1/25 Revell Corvette ZR1

[Guest]

Hi all, this is my first "under construction " here

Bought this ages ago from Modelzone and it's just been sitting on a shelf so I thought I'd give it a go

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I wanted to do the 2012 centennial paint scheme which is gloss black like this

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Interior wise it's not having the two tone of the kit but the suede & Alcantara so I needed to Matt finish the dash & door panels, just a trial fit here after (almost) finishing the engine ( more about that later)

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Bodyshell has some lovely details but poor definition so after a quick spray of primer to highlight it's had a nice smoothing off and lost some of the sharp edges,

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But when you try and fit it all together the bonnet window is all wrong for a ZR1

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As the lexan window showing the intercooler is one of the cars stand out features and if it's wrong it will bug me, So my new plan is to fit the window them paint over giving me (almost) this car

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Which is a Z06 with the carbon body of the ZR1, only anomaly will be the front wing vents as the 7.0 litre in this car has more cooling than the supercharged ZR1

Need to Matt black these & do edges in red and re-do brake callipers to red, luckily both cars gave the same carbon discs

Will be next weekend before I do any more though

[john i am]

Like this nice work so far look forward to next installment

[Guest]

Done a little bit this evening, just a mask off and coat of dark primer, mainly to see if there's any more blemishes/poor seams.

Will leave until Saturday to cure & nib off

[Guest]

Nice paint work so far.

[eddiesolo]

Looking good.

Si

[Guest]

Looking good dave keep up the good work, i be watching this one with interest.

John

[Guest]

Just been rubbing down last night & a little earlier so no real noticeable things to update, just nibbling away with 3000 mostly and a little 1000 where there are some little lumps in the primer, can't have been as clean as I thought !

[Guest]

So here we are ready for body colour to be applied, been sanded, polished, washed & dried then a tack rag so hopefully no contaminants

And after a first coat of Tamiya metallic black

[Guest]

Not quite that shiny when dried !

[Guest]

Is that from a Tamiya rattle can Dave? I've found they often dry to a satin finish until the last coats of gloss varnish.

[Guest]

Hi dubster, yes it is. Had two coats, there's a few tiny blemishes need nibbling off before another coat & probably finish with tamiya pearlescent lacquer

Not looking forward to the windows :-(

[flyjoe180]

Nice paint work Dave

[Guest]

Looking tasty Dave!

[Guest]

Mmmm....every time is looking much better

[Guest]

Hi all, this is my first "under construction " hereBought this ages ago from Modelzone and it's just been sitting on a shelf so I thought I'd give it a go

I wanted to do the 2012 centennial paint scheme which is gloss black like this

Interior wise it's not having the two tone of the kit but the suede & Alcantara so I needed to Matt finish the dash & door panels, just a trial fit here after (almost) finishing the engine ( more about that later)

Bodyshell has some lovely details but poor definition so after a quick spray of primer to highlight it's had a nice smoothing off and lost some of the sharp edges,

But when you try and fit it all together the bonnet window is all wrong for a ZR1

As the lexan window showing the intercooler is one of the cars stand out features and if it's wrong it will bug me, So my new plan is to fit the window them paint over giving me (almost) this car

Which is a Z06 with the carbon body of the ZR1, only anomaly will be the front wing vents as the 7.0 litre in this car has more cooling than the supercharged ZR1

Need to Matt black these & do edges in red and re-do brake callipers to red, luckily both cars gave the same carbon discs

Will be next weekend before I do any more though