to sharpen your skills, I'd say you're up to a Filet Knife and in another build or two you'll be able to shave with them. Nicely done.

[exesivefire]

Really clean work. Thanks for sharing 

[Eric Macleod]

Extremely cool color choices and very clean build. 

[Musclecar Mike]

  Mike, given your intent is to sharpen your skills, I'd say you're up to a Filet Knife and in another build or two you'll be able to shave with them. Nicely done.

Ed, thank you very much! 

[Musclecar Mike]

Thank you for the kind words Eric & Andy!

[Renegade]

Great color. Very nice build.

[Monty]

Woo-hoo, another sweet C3!  Kudos for your paint, decal work and clean assembly work, not to mention overcoming the short-shot hood issue.  I wasn't aware of the shape-'em-yourself inner fenders, so thanks for letting us know about them. Guess I'll have to look my AMT 'Vette instructions over more carefully before diving in.  

[RiskiestLion]

very cool i was hoping to see more from you and you delivered thank you for showing this beautiy off !!!!!!!!

[berr13]

Great looking model, really sharp interior work!  I'm currently waiting for an AMT '72 Corvette roadster to dry; painted it Tamiya metallic orange--like you, I was looking for an Ontario Orange look.  Hope mine looks as nice as yours...

[Mr Stock]

Looks great Mike, that would look real nice with some of the Good Year Polyglas tires from the recent AMT parts pack.

Love the colour very nice

[horsepower]

Super nice build, and like a lot of others I really like that orange, so much so that I used it to paint my 1/10 scale RC Camaro street stock, it got a few compliments too, it was the orange and Tamiya clear pearl backed with white, the top surfaces white. Now I'm going to dig something else out and use some more of it, maybe the new snap Corvette kit, that yellow plastic is just begging to be covered up.

Keep up the excellent work, we'll see some of your builds in the magazine.

[vintagercr]

Very nice!

[DumpyDan]

Like it in Gold, Sweet

[GTJUNIOR]

Very sharp looking Corvette. Great build.

[mikemodeler]

Nice work on that Vette! Clean build and well detailed.

[tbill]

nice work, great looking build, very clean. well done.

[Ron Hamilton]

Very nice work!!!!

[RAMBENNA]

very nice, great paint

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[unclescott58]

Very, very nice. I'm impressed.

[Mustang Madness]

Hey Mike, that's a nice lookin' build!   keep 'em comin. 

[afx]

Very nice Mike.

[Dominik]

well done! like it. if i remember my third built model...uhhhhh...

[nicknkim14]

Very cool!