Ira Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) 2085 VETTE JET! The Vette Jet will be a Futuristic Flying Car with Tandem Seating. I started Vette Jet a while ago. I have been working on it between other builds, until now. Now, I am going to try to finish the Vette Jet in time for NNL WEST on February 1, 2014. I will be using parts from 2 Monogram 8th scale 1985 Corvette Kits and a 12' long MPC X-Wing Fighter. I bought one of the Vettes on Ebay for about $20 and then I received a second Corvette body in a trade. Both Vette bodies were warped and the tops were also broken. This should be Fun, lets get started! More Coming.... Edited August 16, 2014 by Ira
cobraman Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 Ira my friend, what a nice Christmas gift for all of us........ another one of your cool creative builds.
Ira Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 CUTTING IT UP! I started by cutting off the front chassis section of Both Bodies with a Cut-Off Wheel. Then I cut the bottom halves off Both Bodies. I used the Side Trim as a guide for cutting. When I cut the Bottom Backs off the Bodies, I left the License Plate Area in one Body and cut it out on the other Body. Then I cut the bottom halves from both Hoods and glued them together with Zap-A-Gap. More Coming...
Dinky Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 Wow what a cool idea, I will follow this topic
dpride Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) edit: posted in wrong thread. Edited December 22, 2013 by dpride
Ira Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 Ira my friend, what a nice Christmas gift for all of us........ another one of your cool creative builds. Thanks Ray!
Ira Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 GLUEING IT BACK! I cut the top off the worst Body Half and marked it as the Bottom Body. Then I glued the Body Halves together with Zap-A-Gap. Here are the Hood and Body Sections just fit together for a mock-up. More Coming...
Ira Posted December 22, 2013 Author Posted December 22, 2013 This should be Big Fun to watch. Thanks Andy! It's been Fun to Build too...
pharoah Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Uh oh - Ira's at ti again! I'll be watching.
Ira Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) OFF WITH THE TOPS! I decided to cut off the second top too. It was also warped. I always liked convertibles... I decided to shorten the Vette a little, so I cut out a couple of inches. Here it is glued back together. Here is a mock-up. Up to this point I planned to make the Vette Jet something like this, but I changed my mind. Stay Tuned for some BiG Changes! More Coming... Edited December 23, 2013 by Ira
Danno Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Pass the popcorn! I'm settling in for the full length feature.
Kennyboy Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Man Ira! I am just amazed at what you come up with.....! This is gonna be cool! I think there is going to be a popcorn shortage soon!!
Ira Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 Wow what a cool idea, I will follow this topic Thanks!
ScaleDale Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Hi, Ira. I've been following your builds and I'm quite interested in your creative process. How do you go about coming up with these builds? Do you have a general concept before you go looking for a kit to fit it or do you look at a kit, like this Corvette, and just let the creative ideas go to work? What makes the creative mind of Ira tick? It runs like a fine Swiss watch. Inquiring minds want to know... Dale
Ira Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 TOO WIDE! Vette Jet looks pretty Wide to me. I think I'll cut a few inches from the middle... I cut the body down the middle with a Cut-Off Wheel in Dremel Tool and removed a 3 inch strip. Vette is only taped on the Center Line. Funny now it looks a little too long again... More Coming...
cobraman Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 You keep cutting and your going to have a 1/25 model ! : )
Ira Posted December 24, 2013 Author Posted December 24, 2013 This is already looking fantastic . Thanks Andy!
Ira Posted December 24, 2013 Author Posted December 24, 2013 Uh oh - Ira's at ti again! I'll be watching. Thanks John!
Ira Posted December 24, 2013 Author Posted December 24, 2013 Pass the popcorn! I'm settling in for the full length feature. Thanks Dan! This should be Fun...
Ira Posted December 25, 2013 Author Posted December 25, 2013 Man Ira! I am just amazed at what you come up with.....! This is gonna be cool! I think there is going to be a popcorn shortage soon!! Thanks for the kind words Ken!
Ira Posted December 25, 2013 Author Posted December 25, 2013 FIXING SOME HOLES! I traced the shapes of the wheel openings on to sheet plastic. Then I cut them out with Kyosho Lexan Scissors for Radio Control Cars. I glued them in place with Zap-A-Gap, Green Label Glue. New View... More Coming...
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