AMT 1970 Corvette LT-1-COMPLETED 01/29----Page 11

[kyledehart5]

Joe’s masterpieces for sure!! Beautiful work on those wheels and tires. And that gloss already looks wonderful.

[eaglecash867]

Beautiful Vette, Joe!  Gotta love a shiny, metallic blue car...and that engine looks amazing.

[atomicholiday]

Thanks for the heads up on the wheels. That bit of advice will come in very handy when I get back around to this kit.
The clear coat looks amazing! Doesn’t look like it needs wet sanding. Great job Joe.👍

[406 Silverado]

Dec 29, 2023 8:06:28 GMT -5 Joe Rix said:

Great work on the wheel correction Joe. Your alterations worked wonders. I am sure looking forward to seeing the paint after your polishing treatment considering it already looks awesome.

Dec 29, 2023 8:31:10 GMT -5 rondriaan said:

Thats looks really good with the gloss coat on it.👍🏻

Dec 29, 2023 8:38:51 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Ahh, good fix on the wheels!

Dec 29, 2023 9:03:35 GMT -5 handiabled said:

Joe if you held this car in the sunlight the right way I bet the reflection could start a fire. I can't wait to see the tires with the lettering on them!

  Thank you all for the encouraging comments. Slowly but surely I'm getting closer to the finish line. 

[406 Silverado]

Dec 29, 2023 12:51:36 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Joe’s masterpieces for sure!! Beautiful work on those wheels and tires. And that gloss already looks wonderful.

  A good friend of mine on another much smaller forum made these for the staff. 

Dec 29, 2023 13:47:08 GMT -5 eaglecash867 said:

Beautiful Vette, Joe!  Gotta love a shiny, metallic blue car...and that engine looks amazing.

Thank you Eagle

Dec 29, 2023 13:55:42 GMT -5 atomicholiday said:

Thanks for the heads up on the wheels. That bit of advice will come in very handy when I get back around to this kit.
The clear coat looks amazing! Doesn’t look like it needs wet sanding. Great job Joe.👍

No problem at all Jeremy. Let me know when you start back up on it. I've learned A LOT on this kit as well as the Mustang kit that I built not too long ago. Pretty much all of these older AMT models suffer from the same stance and wheel/ tire issues but once I started experimenting a little bit as well as watch others build them up I started learning how to negotiate the problem areas. One thing that I do now is to buy TWO kits. One for a dry run mock up to see how its all going to look built up by tacking all of the parts in place. Once that is done I take it back apart and modify the unpainted assembly and start modifying and from that point on that kit is my test mule and spare parts kit.

[406 Silverado]

This morning I managed to get up and scuff the tire tread and apply the BF Goodrich decals. The sidewalls look a little wonky but straighten out when I install the wheels. Still gotta paint and detail the wheels and then shoot a dull coat over the tires after the cals are dry but here we are as of today:

[406 Silverado]

I keep on inching closer and closer to the finish line with this build folks. For the past few weeks, I've been looking for a ratchet & socket set to go along with that open battery compartment door in the interior. I just knew I had one in my parts stash somewhere and ended up finding it just a few days ago. A little clean up and then drilling the sockets out to add to the realism and we're about set. For good measure there'll also be a combination wrench laying in the lid when it's all said and done. Just gotta paint and detail it all up and the ideas will be brought to life. I've also been working on the "red rag" idea that's been rolling around in my head. I'll have to make it have a natural "lay" next to the socket set in the interior, but you get the idea here. 

[atomicholiday]

The tools will really add something to the "story" of this car. Great idea Joe.

[Joe Rix]

Glad you found it Joe. That's going to be a sweet little enhancement.

[handiabled]

Your attention to detail is next level Joe. I know I kinda threw some curveballs at you with blah blah details in some of the pictures I sent you but man oh man with what you have done with this car is more than great

[brandonk]

Your are certainly taking this one to the next level. Awesome sauce.!

[406 Silverado]

Thanks fellas. Well today I got the tool set all painted up and detailed. Got the wrench added to the lid on the toolset to fill a bit of a blank space on it and made a red rag and weathered that up a little bit to give it a bit of a used look. This is an important step for me because NOW I can move forward with assembling the body over the chassis. Here's the shot of that:




Wheels and tires are finished and I've got everything test fitted on the chassis as a sort of dry run I guess:

[atomicholiday]

Looking really good!
Hey, can I borrow a 1/2” socket?😁

[handiabled]

I LOVE the finish on the seats! They really do look like the real deal. ( I actually have a couple red rags tucked in one of the compartments our our 71 for just in case)

[406 Silverado]

Jan 12, 2024 12:01:14 GMT -5 atomicholiday said:

Looking really good!
Hey, can I borrow a 1/2” socket?😁

LOL!! Thank you Jeremy. I'm now prepping the windows by dunking them in Future. When dry then I can glue them to the body and install the rearview mirror. After that....the body can finally go over the chassis.

