1972 Corvette

[Rich Chernosky]

This is the next to last Corvette in my series of 14 completions.  An AMt/Ertl 1/25 that was painted in March of 2000. Color is a Liqui Acrylic pearlescent ink called Volcano red. Latex clear was used and this has been heavily polished.  As an AMT kit this was not half bad quality wise and it built quickly and easily without too much fitment issues.  My only complaint is the box art labeled this as a street machine and AMT modified it as such. As a result it was naything but stock. Wrong wheels, wrong exhaust and the rear suspension was a 9" Ford  rear end and not the usual independent set-up.  I changed the wheels as they were the most obvious but left the rear end and exhaust as i wanted this one done and didn't have the proper parts anyway. All  in all it turned out pretty decent and I am pleased enough to present it here. More comments below.

Not really red and not really pink.  GF says its Coral. Still difficult to photo  with the amount of pearl in the finish.   I attaqched the fronts with a jeweler screw  as it was better. Was lucky to find the correct wheels in the spare parts.

The oversize tires were part of the kit and I left them. Overall the body looked correct.

Stance required no modification and the chassis fit nice. I messed up initially and installed the inner fenders in the body. Had to slice some off the radiator  to get it to slide in place. 

The 350 fuel injected engine was well detailed and worth a photo. I aprayed most of the engine chrome flat clear and then added panel line to highlight the details.  I remember a day when I just luved chrome parts and judged a kit by how much chrome it had. Now I cover it up or dull it down.  Tastes change I guess.  Thanks for looking and feel free to comment. 

[VanGoGo]

Looks great! I think early C3 Corvettes were the best looking body style ever made 

[Rattlecan Dan]

Nice job! Looks great.

[karbuildr]

Very well done. Interesting paint color, looks good on the car.

[charger74]

Very nice vette 

[DJMar]

 The AMT 1970/72 Corvette is a pretty nice kit with good proportions, but the street machine version is kind of a mixed bag, parts wise.

Still, your build looks really good and that color is killer.

[Kanada Kustoms]

Kool Vette… Great color!

[PappyD340]

Nice Corvette!

[Rich Chernosky]

On 10/19/2025 at 5:30 PM, VanGoGo said:

Looks great! I think early C3 Corvettes were the best looking body style ever made

Thanks Vince. I have a tendency to agree with you.

 

On 10/19/2025 at 5:48 PM, Rattlecan Dan said:

Nice job! Looks great.

Thanks

 

On 10/19/2025 at 5:51 PM, karbuildr said:

Very well done. Interesting paint color, looks good on the car.

I have used my Vette collection to experiment with different colors. Glad this one met with your approval.; 

 

19 hours ago, charger74 said:

Very nice vette 

Thanks

 

19 hours ago, DJMar said:

 The AMT 1970/72 Corvette is a pretty nice kit with good proportions, but the street machine version is kind of a mixed bag, parts wise.

Still, your build looks really good and that color is killer.

Thanks DJ. Yah...I was a little taken aback when I saw that Ford rear end in a Corvette. 

 

19 hours ago, Kanada Kustoms said:

Kool Vette… Great color!

Thank you

 

1 hour ago, PappyD340 said:

Nice Corvette!

Thanks Larry

 

[bondo bill]

sharp

[XYHARRY]

Very nice Corvette there Rich, well done.