1977 chevy chevette

[charger74]

2 hours ago, mikemodeler said:

I have two to build and have some ideas but I think one will be bone stock. What color/brand is that blue, it looks pretty close to factory.

Color is testors spray paint blue 1208

[espo]

3 hours ago, charger74 said:

Here is a little update, the interior is done, and the engine is almost done. The stock tires from the kit were 2 half of tires that i had to glue together, all in white plastic. I painted them with tamiya black rubber paint. I’m still not sure if i keep the lettering on the tires in black or if i paint it white

A thought on the white litters on the tires. Learned this years ago when the wrinkle wall slicks were in most kits. Use a sharp-edged tool and scrape the paint off the raised letters. This will allow the white plastic to show through and is a lot easier than trying to paint the letters. 

[1972coronet]

4 hours ago, charger74 said:

I painted [the kit's styrene tyres]  with tamiya black rubber paint.

They look great, too! Are you planning to scuff the tread ? If so, I'd suggest -as I have done- that you 'paint' the treads with either Tamiya Panel Accent Black and/or Dark Grey. It'll be even more of an improvement.

Your 'Vette is coming along nicely!

[mustang1989]

Progress is coming along nicely on this one. I used to know this fella about 30 years ago that I was visiting at his house and he asked the question, "You wanna see my Vette?". You should already know where this ones headed.  He took me to his garage where he showed me a V-8 powered Che Vette that was all tubbed out pro street style. Beautiful car it was. Wished I had pictures.

[slusher]

Real nice work! Looking forward to more..

[David G.]

Nice work so far.

I was going to suggest scraping the paint off the raised whites but Espo beat me to it.  

David G.

[NOBLNG]

It looks excellent so far. That is a very nice blue.?

[Tcoat]

On 1/29/2023 at 2:08 PM, espo said:

A thought on the white litters on the tires. Learned this years ago when the wrinkle wall slicks were in most kits. Use a sharp-edged tool and scrape the paint off the raised letters. This will allow the white plastic to show through and is a lot easier than trying to paint the letters. 

Just run a fine sanding stick over them. That is the beauty of a white base!