Monogram Corvette C4 Roadster (Geiger Widebody style)

[camaro69]

Hey guys, thank you all for the kind words. Three months since the last update and so much happened meanwhile so here´s the next one.

Part 11 - More bodywork, finishing interior and engine compartment

Sorry, I don´t have pics of every step I made since the last update but here´s what I have...

Because I hinged the tonneau cover I thought there must be some detail on the inside. Studied many pics to make it mostly correct to the 1/1 piece.

Everything is made out of styrene and the cables out of 0.4mm aluminium wire. Some masking tape 1mm to hold the wires in the correct position.

BTW I did the 3rd brake light, the reverse driving lights and the headlights.

All lenses are made out of a plane windshield I found in my spare parts box. Housings are made out of styrene covered with mirroring self adhesive foil. The headlight bulbs are small pins.

Now on to the interior.

I scratchbuilt a new pedal assembly, a parkingbrake lever with housing and a shifter knob. Before assembling I flocked the dedicated areas.

I dechromed the rim rings because the color from the rattle can I used rubbed down. I used some silver bronze for the second try. Here is one of the assembled wheels.

Next was one of the most challenging parts of this build... Getting the body, interior and chassis mated was so tricky especially with all the body mods which strengthened the body. That´s why no pic here.

Next was doing some heat shields for the transmission area before finally mounting the engine.

The next horrible thing comes with the next step. Because I wanted to use the TwinTurbo-setup I had to mount the hood first. I hadn´t thought of checking the hood with the different air intake.

Problem here was that this kits hood has a continuous rod between the hinges and the Callaway speedster hood has two pins showing to the outside of the hinges. After this I installed the engine and completed the underhood detailing.

Here you can see my support for the bonnet while doing all the underhood pieces made out of electrical wire.

Next was the undercarriage.

I scratchbuild the two catalysts out of different styrene stripes and the hoses from the air intake to the turbos.

The whole exhaust piping left of the orange line in the next pic is scratchbuilt.

Here´s the whole exhaust system in color with two flanges added before. The exhaust tips are made of ferrules. I added the lines for the lambda sensor as well.

On this pic you can see that I cutted the complete rear axle assembly into pieces. This was necessary to get the correct ride height.

Here the first step of this operation.

Next the completed engine compartment.

Mounting the windshield wasn´t that tricky but the sun visors were. I used Revell Contacta clear and after that I even putted some satin black on the mounting area.

And the horror is never ending.

The new front needed a lot of glue and patience to finally stay in the dedicated place. Here two mockup pics, still not finished.

Although still some things are left to do she was on her first meeting and became a lot of positive feedback from more experienced modelers.

Goal is to get her finally done for the next meeting in March 2024.

Thank you all for watching and stay tuned for the final update, Rico

Edited December 9, 2023 by camaro69

[afx]

Nice work Rico.

[MeatMan]

Well done!

[camaro69]

Thank you guys for the kind words. They´re much aprecciated.

[Zed]

amazing skillz!!?

[GlueSniffer_64]

WOW! Great use of strip styrene for those flares/body kit.