Monogram Big Scale Corvettes

[Steve Osbourne]

And here is the result. I'm now going to let it sit for a week or so and then go back and mask off the areas that will get painted matt black.

After all that is done I'll go back and wax the entire body with Meguiars Show Car Wax #7.

I'm not sure if I mentioned earlier but the big block is going in the next Corvette (78, also C3). This one will still get the original kit small block 350 with upgrades to headers, Holley carb, manifold and air cleaner.

 

[Steve Osbourne]

I forgot to point out one small detail on this photo. Note the air vent on the dashboard has been opened up and the radio speakers are gone. I was going to try and replace the speakers with metal mesh or similar but made a mess of it so now we'll just call it radio delete.

[ATHU]

Looks awesome. Great job so far!!

Edited April 3, 2018 by ATHU

[Steve Osbourne]

I spent some time working on the TDR Muncie 4-speed transmission with Hurst shifter. I made the rod adjusting buttons from 3/32" dia. aluminum tube with a slightly longer piece of 1/16" aluminum rod inserted. I then drilled out both pieces together to accept the rods. The pivot arms are made from 2 levels of .030 Evergreen sheet with quarter-round strip added to both sides where the 2 pieces transition. I made extras. I'm using 0-80 hardware for the pivot bolts. They will  attach to the side cover and extension using 0-80 threaded inserts. The fake mainshaft is an assembly aid only. It will attach to a corresponding tube I'll build into the engine block.

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some more detail work on the Muncie tranny and added bolts to the oil pan.

[Steve Osbourne]

Update. I finished painting all the trim on the body and then polished with Meguairs #7 Show Car Wax. I also finished painting the mirrors (matt black), rocker panels (gloss black) and side air scoops (matt black). I should be able to attach those items and the window glass by tomorrow.

[Belugawrx]

Looking good Steve

I like the extra details on the engine

Cheers

[Steve Osbourne]

Thanks Bruce. I ran into very a minor snag with the mirrors. For some reason the Monogram engineers  decided to put the mirror glass on the aluminum sprue instead of the chrome meaniung there was absolutely no reflection. I sanded the face and edges of the mirrors smooth and then glued some craft store mirror paper (ususally in the scrapbooking section of your LHS) and then used a black sharpie on the edges. I then glued the faces to the mirror body using black CA. Check out the new reflection...

Note the 0-80 studs & nut on the mirror body which is how the mirrors will cleanly attach to the body.

[Steve Osbourne]

Mirrors test fit.

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I finished mounting the rocker panels, side scoops, front grill mesh and 'gascap'. The license plates (from MINIPL8S) are test fir on;e and will be mounted with mini-hardware. I may make rims also. I couldn't adjust the light to where I could get a good shot of the rocker panels and side scoops. I'll try and get some outdoor shots tomorrow,

I also added some details to the tail lights and they should be ready to mount tomorrow

I forgot that I won't be installing the window glass until final assembly. This is because I added studs to the body, interior and chassis that will securely join these sub-assemblies later with nuts. I'll be sure to point this out later.

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here is the window glass, after using a black Sharpie on the edges...

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And here are the outdoor shots which show more contrast and detail.

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A few more...

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I finished the tail lights last night. I tried painting the back side of the back-up light lens flat white but it looked way too white from the other side. Also, the stem that mounts the lens shows as a small clear dot in the middle. So I cut off the stem and sanded the lens back smooth. I then used a Molotow 2mm chrome pen to color the back. Much better.  I used the same pen to highlight the edges of all the lights, similar to an earlier C3 Corvette. The red lens' clashed with the maroon body color without the chrome trim.

Next up is the license plate.

[Steve Osbourne]

I apolgize for the redundancy. I just get excited when I start to see my vision start to take shape and I want to share both the build and the techniques that I use in real time. There are many professional and expert modelers here that have much more to offer than me and I have learned much from them. I'll suspend posting until I have something substantial to post. Thanks for the comments

[disabled modeler]

WOW...!  Amazing work...!

[Belugawrx]

Doing a great job here Steve

Nice work on the taillights too!

[LaughingIndian]

On 4/25/2018 at 6:36 AM, Steve Osbourne said:

I apolgize for the redundancy. I just get excited when I start to see my vision start to take shape and I want to share both the build and the techniques that I use in real time. There are many professional and expert modelers here that have much more to offer than me and I have learned much from them. I'll suspend posting until I have something substantial to post. Thanks for the comments

 

Speaking for myself Steve, I see no redundancy ... your pics are great and all are “substantial” and beyond . Nice work!

 

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[DumpyDan]

Hey Steve this is really nice work very impressive, the detailing is awesome.  Gonna keep watching.

[Cien1986]

Nice..... i like to see the engine detailup work

[Steve Osbourne]

Thanks guys. Test fit pulleys, made alternator bracket and adjustment rod. Almost time to start permanently attaching assemblies.

[Cien1986]

Your craftmanship is real thing......

[Maindrian Pace]

Fabulous work, the engine looks like the real thing. This is going to be very nice.