MPC 1988 Corvette Convertible. Completed 22-May-2012!

[kruleworld]

I don't understand why it's so hard to find auto touch-up paints.

nice work on the corvette, you might want to add air valves to the rims for that added touch. I asked an auto shop about the touch up paints, and they said they just get them mixed up if they need them, so touch up paints are going the way of the dodo.

[Johnny1973]

Nice work

[Jdurg]

Thanks guys. Overall, I find it to be "satisfactory". Fit problems at the end caused me some headaches as parts that fit together perfectly when not painted suddenly were a bit tight or difficult to get in position once they were painted. For a kit made in the 1980's, however, I kind of expected that. Aside from the 1967 1/12 scale Corvette Coupe I built when I was a kid, and the 1963 split window 1/16th scale I put together when I got back into the hobby, this was only the third "big kit" that I have attempted. I REALLY like these big kits, and I wish the model companies would offer more of them as they are really fun to build, and really let you go crazy with the detailing. Sadly, it seems that the cost to produce these larger scale kits makes them very low on the totem pole for kit manufacturers, so you see very few of them each year. Add onto that the seemingly reduced number of Corvette kits period, it remains something that is more or less "not going to happen."

Anyway, thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone. I've now started my next project and will be posting a new thread shortly.