1961 Corvette Kitbash

[spencer1984]

Somewhere along the way, I found myself with a bunch of late C1 parts, including most of a Revell "Skip's Fiesta" Corvette (labelled a '60 but really a '59) and a badly gluebombed AMT '59/60. I happened across another gluebomb at a toy show, this time an AMT '62, and decided to bash all three together with whatever else was needed from my parts box to finally build myself a '61 Corvette. To keep it with my usual theme of pop culture builds, I made it to represent the mild custom used in the 1988 movie Hairspray.

Most of it was pretty straightforward, at least in theory: '59 front end, '62 rear, and Skip's Fiesta for the chassis, engine, and interior. The interior was wrong for '61, but the seats in the movie car happened to have the '59 style crosswise pleats so that saved me some work. The door panels and dashboard were done in tuck and roll, which I replicated by gluing half round stock to flat styrene and the kit-supplied dash. The trickiest part came from trying to get all three to fit together, especially around the seats. Lots of test fitting, carving, and retesting until things nestled together. Parts box items include the wheels, tires, headlights, and mirrors. The nose and cove badges are Model Car Garage PE, left over from my '62 build several years ago.

While it's not my cleanest work, I'm pretty happy with how well the three very different kits came together in the end. A full writeup of the build is available here, and as always any comments/criticisms are welcome!

With fellow musical movie car, the "White Lightning" from Grease:

And a couple of pics with my '60 and '62:

[espo]

Big fan of the C1 Corvettes and these all look great. Like the tuck & roll on the dash and door panels. 

[Jim B]

Nice looking Vette.

[Classicgas]

Nice!

[Joe Nunes]

Your model came out looking real good. ?

Joe

[Phildaupho]

Beautiful trio of C1's

[PappyD340]

Very nice!

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!

[70 Sting]

Great looking build. Looks awesome beside her sisters.

[kelson]

Outstanding kit bashing!.

[ChrisR]

VERY NICE!

[Spottedlaurel]

Very good. I know pretty much nothing about the 1:1 car but the look of yours gives no clue that it came from various sources, it's come together very well.

[1959scudetto]

Great kitbashing leading to a very fine result!

[happy grumpy]

great job, classic vette in classic red/white combo. I dig it.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Cool. Nicely done. Great blend of corvettes.

[spencer1984]

Thanks, guys!