Jan 12, 2024 12:42:25 GMT -5 handiabled said:

I LOVE the finish on the seats! They really do look like the real deal. ( I actually have a couple red rags tucked in one of the compartments our our 71 for just in case)

Thanks Brent. I spent a good amount of time trying to get those right. A true gear head you are. I do the same thing. lol 

[70 STING]

Lookin’ good. :^)
Meant to mention earlier, I noticed you did not go with Fireball’s tires. Any particular reason?

[406 Silverado]

Jan 12, 2024 13:09:48 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Lookin’ good. :^)
Meant to mention earlier, I noticed you did not go with Fireball’s tires. Any particular reason?

  Thanks bud. I started to go with them but this just wasn't the car to use 'em on. Just too big. 

[70 STING]

Agreed. I ordered every close match they offered, but sadly, they looked too balloonish for my taste.

[kyledehart5]

Is my 10mm in there? 😂🤣Truly fantastic work Joe. Really love it.

[rondriaan]

Never thought about the fact that the Corvette had no storage space until now looking at youre model

[406 Silverado]

Jan 12, 2024 15:53:55 GMT -5 70 STING said:

Agreed. I ordered every close match they offered, but sadly, they looked too balloonish for my taste.

  Right??!! Really sucks too. Maybe on something bigger like a Charger R/T or similar.

Jan 12, 2024 16:32:16 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Is my 10mm in there? 😂🤣Truly fantastic work Joe. Really love it.

  No sir it aint. Only standard sockets for the Vette bro.   Thanks Kyle.

Jan 12, 2024 17:25:46 GMT -5 rondriaan said:

Never thought about the fact that the Corvette had no storage space until now looking at youre model

 I never knew that before I built this car either Ron. lol 

[kyledehart5]

Well I’m missing my 3/8 too. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[406 Silverado]

Jan 12, 2024 20:20:17 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Well I’m missing my 3/8 too. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

   Hey man......watch the tools bro. 

[406 Silverado]

I'm coming to the final stages of this build and grabbed for the inside and outside rearview mirrors to start working on them. Why.....oh why do modeling manufacturers do this? I've worked with countless mirrors and have never come across this.....until today. Un...frickin' believeable.

I'll be tossing the inside mirror and grabbing one from my spares and the outside....I'm going to have to do some fancy foot work with.

[tcoat]

Jan 14, 2024 9:02:46 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I'm coming to the final stages of this build and grabbed for the inside and outside rearview mirrors to start working on them. Why.....oh why do modeling manufacturers do this? I've worked with countless mirrors and have never come across this.....until today. Un...frickin' believeable.

I'll be tossing the inside mirror and grabbing one from my spares and the outside....I'm going to have to do some fancy foot work with.

Maybe the owner was just really concerned about blind spots. It is a Corvette after all.

[handiabled]

Gee... do they give a lame stupid looking "mirror" decal to put over that lovely ejector mark? My money is on you whipping it into shape buddy. Oh and if you need blind spot mirrors on a convertible you might want to see a chiropractor so you can actually turn your head

[eaglecash867]

That interior looks freakin' awesome Joe!  Don't know if you want to go the route of stripping and re-chroming those mirrors, but if you do that, you can just knock the edges off those pin marks on the mirror and then lay down a thin coat of epoxy to level it all out before re-chroming.

[406 Silverado]

Jan 14, 2024 9:16:26 GMT -5 eaglecash867 said:

That interior looks freakin' awesome Joe!  Don't know if you want to go the route of stripping and re-chroming those mirrors, but if you do that, you can just knock the edges off those pin marks on the mirror and then lay down a thin coat of epoxy to level it all out before re-chroming.

  Great minds think alike eagle and I'm not afraid of Alclad at all. I may just do that. 

[70 STING]

lol. You beat me to it tcoat

[406 Silverado]

Jan 14, 2024 10:32:24 GMT -5 70 STING said:

lol. You beat me to it tcoat

 You both funny guys!!