95 Corvette - update 06/11/13 - Finished pics

[Alyn]

If you're in the Midwest region, you may know that the Heartland Nationals is coming up this weekend in Overland Park, Kansas. Every year we build a couple of dozen promotional models for raffles, auctions and such. Since this year's contest theme is the Chevrolet Corvette, all the promo's will be Corvettes. I'm frantically trying to get mine done in time for the show. Here's what I'm starting with, the AMT 95 Corvette Coupe. I owned a new C4 years ago, but my wife turned it into a Ford Taurus after our daughter was born. I always look back on that car with fond memories. (The Vette, not the Taurus). These clam-shell hoods on the Vette's are very often warped, so I taped this one down and tried to get it reasonably straight. I'm gonna give it a big nose That's the upper half of a pen I had laying around. I cut off the end at an angle and filled that in with scrap plastic, and drilled out a hole for an air intake on the rounded end. yep, I'd say that's a big nose

Edited June 12, 2013 by Alyn

[wrecker388]

That looks wild already Alyn! Love it so far.

[exesivefire]

Interesting

[Alyn]

The Ohio contingent checks in ...

Thanks guys.

These promos are quickie builds by there nature, the quickest model I'll every build.This will be curbside, but will show the interior, so I used some .080" styrene rod and put together a simple 5 point roll bar. The interior tub is dove gray and the roll bars are painted Tamiya XF-8 blue.

I found a scrap of flat styrene and turned it into a fuel cell. The gas cap is a small section of sprue, rouned off and painted silver.

Here's the basic interior. The seat is from the parts box. Dash is painted flat black, then rubbed with oil from my skin to give it a slight sheen. I skimmed over the dash details with a silver pen.

now, back to the bench ...

[John Teresi]

Alyn........cool man,.........hope you get it done in time.........have fun brother.

[Alyn]

Thanks, John. I think I'm on track.

I figured I'd build this one fast, like you

but without the detail,

or the fantastic air brush work,

or the clever designs,

or ...

Here's the latest batch of progress shots

added a tail to the whale

got the body work done and in primer. Not super good body work, but good enough for one of the girls John hangs out with.

that shnozzola is a bit big, but it's what I had available

from the rear

The original intent was for a salt flats style Corvette. The air opening is small due to the plentiful ram air effect at Bonneville speeds. The sail panels on the rear balance out the side profile aero to help stability at speed. I probably won't have time to do up some moon discs, so the salt flats look is gonna suffer.

Now on to the paint booth ...

Edited June 8, 2013 by Alyn

[John Teresi]

Alyn.........Absolute coolness !!!!!!!

[JasonC]

Interesting, going to keep it LT1/LT4 powered?

[Alyn]

Thanks again, John.

Jason, this will be curbside. I just won't have time to build a motor, plus it would drive me crazy not to detail one. With the hood permanently shut, I can say there's a normally aspirated 580 cube big block under the hood. Hoping to run around 260 MPH or so.

[Alyn]

final update for the night.

Got some paint on the body.

years ago I painted full size cars. Mostly panel repairs, but a dozen or so completes along the way.

I always loved the transformation from primer/sealer to paint.

ugly to purdy

makes all your sanding, beating and banging, and more sanding worth while.

[vintagedragfan]

it does definitely have the cool factor Alyn, looking forward to seeing it today!!

[Alyn]

Thanks, Bill

yeah, I expect to be there sometime today and tomorrow. I'm still at work at the moment, but ready to wrap it up for the day.

I had some left over Tamiya blue, so I threw that at it as well. Not enough drying time to go with a clear coat on this one, but it looks ok.

Here's a few more pics

[Alyn]

Here's the finished product. Didn't have enough time to do up some full size moon discs, so I had to settle for the kit wheels and tires. Some competition decals would have been a nice addition as well.

Maybe next time

Since this was just a promo build, it won't be going into the under glass section, so these are the final pics

[wrecker388]

Looks great Alyn!

[Alyn]

Thanks, Riley.

Bill Davis showed how good the silver and blue go together, so I wanted to try that combo.

[Dragfreak]

Very cool! i never would have thought to use that for a scoop and those colors look sweet together as well

[Danno]

KEWL!!