1968 Corvette

[JerseyRed]

I think an appropriate name for this would be: "Hammerhead"

Ooh Not bad.

[cobraman]

I really like this wild build but I have to ask............ are you sober when you come up with these wild projects ? : )

[grayghost]

David this is going to be a fantastic build when finished.

Your eye for detail and fit is superb.

[David G.]

Excellent progress! I'm very impressed with your thought and creativity.

David G.

[Psychographic]

I think an appropriate name for this would be: "Hammerhead"

I've been trying to come up with a good name for this build. Hamerhead is perfect! Thanks

 

[Psychographic]

I really like this wild build but I have to ask............ are you sober when you come up with these wild projects ? : )

That depends,,,,,,,,, are you now, or have you ever been involved in law enforcement?

[blunc]

I've been trying to come up with a good name for this build. Hamerhead is perfect! Thanks

 

 

well, the frontal shape of the belly pan seemed rather manta or hammerhead shark-like, then you decided to put the headlights in the outer aero-pods and it seemed like a "no-brainer".

looking forward to see what your paint scheme will be. 

[Psychographic]

Hey, haven't we been here before? The extensions I glued to the original rods decided to jump ship. Rather than deal with cementing them back on and risk it happening again, I just made longer ones.

 

 

 

[Psychographic]

I think the last thing I need to do with the body is the lip for the back half to sit on when closed. I'm using .010 x .125 to make it.

 

 

While looking at it trying to decide on paint, I wondered how much, if any of this is unmolested 68 Corvette. The green part is the only thing left that wasn't altered in some way.

 

 

 

Edited December 8, 2016 by Psychographic

[OldNYJim]

Wow, this build is AMAZING - as I've come to expect from you.  SO cool!  It reminds me of something Hot Wheels would come up with (in the best possible way!)

[bobthehobbyguy]

Great update. Absolutely amazing.  

[Psychographic]

My first thought for paint was the iconic Gulf Porsche colors. I would go a little more modern and use some pearls and maybe ghost something here and there.

 

[Dogfish_7]

The Gulf Colors are perfect for it!

[Psychographic]

The interior panels are very simple. Some .030 sheet and a little .060 half round to add some detail.

 

[Impalow]

outstanding work!  the styling is dead on.. Great modern custom concept!

[rbarton]

This is so dang cool. Out of the box design and engineering. I love it

[Cpt Tuttle]

I can imagine it in candy purple even if the Gulf colors of course suits everything.
Amazing build anyway, straight from the sci-fi movies.

[Psychographic]

I set Hammerhead to the side and I'll let it outgas for a day or two before final prime.

 

In the meantime I decide to attack some more plastic. I've always wanted to do a VW Beetle, but can't ever remember building one. I had no idea where I was going with this, I just took out the saws and started cutting to see what I could come up with.

 

 

[OldNYJim]

Oh wow, that bug is COOL!  It deserves a thread all of it's own!

[cobraman]

Another cool custom in the making.

[DumpyDan]

Sweet!  Did you use 2 VW to get that far on the build?

[Psychographic]

Sweet!  Did you use 2 VW to get that far on the build?

Nope, just one kit. This might help figure out how it got to where it is.

 

First I thought of doing a Volksrod, so off came the fenders.

I couldn't find a wheel/tire or wheelbase I liked, so I decided to play "What if". What if is simply cutting, removing, or adding with no direction of what the next step is.

So what if I straight chop it, and not take a section of the back of the roof out?  I also want to lay the windshield back  to give it a more modern look. A cut was made about 3/16" behind the top edge of the windshield, a notch in the bottom of the A pillars and a deep score at the base of the windshield/cowl. 1/8" was taken out of the B and C pillars. The C pillar only gets cut halfway with the horizontal cut and ends with a vertical cut coming up from the bottom of the body.  After the roof was cut off, approximately 1/16" was removed from the front edge to allow the windshield to lay back.

When put back together the entire back of the car ( well what's left of it) drops with the roof. So the back of the car is 1/8" lower than the rest of the car even though the roof lines up. Confused yet?

 

 

The fenders were widened 1/4" in the rear and 1/8" in the front, the front fenders have been raised about 1/8" and the rears about 3/16". The rear fenders are also brought forward 1/4". The B pillars were then removed and filler pieces made to reshape the rear side windows. The back widow is filled, with the hope of grafting a split window from a 40 Willys ( if I can find one).

The full size windshield didn't line up with the side windows, I made a filler along the top edge to take about 1/16" out of it. No pic of that yet.

Edited December 8, 2016 by Psychographic

[JerseyRed]

I feel very lazy just watching your productivity.

[GerN]

I can send you a resin copy of the rear window area of a Monogram 1941 Willys street rod I got recently.  This kind of custom building/restyling must be supported!

[VR6 BeelzeDub]

AHHHHHHHHH! what happened? I have to see more! Any updates?