Toast Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 (edited) Brought together a couple Corvette kits and many random parts from the parts bin for this build. It's a replica of a friends Corvette, awesome inspiration for a project! Paint is Testors One Coat "Graphite Dust" with "Wet Look Clear" and a mixture of Rust-oleum sprays and Testors sprays and bottle paint. Bare Metal Foil. Studio 27 Carbon fiber decals. Lots of Microscale "Micro Sol". I also tried Walthers "Solvaset", it's very strong stuff and got the decals to conform to the toughest areas. To replicate the original car I used the engine, transmission, heads, and rocker covers from a 98 Camaro kit, Intake, Water pump/accessory assembly, and engine covers from a C6 Corvette kit. The pulleys and belts from the C6 kit were modified to re-position the AC compressor. A modern Battery, AC hoses, brake booster, and ECM were sourced from the parts bin. Intake was made from solder and rubber couplers are painted tape. Electric fan is from the C6 kit. Seats were filled with glazing putty and the pattern was carved with an exacto and a dental pick. the metal rings were from the jewelry isle at Hobby Lobby. Steering wheel holes are drilled out. The dash was filled in and a hole cut to fit the modern head unit from a Chrysler 300 kit (yup, the one with Lambo doors and a giant stereo). The only body modifications are shaved door handles and the side moldings were smoothed and covered with carbon fiber decals. Also did away with the front plate so the brackets were smoothed down to flow with the body. The rear Wheels/Tires stick out just a bit much but here you can see they're right up against the leaf spring so without totally redoing the rear frame and suspension or notching the spring, that's just the way they'll stay. Work in progress here: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=96450&page=1 Enjoy the pics and comments are welcomed. Edited January 31, 2015 by Toast
Guest Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Beautiful! Love the under hood artwork. Custom decal?
Toast Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 Thanks Lee, yes, I touched up a photo of the real under hood artwork and printed it on decal paper.
1930fordpickup Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 Best looking 4 eyed vette I have laid eyes on.
drive4th Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Ohhhhhhhh man this is freaking sweet.. nailed it!
Reeves Racing Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Just terrific. My favorite Corvette only better.
Phildaupho Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I like this a lot and the photos have an almost sepia look to them.
exesivefire Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 This turned out really great. Fantastic build
rv1963 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I really love this build, the entire car just has such an amazing vibe about it everything goes together so well.
o-man Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 I really like how that turned out. Excellent job!
jeffs396 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Great build! Love all the custom touches, she's a beauty!
bill_67 Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Everything turned out just beautiful, love all the detail and design of the interior great job!
slusher Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Excellent detailed build. Enjoyed the build up very much..
DeeCee Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 That is a very nice build, color really suits it too.
robertw Posted February 1, 2015 Posted February 1, 2015 Impressive. Surprisingly it's often easier to find a real restomod Vette with a later generation engine then a 1/25 scale one so I'm pleased to see that you've done the necessary work to do a conversion. Well done
om617 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Turned out very nice,enjoyed the work in progress too.
gtx6970 Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Very cool. I like the mix of old and new if tastefully done such as this There is a yellow Vette of similar vintage thats all modern drivertain I see around here a couple times a year. Has to be a blast to drive .
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