VW Zender Corrado Cabrio

[Modlbldr]

I went Saturday to help a Buddy move. He has been building models for years but has been on a hiatus for a few years. We found this partially built kit outside in what could only loosely be called a shed. He told me that he had stopped building it because he noticed that the body was warped. I asked if I could have it to see what could be done. 

I got it home and looked and, yes, the body has a twist in the front passenger fender/rocker area. However, I believe that once the radiator bulkhead and grille is in place and the body is glued to the chassis it will all straighten just fine.

Here is where it sat when I got it. There isn't much left to do.

More to come.

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[Modlbldr]

You can see the warp in the body in the third pic. So far the only thing that I have done is to narrow the wheel track front and rear and detail paint the wheel center. The wheels stuck out from the fenders about an 1/8 inch! The first pic is after the fix. The second is before.

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[Modlbldr]

Much better now.

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[iamsuperdan]

Very cool! I've been hunting for any of the RoG Corrado kits for sometime now.

 

Watching!

 

[Modlbldr]

Thanks Dan. I may have to do a repaint due to the fact that when the hood was cut out my Buddy never widened the hood. I need to glue strips on the sides and repaint since I have no idea what color he used.

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[zakdoggi]

Interesting subject. Looks good.

[kelson]

You didn't happen to take any pics of the mods you did,eventually I would like to restart on my Corrado and finish it.

[Modlbldr]

No, unfortunately I didn't but it was simple. The wheels are two pieces. Basically a chrome hubcap and a white wheelback. On the backside of the wheelback is a round portion about an 1/8 inch in diameter that sticks out about 1/8 inch. The pin from the brake rotors slides into that part. I removed it completely to make the back of the wheelback smooth. I then cut the pin down to about 1/16 inch. Then I assembled the wheels as per the instructions.

I hope this helps.

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[Modlbldr]

Well, looks like this one just got a bit more involved. I'll be doing a repaint of this one. There was a depression that I needed to fill on the rear wing and I needed to widen the hood to get it to fit right. I found out that my Buddy painted this using Testors Lime Ice. He must not have sprayed many coats because I couldn't tell it was Lime Ice because the primer coat changed the final color alot.

Not sure if I am going to do it in Lime Ice as I would need to buy some. However, I don't have any paint that I think would have the 90's look to it. I'll have to see what my plan is.

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[Modlbldr]

Had to do a repaint. Decided to go with Lime Ice. My buddy told me that is what he used but, unless he used a different shade of primer, I have no idea how he came up with the shade he did. Oh well. Here is the body after a couple of coats and a couple coats of Wet Look Clear.

I got the engine detailed a bit and installed and the taillights installed. Not much left to do but put it together.

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[stitchdup]

Cool, I have one of these to build so seeing this has given me some inspiration

[Modlbldr]

Glad to hear it Stichd. I never knew the kit existed. Got the body on. I'm down to the home-stretch. I may have to find some sort of a pinstripe decal to break up all of the green.

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[Modlbldr]

I adjusted the ride height and am adding some decal stripes. I realize that the decals don't really fit the style of the car but I figured since I don't care all that much about this one and I stink at doing decals, I'd get some practice at decaling. Some yellow stripes from a Slixx NASCAR sheet and scallops from the 58 TBird.

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[Cpt Tuttle]

This is so 90s that it hurts - and I love every single bit of it. Nice to see something different being built up.

[Modlbldr]

Thanks Cpt. I just finished this one. It will be "Under Glass" tomorrow and then to finish my 55 Cameo/Stepside pickup.

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