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Post by webby Fri 23 Sep 2016, 7:35 am

This one has been an uneventful build, thus far at least. A good kit and much better than the ancient Revell-o-gram 1956 Corvette kit.
I've added some plumbing to the fuel injection,and the coolant header tank. No plug leads as radio optioned Corvettes used a shielded dizzy & HT leads.

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Post by harron68 Fri 23 Sep 2016, 12:42 pm

Engine is so good I'm less thrilled with interior so far. The single color doesn't do it justice. Either light weathering or another color for floor mats, maybe something to make shifter and shift gate look more realistic (darker color in shift pattern and shift knob?). I wonder how detailed the dashboard looks compared to the old AMT and similar kits too. Good luck!

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Post by RetiredMike Fri 23 Sep 2016, 2:00 pm

Looks good. The early Corvette kits have come a long way since the AMT days.
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Post by Guest Fri 23 Sep 2016, 5:11 pm

Rocking right along. I owned a couple of them Corvettes with the Metal shield on the plug wires. Man-O-Man, what a deal to replace them.

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Post by webby Sun 25 Sep 2016, 2:36 am

A coat of textured flat red on the 'carpet'. Gear knob should be white, from what I've found online.
Here's the dash too. Trimming the carrier film on the transfers was a PITA, especially the minor gauges.
A drop of PVA on them once dry.
One omission is a transfer for the silver section in front of the grab bar. Revell give you the "Corvette" transfer, but not the silver backing. Cutting the BMF in there took a few attempts.

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Post by Ace Sun 25 Sep 2016, 3:17 am

Dash, engine etc all look great!
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Post by Spanky 19 Sun 25 Sep 2016, 3:57 am

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Post by Mr Hirakawa Sun 25 Sep 2016, 8:14 am

Sharp interior.
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Post by Guest Sun 25 Sep 2016, 5:13 pm

Interior looks perfect. Nice work Chris.

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Post by Guest Sun 25 Sep 2016, 6:12 pm

Very sharp interior work indeed.

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Post by KatsZenJammer Sun 25 Sep 2016, 9:59 pm

Love the detailing and getting the BMF in behind that bar must have been a task. Looking forward to seeing more Revell's 1962 Corvette 1705482731
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Post by webby Mon 26 Sep 2016, 10:49 am

KatsZenJammer wrote:Love the detailing and getting the BMF in behind that bar must have been a task.  Looking forward to seeing more  Revell's 1962 Corvette 1705482731

The bar is a separate piece, I wouldn't have attempted it otherwise. Shoot it with white on Sunday.

Rookie mistake, I missed the seam above the Corvette lettering across the nose. Curse, sand it out and hopefully get it painted tomorrow. I might get it finished before I leave for the Bathurst race.
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Post by Skid Mon 26 Sep 2016, 10:54 am

Nice work Chris, the interior looks brilliant and the decals on the dynamo? look great.

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Post by webby Thu 29 Sep 2016, 5:33 am

All kit decals on the generator, Al. Here is she is after paint V2.0 Off to Bathurst for 10 days.
So no updates until my return.

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Post by GaryDainton Thu 29 Sep 2016, 8:15 am

Great work Chris, enjoy your trip.
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Post by Guest Thu 29 Sep 2016, 12:08 pm

This looks great Chris, can't wait to see 'er done.

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Post by disabled modeler Thu 29 Sep 2016, 12:18 pm

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Post by harron68 Thu 29 Sep 2016, 12:50 pm

Interior now up to standard! I'm glad the company didn't cut corners on the kit. Looking good.

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Post by kpnuts Thu 29 Sep 2016, 8:17 pm

Looking great.

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Post by Guest Fri 30 Sep 2016, 3:41 am

Great job Chris.

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Post by harron68 Fri 30 Sep 2016, 1:01 pm

Not a criticism of you, but the underside of the model looks pretty plain. I, that is everybody, likes separate exhausts. It makes choices whether to use "stock" ones or remove them easier. However, the old kits had molded-in things like maybe emergency brake cables and brake and fuel lines. They added to the fuller, more realistic appearance. If a builder chose to remove those lines, because they weren't especially big, it wasn't as hard as cutting out the huge exhausts. Just my take on model company choices. Interiors are more important than undercarriages, so their care in molding detail is more important there. Your work on the interior really pays off!

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Post by Guest Fri 30 Sep 2016, 3:52 pm

Revell's 1962 Corvette 1705482731 Have fun see you when you get back. Vette is rockin'

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Post by KatsZenJammer Mon 10 Oct 2016, 9:34 pm

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Post by Skid Mon 10 Oct 2016, 10:22 pm

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Post by RetiredMike Wed 12 Oct 2016, 2:36 pm

Paint came out looking great, Chris. Revell's 1962 Corvette 1705482731
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