Revell 1968 Chevy Corvette. Minor rebuild of my own work (Re-paint and some added details).

[Dragonhawk1066]

       This one was originally built in November of 2019 as an entrant for a Box Stock Build-Off. The paint was a custom mix of craft paints with Pledge Floor Gloss as the clear. Unfortunately the clear cracked almost immediately, but I was still able to take pics because the cracking wasn't noticeable enough to show up in the pics. I always knew I would take it back apart to add some extra details otherwise not allowed in said Box Stock rules, but was unsure about a re-paint.

        Last week I decided to go ahead and do what needed to be done and took it apart, not completely, just enough to add the details and give it a re-paint. I chose to go with Tamiya X-34 Metallic Brown through my airbrush with Createx UVLS 4050 as the clear this time around. I added valve stems to the wheels, and a coil, spark plug wires, and heater hoses to the engine. I did manage to break a windshield post during the process, but otherwise everything went fairly smooth. First pic shows the cracked original paint.

[Tuffy's Garage]

Sweet Vette

[kelson]

Beautiful!!

[happy grumpy]

Wow, what a difference ! . this Tamiya met orange is one of my favorite color. You nailed that one. I like everything about it.

[Hemifever]

Really sharp build.

[Crowmag]

Very nice , love the color 

[70 Sting]

That is one of the finest examples of this car. Great paint colour and finish. Very nice work on the brake light bezels. ?

[bondo bill]

That's one slippery ride -cool

[gman]

Wow- what a make-over. Great job, your 'Vette looks excellent. You really nailed that re-paint and the interior/exterior colours look perfect together..

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[XYHARRY]

That Vette is beautiful. Well done Craig on a clean rebuild.

Cheers, 

David. ??

[KWT]

Very nicely done

[H.A.K]

Thats real nice. Well done.,

[espo]

Great looking color combination and like the two different tops. The paint finish is really nice now. 

[Dragonhawk1066]

23 hours ago, Tuffy's Garage said:

Sweet Vette

 

22 hours ago, kelson said:

Beautiful!!

 

22 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Wow, what a difference ! . this Tamiya met orange is one of my favorite color. You nailed that one. I like everything about it.

 

22 hours ago, Hemifever said:

Really sharp build.

 

21 hours ago, Crowmag said:

Very nice , love the color 

 

21 hours ago, 70 Sting said:

That is one of the finest examples of this car. Great paint colour and finish. Very nice work on the brake light bezels. ?

 

19 hours ago, bondo bill said:

That's one slippery ride -cool

 

16 hours ago, gman said:

Wow- what a make-over. Great job, your 'Vette looks excellent. You really nailed that re-paint and the interior/exterior colours look perfect together..

 

14 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

 

13 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

That Vette is beautiful. Well done Craig on a clean rebuild.

Cheers, 

David. ??

 

12 hours ago, KWT said:

Very nicely done

 

12 hours ago, H.A.K said:

Thats real nice. Well done.,

 

5 hours ago, espo said:

Great looking color combination and like the two different tops. The paint finish is really nice now. 

Thanks everyone!

[Rattlecan Dan]

That is a gorgeous looking Vette. Wish you hadn't posted that TOO close first picture. Looks like my crepey skin. lol. The re-work (paint job) is beautiful. Excellent!

[charger74]

Very well done ????

[Dominik]

ohhhhh....what a beauty. color and interieur matches so well.

[grodudulle77]

Very nice work !! ??

[ewetwo]

Beautiful build. Love the color.

 

[OldNYJim]

Looks great - I too love the color!

Did you polish out that Createx clear?  Looks GREAT!

[Dragonhawk1066]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:10 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:

That is a gorgeous looking Vette. Wish you hadn't posted that TOO close first picture. Looks like my crepey skin. lol. The re-work (paint job) is beautiful. Excellent!

LOL, sorry about that, no amount of lotion was going to help this one ?.

On 5/2/2023 at 9:36 PM, charger74 said:

Very well done ????

 

On 5/3/2023 at 9:18 AM, Dominik said:

ohhhhh....what a beauty. color and interieur matches so well.

 

On 5/3/2023 at 2:03 PM, grodudulle77 said:

Very nice work !! ??

 

On 5/3/2023 at 4:23 PM, ewetwo said:

Beautiful build. Love the color.

 

Thanks guys!

 

[Dragonhawk1066]

18 hours ago, CabDriver said:

Looks great - I too love the color!

Did you polish out that Createx clear?  Looks GREAT!

Thanks Jim, yes I did. I wet-sanded starting with 6000, then 8000, and 12000, polished with Novus #2, and put on a coat of Meguiar's Cleaner Wax.

[Erock]

On 5/1/2023 at 3:29 PM, Dragonhawk1066 said:

       This one was originally built in November of 2019 as an entrant for a Box Stock Build-Off. The paint was a custom mix of craft paints with Pledge Floor Gloss as the clear. Unfortunately the clear cracked almost immediately, but I was still able to take pics because the cracking wasn't noticeable enough to show up in the pics. I always knew I would take it back apart to add some extra details otherwise not allowed in said Box Stock rules, but was unsure about a re-paint.

        Last week I decided to go ahead and do what needed to be done and took it apart, not completely, just enough to add the details and give it a re-paint. I chose to go with Tamiya X-34 Metallic Brown through my airbrush with Createx UVLS 4050 as the clear this time around. I added valve stems to the wheels, and a coil, spark plug wires, and heater hoses to the engine. I did manage to break a windshield post during the process, but otherwise everything went fairly smooth. First pic shows the cracked original paint.

That's sweet!

[Erock]

That's sweet!!!