1962 Corvette

[berr13]

Just finished putting the seven dash decals on the Revell '62 Corvette dashboard. My hands are shaking, my eyes are crossed, and I'm sure my blood pressure is at an unhealthy level. Whoa, that was fun...

[Craig Irwin]

I bare-metaled an AMT 58 Chevy a while back, I still wake up crying every so often.........

[unclescott58]

Just finished putting the seven dash decals on the Revell '62 Corvette dashboard. My hands are shaking, my eyes are crossed, and I'm sure my blood pressure is at an unhealthy level. Whoa, that was fun...

How about a photo of the end result?

Scott

[pharoah]

I bare-metaled an AMT 58 Chevy a while back, I still wake up crying every so often.........

I feel your pain. I've done that,too.

[Lownslow]

I feel your pain. I've done that,too.

me three i shudder everytime i think about wanting to build another one

[ChrisBcritter]

I bare-metaled an AMT 58 Chevy a while back, I still wake up crying every so often.........

I bare-metaled a Jo-Han reissue '58 Olds 98. I've recovered to the point where I see shadows, and can name three countries: Belgium, Belgium, and Kansas City.

[berr13]

Sorry, no photos--I'm not technologically advanced to that point yet. The decals do give the dash a finished and detailed look, without overpowering it. I still have to do the speedometer decal, though, but there's no way I'm using the shift pattern decal. After considering the job, and the fact that I used only water to install them, I'd appreciate you all telling me about the other methods to do this--setting solutions and so forth. There have to be better ways. And Chris B? Belgium is not a country--it's a parish in Louisiana. Dora the explorer told me so...

[Joe Handley]

How about a photo of the end result?

Scott

By the sounds of it, that picture could have a swirl art look to it, or look similar to pictures of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster

[berr13]

By the sounds of it, that picture could have a swirl art look to it, or look similar to pictures of Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster

Say what?

[Joe Handley]

Say what?

Just finished putting the seven dash decals on the Revell '62 Corvette dashboard. My hands are shaking, my eyes are crossed, and I'm sure my blood pressure is at an unhealthy level. Whoa, that was fun...

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Edited August 28, 2014 by Joe Handley

[Joe Handley]

[Tom Geiger]

Decals argh! The Revell of Germany Trabant cars have tiny little decals for everything that exists on the real car. There are minuscule little ones on the wheel hubs that are like trying to mount fleas on little oval stages! I actually lost two of them out of four. Disappeared completely. And of course the Germans give you FOUR. They should print something like eight of them on that sheet. There's room!

I'm fortunate that a friend texted me that he didn't use them, and is mailing me his sheet!

[berr13]

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Joe, I'm sure you're trying to make a point here, but I think you've lost your "focus". Take a deep breath, and try again, OK?

[Toner283]

Bigfoot EXISTS!!!!

[Shardik]

Bigfoot EXISTS!!!!

Yes, I do.

[berr13]

Well, we're gonna need something better than a blurry photo, like maybe a shoe size...

[Joe Handley]

[Craig Irwin]

We've had a bit of fun with this but the truth is that gauge decals and bare metal foil are things I wouldn't want to build without.

[7000in5th]

i kinda like doing foil. If not I never would have tackled this foil job:

Took a while and LOTS of foil but it was fun.

[Tom Geiger]

i kinda like doing foil. If not I never would have tackled this foil job:

Took a while and LOTS of foil but it was fun.

I like foiling. There is no single act of modeling that brings the most positive change on a model with that little effort! I actually find it relaxing.