1957 Corvette roadster

[Rich Chernosky]

Its Pink !!   The only road car in my collection that is.  This was done in the early 2000's during one of my painting sprees. Corvettes were my favorite to experiment on. I wanted to see what Liqui Acrylic pearlescent ink Sundown Majenta would look like over white. I used the Liqui Acrylic Silver Pearl white as a base and masked off the side panel. Water base  (latex) clear was the choice for top coat  Never been a fan of pink cars so this went back in the box to cure for 20+ years.  That being said, the more I worked on this kit (Monogram did a nice job here) and the closer I got to finishing it the more it grew on me. Am actually pleased with the finished build. More comments below. Feel free to leave your own comments as well. 

Aaaahh..the finished piece. Lots of chrome details as was typical of this year. Getting the wheels to steer was a little bit of a chore. The radiator had to be ground down quite a bit to get it into position. This was the only real problem encountered with this kit. Everything else fit very well. The hood opens but is nice and tight closed.\

 

Nice photo here and lots of detail.  Interior was well appointed and the dash nice. White is a mixture of Tamiya LP2 and LP3. 

The hard  top came with the kit and I like this one. Looks good in the pearl white. Could have fit a little better though.

I went with the fuel injected version of the 283 v-8.  Gotta luv Tamiya panel liner for bringing out detail.  

 

 

 

[VanGoGo]

Looks nice, Ive never painted a car pink but it seems like it looks best on cars from the '50s. I have a '57 Corvette next in line on my workbench, I will probably be boring and go with red.

[Jim B]

Great looking Corvette. Well done. 

[XYHARRY]

Nice Corvette, the pink looks right at home on this classic 50s sports car. Well done Rich. 

[ChrisR]

Nice!

[STU111]

That does look good! Hey, could have been a special order for, maybe Marilyn Monroe? Beautifully finished. 👍🏻

[Rich Chernosky]

22 hours ago, VanGoGo said:

Looks nice, Ive never painted a car pink but it seems like it looks best on cars from the '50s. I have a '57 Corvette next in line on my workbench, I will probably be boring and go with red.

Vince...I think you will like this kit no matter what color you paint it.  

 

22 hours ago, Jim B said:

Great looking Corvette. Well done. 

Thank you Jim

 

5 hours ago, XYHARRY said:

Nice Corvette, the pink looks right at home on this classic 50s sports car. Well done Rich. 

Thanks David.  The color kinda grew on me.  Its currently on display at my LHS and they have a commnet box. So...we will see what my fellow modelers there think.

 

4 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Nice!

Thanks

 

3 hours ago, STU111 said:

That does look good! Hey, could have been a special order for, maybe Marilyn Monroe? Beautifully finished. 👍🏻

I sorta thought that way myself when this was finished. Thanks.

 

[Mike 1017]

I like it.  Margot Robbie would love to drive your car

[Kanada Kustoms]

Nice build... Great color!

[slusher]

Looks great!

[Cosmic D]

Nice interior work really complements the clean overall build.

[Lobo2me]

Nice job, Rich. I can envision the sign advertising this baby on the car lot as a "Prom Queen." I like the paint, fit, and finish.

 

[Rich Chernosky]

On 10/11/2025 at 11:05 AM, Mike 1017 said:

I like it.  Margot Robbie would love to drive your car

Thanks Mike...send her my address.  I'll see what I can do  <G>

 

On 10/11/2025 at 11:46 AM, Kanada Kustoms said:

Nice build... Great color!

Thanks...those Liqui Acrylics are still available at Hobby Lobby in their art department. 

 

On 10/12/2025 at 10:37 AM, slusher said:

Looks great!

Thank You

 

21 hours ago, Cosmic D said:

Nice interior work really complements the clean overall build.

Don't do many white interiors but this one really called for it. 

 

19 hours ago, Lobo2me said:

Nice job, Rich. I can envision the sign advertising this baby on the car lot as a "Prom Queen." I like the paint, fit, and finish.

Nice to hear from you Steve.  You are much kinder than my friends at the LHS who have called it the Barbie Corvette.   🙂

 

 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Barbie might trade the T-Bird in for this! Nice job.