1996 Corvette Replica

[Duddly01]

I am doing something I never do, and working on two kits at one time. I started working on a 1996 Corvette replica for a family member’s birthday with working lights, including headlight that can be opened/closed. The battery holder will replace the spare tire in the undercarriage. Most of the fabrication work done.

[Duddly01]

Sadly, I was at the point of painting the body silver, masked for the stripes and the blue reacted with the silver paint and bubbled like crazy. The body is now soaking and slowly stripping the paint. Lesson learned, don't spray splash paints lacquer over Duplicolor lacquer (decanted and airbrushed). They will react very poorly, even though they are both supposedly lacquer.

 

 

[DJMar]

9 hours ago, Duddly01 said:

Sadly, I was at the point of painting the body silver, masked for the stripes and the blue reacted with the silver paint and bubbled like crazy. The body is now soaking and slowly stripping the paint. Lesson learned, don't spray splash paints lacquer over Duplicolor lacquer (decanted and airbrushed). They will react very poorly, even though they are both supposedly lacquer.

That is a bummer. Hopefully you can get this stripped/sanded and back into paint without too much hassle.

Also, I do love a nice C4 Vette.

[dietgilroy]

Have you considered the Monogram C4 kits before?

[Duddly01]

On 6/11/2024 at 4:15 PM, dietgilroy said:

Have you considered the Monogram C4 kits before?

No, I haven't. It wasn't an issue with the kit, it is actually a very nice kit. Just my choice in paints got me in the back side.

[dietgilroy]

1 hour ago, Duddly01 said:

No, I haven't. It wasn't an issue with the kit, it is actually a very nice kit. Just my choice in paints got me in the back side.

oh ok

i did have a better experience with the Monogram kit, but only because I was better at building it than an AMT kit.

[Duddly01]

The painting on this model has fought me tooth and nail. I am crying uncle and going with what I have gotten. I am not happy with it but it wins. I al still going to wet sand and polish the 2k clear.

I have determined there is something in how they made the metallic blue body bleeding through. I took it back to bare plastic, primed and it still crinkled. I used an automotive sealing primer on the hood and it acted better but not perfect. 
 

 

[peteski]

On 6/10/2024 at 12:13 PM, Duddly01 said:

Sadly, I was at the point of painting the body silver, masked for the stripes and the blue reacted with the silver paint and bubbled like crazy. The body is now soaking and slowly stripping the paint. Lesson learned, don't spray splash paints lacquer over Duplicolor lacquer (decanted and airbrushed). They will react very poorly, even though they are both supposedly lacquer.

Yes, unfortunately paint compatibility from different manufactures is not guaranteed. Sorry to hear that you learned the hard way.

Even if both are lacquers, they likely use different binder (resin) and different mixture of chemicals in the solvent (thinner).  If not using the same brand and type of paint for all the colors, it always makes sense to test the combination on some unimportant object (plastic spoon, soda bottle, or spare model body).  None of this was a problem back when we all painted our models using hobby (enamel) paints from Testors or Pactra.  But now modelers have dozens of different paints to experiment with.

[Duddly01]

I have gotten more work on the corvette. On the downhill stretch now.

[Coyote_6]

Whoa!  That dash is awesome!!

Steve

[Duddly01]

8 minutes ago, Coyote_6 said:

Whoa!  That dash is awesome!!

Steve

Thank you.

[Duddly01]

Body, interior and chassis joined. Still some detailing to do. I am honestly not totally happy with this build but I think the family member whose car this is a replica of will like it well enough.

 

[Coyote_6]

The lights are awesome, as are the stripes.  Nice work!!

Steve

[Bainford]

Nice. The dash is fantastic. 

[Duddly01]

2 hours ago, Coyote_6 said:

The lights are awesome, as are the stripes.  Nice work!!

Steve

Thank you. 

1 hour ago, Bainford said:

Nice. The dash is fantastic. 

Thank you. 

[Duddly01]

I am calling this one done. Hopefully the family member who I made this for will like it. 
 

[Duddly01]

The real car.

[dietgilroy]

41 minutes ago, Duddly01 said:

I am calling this one done. Hopefully the family member who I made this for will like it. 
 

why is it so tall

[Duddly01]

18 hours ago, dietgilroy said:

why is it so tall

I actually cut down the suspension as far as I could. Another thing I don't love about this build.  I actually think the tires are too small, they don't fill the wheel wells much at all.

 

[Duddly01]

I went ahead and cut off the front wheels and reattached the barely holding on to the upper control arms. Helped a bit and really not noticeable unless you look really hard where the wheel is attached from underneath.

[Coyote_6]

Very nice.   I think that was worth the effort!   Good work.

Steve

Edited June 29, 2024 by Coyote_6

[Duddly01]

15 minutes ago, Coyote_6 said:

Very nice.   I think that was worth the effort!   Good work.

Steve

Agreed. Looking back at the older images it really was bad.

[Duddly01]

I tried to drop the backend but there is nothing to attach the back wheels to above the rear suspension that I already cut down so much. I decide to take new pictures with the front end sitting much better. I am not going to make the mistake saying it is truly done again. Until I send it to its final owner I am sure I will find things I want to improve. ?