Dave B Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 I bought this stock kit years ago because it was cheap & hadn't got around to building it. I later bought a'68 Sebring Greenwood kit and decided to build the 'stocker' first. I cast the wheels & tyres from moulds I already had and made the rear flares & clear headlight covers by vacforming over the 'Greenwood' bits. Then only had to make the head light buckets up & go through the parts box for suitable lights & side exhausts. The blue, white & red is all air brushed auto acrylic & I finished it of with VRM decals. Tks for looking Dave B
David G. Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Very nice Vette, the paintwork looks great! David G.
Greg Pugh Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Wow, that's neat! Nice to see something different!! Great job!
Phildaupho Posted March 10, 2011 Posted March 10, 2011 Great job! This is one of my favorite Corvette racing liveries and has been on my want to build list for a long time.
Duntov Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Very nice wrk....good to see a racing Corvette done up so well..... reminds me of my stock '68 1:1 car..... Yours would be "FASTER" though!!!! Regards Bill (Duntov)
Dave B Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 Tks guys, great fun building it & I have more to go. I'm really looking forward to building the '67 L88 in Sunray DX colours. Dave B
Chris C Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 great build, especially like the wheels, those rears look tough as!
robertw Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Great looking piece of work. I'm red, white & blue with envy. robw
LOBBS Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Always refreshing to see a Vette thrown into the mix!! Great job!!
Jon Cole Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 Amazing job on the Corvette. Would love some detail on how to do the headlight buckets... that is why I never built the Greenwood car.
Eric Stone Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) I'm with Jon here. I lost interest in the Greenwood car when I saw the cheezy decals they had for the headlights, and found that the thickness of the covers didn't allow enough space under them to put headlight lenses and reflectors. I don't have a vacuform setup, so that's not an option... I wonder if there's any other way to do it..? Your Vette looks excellent. Edited March 13, 2011 by Eric Stone
Dave B Posted March 13, 2011 Author Posted March 13, 2011 Would love some detail on how to do the headlight buckets Sorry guys, for me it was easy as I have 2 small vac pumps. They are pumps that were used to pull down printers plates at the local newspaper. They won't do big jobs but are ideal for little bits & pieces. I just put some plasticine under the Greenwood styrene covers and pulled some clear PVC over them, they are slightly oversize but you can trim them down, they do the job. Dave B
cruz Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 I love Corvettes and you did a great job on this beauty!
pharr7226 Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 Great work. The fender flares and paint are outstanding.
IMSANUT Posted October 31, 2012 Posted October 31, 2012 Very nice build. On my list as well. A very simple vacform setup can be made after a quick trip to Radio Shack. A small , or larger if you wish project box with a perforated bread board (circuit board with un filled holes) is all you need other than a hole saw the size of your vacume cleaner hose and you are good to go. i use an old toaster oven with a simple two piece frame with file clips to hold the plastic for heating.
surfjunke Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Beautiful build on the Vette. Looks much better in these marking than what comes in the kit.
robertw Posted November 1, 2012 Posted November 1, 2012 Very well done. I'd be proud to have that model sitting on my Corvette shelf.
IMSANUT Posted November 5, 2012 Posted November 5, 2012 I'm curious, where did you find reference for the rear flairs. All the pictures I have been able to find on the net show stock wheel arches front and back. Same for the AIR Corvette team of James Garner.
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