Scale-Master Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Im not building this one as a replica of the iconic car, but instead with a loose what if it went into production theme. And maybe a little earlier than the real life time line could suggest. According to the instructions, the nose and tail are supposed to cemented to the body after the chassis & interior are installed into the body, but I want to see if I can mount those exterior parts and adjust the fit before painting the body and still fit the guts in. (It looks like the front OR rear can be glued on and still get the guts into it. Id suggest gluing the nose on over the rear due to the better fit of the rear.) To try to pull that off, I cut the front from the chassis And slightly modified the two holes in the rear that fit over two pins inside the body. Then I committed to a one piece affair by permanently attaching the nose and tail to the body. The little fit issues can be seen here. I am going to fill in the lines between the (Endura?) bumpers, as was somewhat commonly done to Corvettes back then. Even if someone wanted to leave the panel lines to be correct for the AeroVette, once the parts were sanded to fit the lines looked like they could be scribed in uniformly without too much effort.
Toast Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Ooof, that looks like it'll be a fragile body to handle once those tabs are removed! Cool concept car and I'm interested to see this one come together. Ha ha, you ever get that feeling you're being watched?
Scale-Master Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 It isn't that delicate with those temporary A pillars. Also the way the kit was packaged was with the chassis inside the body for additional support. It has a slight warp to it, but I think once the glass, interior and chassis are installed it will be fine.
Scale-Master Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 After giving the body a once/twice over with 600# to smooth it out and address the fit issues of the nose and tail, (relatively minor), I shot it a mix of Testors Orange and Yellow enamels. (I didnt have enough of either for a base coat, but the two together worked out well. Darn near a match to Camel Yellow.) I let that dry for about 90 minutes and lightly wet sanded it with 1200 to smooth out some debris and give it a nice tooth for the final pearl color. (Still damp in the photo. Thats more water spots than orange peel.) The color coats were sprayed, Testors Pearl Orange and the body was set aside to fully dry.
Scale-Master Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Thanks, I'm going for a mid 70's look.
Toast Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Nice color, the pearl changed it so much! I thought you'd have to take those temporary pieces off before sanding and polishing. Looks like they were thinking with the positioning of those.
robertw Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Yes you can do it the way you're thinking of. I built an Aerovette a few years ago and this was the build sequence I followed: 1. prepare body, glue front & rear clips in place, watch seams on front fenders they show every imperfection. 2. prepare & install glass, it fits well but is a tight fit and will require the careful use of glue 3. prepare, finish & glue interior tub to the chassis 4. paint but do not install all suspension elements on to the chassis. The engine & rear suspension can be painted and glued into place. Do not glue front suspension elements in place. 5. Install chassis on body by sliding it under the rear overhang till it clicks on the small locating tabs then warp the front end of the chassis slightly and slide it into the nose. 6. install the front suspension elements 7. install tires & wheels 8. finish the rest of your detailing Then post pics of the car so we can see what it looks like. I've always wanted to build another one of these things.
Scale-Master Posted February 1, 2015 Author Posted February 1, 2015 We are on the same page Robert. Nice to know it can be done at this point... I guess I have bad luck with Monogram/Revell kits of this era having the tires packaged up against the glass. The worst part on this one is on the driver’s side of the windshield. Two other smaller spots are on the side windows of the same piece. (The rear glass is also affected with a small indentation from a tire.) I filled the deeper etched spots with some CA and allowed it to dry without accelerator then I wet sanded and polished all the defects out.
doggie427 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Wonderful save on the glass; I never realized you could fill and sand the clear parts because I've had CA fumes sometimes fog them. Your work is always an inspiration and an eye-opener.
Jantrix Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Well this is a thread that I will bookmark and return to. I've this kit in my stash with plans to build some sort of super spy/ hero car from it. Great stuff so far. Looking good. Edited February 1, 2015 by Jantrix
Scale-Master Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 Thanks guys. Ready for a wax job…
fitforbattle Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 That thing is so smoking hot the wax job MUST be a bikini wax. Love it!
Scale-Master Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 No, just carnauba wax... Amazing what a little bit of wax can do for a paint job. I still need to get some of it out of the panel lines though…
model-collector Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 Wow...your work never disappoints, and that paint is amazing. Great job, I can't wait to see more!
Scale-Master Posted February 3, 2015 Author Posted February 3, 2015 Thanks guys, here's some more... A couple shades of tan for the interior…
atomicholiday Posted February 3, 2015 Posted February 3, 2015 That body turned out great! Gorgeous color choice.
Scale-Master Posted February 4, 2015 Author Posted February 4, 2015 Thanks! I’m putting it in the ’73-’74 year range, (part of why I chose the exterior and interior color combo too), so I painted the engine orange.
fitforbattle Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 I always thought your forum name suits you. Fantastic build, as always.
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