1953 Corvette....the start of a legend.

[Rich Chernosky]

This is the last of my series of Corvette builds. And the only one I hadn't previously painted. This is AMT's 1953 Corvette. Color is Tamiya TS26 white. Not a bad kit it for AMT. Everything went pretty well except for the chassis which had to be pinned and wired in to place to get the ride height right. And a lot of flash and ejection pin marks, par for the course for and early AMT. Other than that,  I am fairly pleased with the result. I want to thank everyone who commented on my last 14 posts of Corvettes. Thanks for looking and feel free to comment on this one.

Lot of nice exterior detail on this iconic Vette. Interior color is MR Color 108 character red. Kit hweels steered but the tie rod had to be hinged. 

Interesting feature of the back end is the glass covered licence plate.  Exhaust pipes  are chrome antenna tubing.

The soft top was included in the kit and was sprayed with a combination of Nato black and gloss black from Tamiyas LP line. This car was powered by Chevrolets Blue Flame 6 of  236 cu. and rated at 150hp. It was mated to a powerglide 2 speed auto transmission. It was no speed demon but was unique with its handmade fiberglas body. Only 300 of these were made in the Flint MI plant. Production was eventually moved to St Louis. 

I replaced the clear lenses with real mesh, a feature found on Corvettes until 1955. 

 

[charger74]

Very well done 

[meechum68]

Slick little Vette! I have a couple of these and thanks for the heads up on it. 

[BKF]

Nice Corvette!

[XYHARRY]

Nice Corvette there Rich, a group photo of your Corvette line would be cool. Well done on them all.

[Supernurd]

Good job on a difficult kit to get right.   👍 

[Jim B]

Very nice looking Corvette. Well done. 

[Rich Chernosky]

On 10/23/2025 at 10:13 PM, charger74 said:

Very well done 

Thank youi

 

On 10/23/2025 at 10:27 PM, meechum68 said:

Slick little Vette! I have a couple of these and thanks for the heads up on it. 

Yer welcome. Sharing is what this site is for.

 

On 10/23/2025 at 11:21 PM, BKF said:

Nice Corvette!

Thganks

 

On 10/25/2025 at 2:45 AM, XYHARRY said:

Nice Corvette there Rich, a group photo of your Corvette line would be cool. Well done on them all.

David..you must have read my mind. That's exactly what i plan to do for the New Years, year in reveiw.

 

18 hours ago, Supernurd said:

Good job on a difficult kit to get right.   👍 

A simple kit but it had its moments.  Thanks

 

17 hours ago, Jim B said:

Very nice looking Corvette. Well done. 

Thgank you Jim, for all the support. 

 

[slusher]

very nice Corvette!