The "Wraith" Corvette

[Kennyboy]

GREAT work being done here!!

[slusher]

Fantastic paint and finish. The wheels and tires look awesome also..

[hgbben]

Seeing the progress on this requires me to watch the movie today.

[Rotorbolt73]

Thanks guys. Still working on it here and there. Bunch of little stuff to do now. I have the glass and interior glued into the body. The monogram 82 kit comes with a smoke tinted glass which isn't correct. But the clear glass from the MPC dragon vette kit has the same dimensions and fit the monogram body fine. So I used that instead but I did have to trim the edges of the rear glass to fit better. Then I moved on the the smaller items . I'm making the front nose cove inset with the tow hooks out of the chrome inset piece from the 84 parts body. I'll also be using the master cylinder and brake booster along with the AC line piece from the 84 firewall. I still have to figure up an exhaust system since the movie car does not use the typical vette side exhaust. I found the rear pipes and mufflers from an AMT 89 vette that I think will work. probably will have to scratch build the head pipes though. When I printed the body stripes, I also made a bunch of license plates for not only Packard's Corvette but for the other cars in the movie as well..Good thing I was able to pause the many you tube movie clips I've been using for referance to get a clear view of the plate numbers on the various cars.

[Bill Edman]

lookin good

[cschick]

Great work!!!!

[Greg Wann]

Very COOL

[66belair]

Looks great buddy. I hope tovar the next meeting and see this thing in person.

[spencer1984]

That looks great, if anything you've done a nicer job here than they did on the 1:1!

[Rotorbolt73]

Finishing up the final details on this build. I split the rear exhaust pipes and trimmed down the outlets so they are not as noticeable when viewing the rear. I found some clear square headlight lenses in my parts box I will be using. I'll use some chrome foil on the back sides and superglue them into the buckets in the headlight coves. A lot better than the chrome squares that came with the eckler kit. The 82 vette radiator is kind of plain looking. I like the radiator from the 84 parts vette better as it has an electric fan set up on it. So I will use it instead of the 82 unit. The upper radiator hose is from the eckler kit. I'll also be using the AC lines and canister from the 84 vette as well. That added detail will better balance out the engine bay I think.

Its almost finished guys! And it does look great!

[slusher]

Really coming along Matt.

[am73grand]

I am so looking forward to seeing this one finished! What a cool build!

[Rotorbolt73]

Finished! I'm going to post the completed build pics over in the under glass section.