carro Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 Im almost done with my 72 corvette so I started another corvette, the 1953 one. My friend gave me a while back a box with 5 corvettes from AMT so the next few builds will be mostly Corvette's. This one so far seems more challenging than the 72. The body consist of 3 parts and both the front and the back pieces don't seem to match up properly. So far i glued the pieces and puttied and primered and puttied again and also painted the body with testors gloss gray. I also stripped the chrome of the plated pieces and opened up the front grill and made large exhaust openings so I can put some big exhaust tips.I also started the engine and Im planning to paint the interior in blue. That's all for now. here are some pics of my progress so far. Now to wait for a couple of weeks for the paint to dry so I can spray some clear on it. meanwhile I will start on the interior and continue on the engine.
Custom Mike Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Man, you sure picked a tough one to get looking good, but from what you've shown so far, it looks like you'll get a nice result!
carro Posted February 23, 2016 Author Posted February 23, 2016 Man, you sure picked a tough one to get looking good, but from what you've shown so far, it looks like you'll get a nice result!Thank you! Just trying my best and having fun. This is looking good. Keep it going.Thank you!
carro Posted March 4, 2016 Author Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Got some more work on this one and started wiring the engine. Edited March 4, 2016 by carro
carro Posted March 4, 2016 Author Posted March 4, 2016 (edited) Also started painting the interior parts. Edited March 4, 2016 by carro
Jonathan Posted March 4, 2016 Posted March 4, 2016 That didn't happen to be a Monogram box for the F100 holding all of those corvettes? I sold that many once, long ago. Looking forward to seeing this come together!
carro Posted March 6, 2016 Author Posted March 6, 2016 It's looking great so far! Thank you! That didn't happen to be a Monogram box for the F100 holding all of those corvettes? I sold that many once, long ago. Looking forward to seeing this come together! No it's a box for the blue max funny car. Thank's
Jonathan Posted March 7, 2016 Posted March 7, 2016 It would have been a hoot if those had fallen into someone's hands who posted here. At any rate, I'm enjoying your progress and build!
carro Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Got some work done on this one. I polished the paint but the finish got cloudy, I dont know what went wrong but is in break fluid now. I will just have to redo the body work and everything else again. It seems every kit I paint I have to paint twice so here goes round two. Meanwhile I started on the chassis and will continue to work on the interior.
Eloveless Posted March 13, 2016 Posted March 13, 2016 Also started painting the interior parts. what do have holding up those small parts? Toothpicks and tape?
carro Posted March 14, 2016 Author Posted March 14, 2016 what do have holding up those small parts? Toothpicks and tape?Yes, is just good old tape.
Custom Mike Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 If I don't repaint at least once, I'm not trying it seems, so you're not alone. Looks like the rest is coming along nicely at least, I hope you don't have too much bodywork to redo!
carro Posted March 25, 2016 Author Posted March 25, 2016 If I don't repaint at least once, I'm not trying it seems, so you're not alone. Looks like the rest is coming along nicely at least, I hope you don't have too much bodywork to redo! Yea, that seems to be the norm for me now, paint more than once. I don't mind the painting is the bodywork I don't like to do. Thanks!
carro Posted March 25, 2016 Author Posted March 25, 2016 Well I finished the body work (except for the hood). Second time around having to redo the body work I decided to get rid of the body trim on the sides. I saw a review on this AMT kit and they pointed out the body trim on the driver side was slanted upwards, something to do when they retooled the mold for it. I also didn't use the taillight fins.I decided to make them out of putty and make them round like the rest of that body line. I had a lot of trouble getting rid of the ghosting on the trim but I finally solved that issue. Also started detailing the interior. Thank's for looking!
Belugawrx Posted March 26, 2016 Posted March 26, 2016 Body lines look better nowHappy modelling Cheers
carro Posted March 27, 2016 Author Posted March 27, 2016 Body lines look better nowHappy modelling CheersThank you!
carro Posted September 24, 2016 Author Posted September 24, 2016 Well the 3rd day of fall and back to the bench.Time to continue on this one and even maybe finish it. I decided on wheels and 'ill be using the Boyd,s wheels from the Chezoom kit. I stripped the chrome and I'm going to apply a charcoal mix on them. Also got the interior and engine finished. The interior is 90 something % done. Next to put the engine and interior on the chassis.
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