AM / Revell Corvette Grand Sport

[Haubenschild]

Here is the rear suspension setup attached to the chassis

[Haubenschild]

Decals from VRM have arrived

[Duntov]

This is very well done indeed... An alternate method for filling in the frame slots is to use Evergreen quarter round stock. You can form it easily to the curves and super glue or Tenax it as you carefully move along.... then any gaps are easily filled with high quality putty.

This one is a nice build!!!

Regards

Bill (Duntov)

[Haubenschild]

Thanks for the comments!

The wheels have been dechromed and the knock-offs have been glued in place

[Haubenschild]

The MCG P/E set has arrived!

The engine block and trans have also been painted with Tamiya TS-17 aluminum , pictures will come later

[Haubenschild]

After hours of cussing and yelling I finnally got the engine to fit under the hood. I am aware of sloppy bending of the p/e parts and the excessive amounts of CA glue

Edited May 7, 2012 by Haubenschild

[Casey]

What was the problem with the kit-stock engine mounts that they needed to be replaced?

[Haubenschild]

What was the problem with the kit-stock engine mounts that they needed to be replaced?

I just wanted to add some more detail

[cobraman]

Coming along nicely.

[retroguy]

color question:the instructions say bodycolor is pontiac eng. blu...

I found a restoration project that says the body color is medium metallic blu,

but some pics I've seen looks like a dark blu...whats your take...

[Haubenschild]

My reference says that the body colour was medium blue metallic. I am no expert , but I think medium blue is the correct colour

http://www.racingicons.com/gs/004/004-40.htm

[Danno]

Liam,

Sorry I got to the party late, and my suggestion won't help you this time, but a tip for future situations like this: To fill an area like the frame slots ~ since you didn't have any plastic strip stock available ~ use sprue. After you've removed the parts for your build, cut or clip off the nibs and branches, etc., leaving a straight piece of sprue. Cut it to the length of the slot, then sand it lengthwise to narrow it until it fits into the slot. Cut to length and use a solvent adhesive to "weld" it together. Then just a small amount of filler will finish it off.

[Greg Myers]

wonder if this ever got finished ?