1967 Corvette Stingray hard top

[Rich Chernosky]

The 12th completion in my Corvette series. Getting towards the end here. This is MPC's 1967 Corvette Stingray hard top. This was sprayed in Jun e of 2001. Color is a nail polish called Wet N Wild Deja Blue over a silver base. Cleared with Tamiya TS13. This was one very badly engineered andf poorly made kit. Nothing fit and every part had to be massaged into place. Much flash and some bad castings required a lot of carving to get right. About the only good thing I can say was the body looked right although it was warped. But glad its done and reasonably pleased with the result. Commnet below the pictures. Feel free to add your own and thanks for looking.

Kit wheels already steered.  Had to dig into the spared for the correct wheels as they did not come with the kit. Like the stance of this one. 

Always seem to get a good rear veiw. Paint was heavily polished. For some unknown reason about 5 yrs after it was painted it mildewed in the box. Only paint job I have ever had do this. You would think a waterbase paint would as it cured in a humnid area but this was not the case with this one. Its laquer.

The side pipes required the most work. They are pinned and wired in place. Pipes were re-worked and re-chromed then sprayed . with Tamiya LP5 Semi black and LP9 clear (a 50-50 mix)  This lets sdome of the chrome show through and gives a nice effect. 

Hood fit nice and opened easily....about the only thing that did. Engine was OK but sadly lacking a lot of details so not worth showing here. 

[Kah puts]

Beautiful 👍

[BKF]

Nice!

[ChrisR]

Nice.

[slusher]

Looks great!

[XYHARRY]

Sounds like a very frustrating build but with a good result in the end. Well done Rich.