Vetteman15 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Finished this kit tonight. This is a Revell kit that gave me fits for several months. The first body I ruined however Revell came through and sent me a replacement body and hood. Kudos to them as they did not charge me for the replacement. The body was painted with Tamiya yellow from a rattle can. Clear coat is airbrushed Future floor polish and polished out with Meguires Hitech yellow wax number 26. Interior was airbrushed with craft paint from my local hobby store. Tried my hand at Bare Metal Foil and found it to be harder then I thought. All part of the learning experience. Enjoy the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Sharp build, great shade of yellow.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Scott, if you wouldn't mind elaborating, what aspects of this kit gave you fits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Looks great Scott. I think the one where it's going straight up is my favorite shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Nice, but the sideways pics are annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetteman15 Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Thanks everyone. I know the pictures need to be corrected. First time posting pictures. The problems I had was painting the body using a rattle can. I am good with an airbrush and wanted to try another method. First body ended up with tons of runs and I melted the plastic by using the wrong lacquer thinner. I mostly use arcylics so lacqure was a new medium for me. Second try worked better and I was happy with the paint. Next problem was fitting the windshield to the body. It is not molded correctly to the windshield frame and the white glue could not hold it in place. Had to move to a more aggressive CA glue to get it to stay. Then attaching the chassis to the body was very difficult and required removal of the inner fender well and a reposition to allow the radiator to clear when joining the chassis to the body. There were no marks or pins that showed the correct alignment of the inner fender wells which also hold the hood in place. The chrome parts were also not in great shape as many parts were blemished and wrinkled in spots. By the time I got,to this point, I was kind of done with the kit and finished as best I could. If this car was sitting in my driveway it would not be street legal because it is missing the exhaust, but would be really loud. LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 nice colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Bright and SHINY :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Nice, that yellow "pops". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am73grand Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 LOVE the yellow!! Very striking!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyno Davo Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Great build. My favorite color for vettes too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy J. Tannehill Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I enjoyed looking at you 'Vette.... I have had my eye on this Kit for a while...Thanks for sharing about the fit issues you had. I think it was worth it...You now have a "Pretty Cool" Yellow Vette to be proud of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBENNA Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 nice job on the vette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartpix Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 It looks pretty good, in yellow. I recently built that kit, in metallic orange. I had the same body to frame issues. It's like 5 pounds of "stuff" in a 3 pound bag. I ended up with a bigger hood gap, in the front, than I wanted, but I can live with it. Bare metal foil isn't the easiest thing, to master. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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