1968 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible L89

[mrmike]

This is my '68 Vette L89 painted with Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl with a Tamiya TS-29 Semi-Gloss Black interior.  I converted the Convertible L88 to a lesser L89 Convertible using some of the extra unlisted parts in the kit.  I added the AMT Pad Printed White Letter Tires instead of the tires in the box and a hood from the '71 Corvette donated to me by the late Barry Fadden aka streetrod.

[Oldcarfan27]

Classy color for that Vette.

I like the license plate. I wonder who owns it.

[1972coronet]

Sweet roadster, Mike! The 1968-1972 Corvettes look great in dark green, as exemplified by your version here.

[kelson]

Great looking build!, i built a 69'vette last year in fathom green.

[Dragonhawk1066]

Looks good! That's a great color choice!

[charger74]

Very nice vette 

[Bills72sj]

Very pretty 'Vette. That color looks like it would be a good option for a Brewster Green 73 Trans Am.

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[mustang1989]

That DID turn out nice Mike. Love the color and details.

[mrmike]

Thank you, guys!  I was originally going to paint this 'Vette Mulsanne Blue, but then I start imagining this 'Vette in a dark green.  I was almost out of Dupli-Color Forest Green Pearl and I went out and bought some more.  Good thing I got more since I did run out and had to use the second can for touchups.

[drodg]

Nice!!!!

[espo]

Beautiful clean looking build. I know that hood was giving you fits, so its' nice to see how you finished that. Nicely detailed engine.  

[happy grumpy]

Beautiful vette, nice shade of green. Nice and clean all around.

[slusher]

Absolutely beautiful, Mike!

[mrmike]

Thank you, David R., David E., Mario and Carl!

[bisc63]

That did turn out very nice! Great looking shade of green, really suits the car well. Good job.

[KWT]

Turned out killer Mike. Very nicely done!

[Classicgas]

Beautiful!

[mrmike]

Thank you Rusty, Jeremy and Lee!

[crazyjim]

Gorgeous build.

[customline]

Ditto on what everybody else said, Mike, and I believe we all know the frustration you endured to get here. Sometimes you do everything right and it still gives you grief ?. I only discovered your workbench thread today and I'm curious as to the reason for the cracking phenomenon with that hood. I think you indicated it was not the bodywork below the paint. Did you ever find the reason?

Congrats on a really nice 'vette!

[mrmike]

Thank you, Jim and Jim D!  

20 hours ago, customline said:

Ditto on what everybody else said, Mike, and I believe we all know the frustration you endured to get here. Sometimes you do everything right and it still gives you grief ?. I only discovered your workbench thread today and I'm curious as to the reason for the cracking phenomenon with that hood. I think you indicated it was not the bodywork below the paint. Did you ever find the reason?

Congrats on a really nice 'vette!

I think it might have been the result of adding a wider strip of styrene under the hood and some sort of reaction with the glue I used or contamination on the AMT plastic .  If I had the Revell '69 Corvette hood, this wouldn't have been a problem, but I did have the AMT '71 Corvette hood that was gifted to me and was just a little too short and I choose to add to the length of the hood.  

[customline]

You may have been able to do a build-up on the edge with thick CA and zap it, layer after layer to slightly over-size and then shape it right away. Gotta be ready with your sanding block. It hardens quickly so it needs to be shaped after zapping. Adding a .005 strip as a backing may help too but use CA to attach it. Anyway, just my thoughts.  I have used this method to build up hood edges using no additional filler, just the usual finishing materials.

[mrmike]

Thank you for the tip, Jim!  I keep it in mind the next time I have to add to a hood.

[PappyD340]

Looks great Mike!