Sock it to me 62 corvette gasser

[AC Norton]

hello everyone, thought maybe some of you may like to see the newly released amt sock it to me vette built....and built quickly. two weeks made this a fast but fun project. any comments or questions are certainly welcome. thanks for looking. a.c. the ace.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 20, 2016 by AC Norton
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[dragcarz]

OK I'm becoming a fan very nice Corvette, I don't think I want one of those Kat Kits.

[Davewilly]

Looks pretty nice...The Kat Kit would be cool to have just to have it

[AC Norton]

hi dave, thanks for your nice comments....i agree with you,..the met. orange kat vette is just neat to have, won't consider building that one. regards, a.c.

[Mike 1017]

Great looking Vette.Nice work on the decals

[AC Norton]

thanks michael for your comment....the decals were a blast to do. a.c.

[AC Norton]

....some new photos attached.....the ace........

[JTalmage]

I also have the katch the kat kit. I've been contemplating how to build it as to show off the sparkle orange plastic, but not let it be see-thru still. I really like the orange, but I have a feeling its going to be hard to pull off and look good.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Nice job on a pretty primitive kit.

I picked up one of these at a clearance sale and was less than impressed with the poor scaling of the nose details, but then again, it's exactly the same as it was when first released 100 years ago. I've got some non-blobular gluebomb C1 chassis, and my build of this will most likely be a modified sports gas-class car as well, but with a flip nose with molded-in details.

Yours looks great though.

Edited September 8, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[Jantrix]

That looks great. I may get this one out tonight for a slump-buster project.

[AC Norton]

thanks, bill, for your comment.................the ace....

[deuces wild]

I bought the black styrene version of that kit... Not to impressed with it..

I think it's the Boyd kit..

[AC Norton]

not sure I know that kit, guido......can't remember that version......the ace..........

[deuces wild]

It's the one with the BIG 5-spoke mags and the rubber band tires..

Edited September 8, 2014 by deuces wild

[deuces wild]

Amt rides magazine version I think...

[Snake45]

That old AMT '62 Vette is a truly wretched kit due mainly to the severely undersized headlights (and I've earned the right to say that, having wrestled one into submission just a couple years ago). That said, I was severely tempted to buy one of them in the orange flake just 'cause it's so cool. I'm glad YOU did--you did a really nice job with the thing, and I'll bet you even had a certain amount of fun along the way. Well done and model on!

[Force]

Very Nice!

[Brett Barrow]

New Revell kit is beautiful, BTW. Funny how you don't hear much about the ones they do nice, just the ones they eff-up....

Any chance you'd be willing to part with one of the decal sheets from yours?

[AC Norton]

sure, if you want to send me a new, sealed sock it to me vette...........

[slusher]

Sharp looking build Ace. Awesome work

[Brett Barrow]

sure, if you want to send me a new, sealed sock it to me vette...........

Well, I gave it a shot!

[MitchP]

Good job Ace - not being familiar with the kit other than a passing glance in the hobby store due to the twin blower, am I to understand this comes with some pre-molded form of metallic orange? What an excellent idea for a break in models with intense detailing and styrene building involved. Congrats! BTW, any idea how many diff. colors this came pre-molded in and what they were?

[Dyno Davo]

Very cool build, love every bit and super neat assembly, well done

[AC Norton]

hi Mitchell, actually, they come moulded in white,,,but as a collector gimmick, amt has made 1 in 12 the metallic orange as I show. if you are lucky enough to pop one open that's the orange, you have one that is considered a bit rare, I suppose, but I think sticking with a common white one is the way to go for building. I bought 3 the same day at a shop run by a friend, and luckily got the orange one opening the last one. chances are that you will get a white one if you buy one,,,,,but you may get lucky......best, the ace...........

[Brett Barrow]

Good job Ace - not being familiar with the kit other than a passing glance in the hobby store due to the twin blower, am I to understand this comes with some pre-molded form of metallic orange? What an excellent idea for a break in models with intense detailing and styrene building involved. Congrats! BTW, any idea how many diff. colors this came pre-molded in and what they were?

It might be in metallic orange. 1 kit per case, you don't know what you've got until you open it, you've got a 1 in 12 chance of getting the orange one. Regular kits are white.

Ace beat me to it!!

Edited September 10, 2014 by Brett Barrow