Hi folks.

I thought I might put in some time on a classic car build prior to the big event next year, and where better to start than the very first Corvette?

I eventually plan to build one of every years version of the 'Vette as I can find, with the late 60's being my favourite body shape.

There is a good little article HERE on the History Channel website detailing the people involved and the timeline.

I am building the 1/24th Revell boxing, pics below of the box, sprues and decals.








I have been on the road this week for work and managed some time with a basic tool set to make a start on the first few steps of the build.



No problems so far, parts all fit well and minimal cleanup of flash and mold lines required.

Cheers, D

Neat, from before it turned into a big fat sloppy excuse for a sports car.

Well that took 3 minutes. I knew it was inevitable, but had hoped for a bit longer before the MOPAR and FORD groupies chimed in!

Jealousy is a curse Mark, it's never too late to see the error of your ways and admit to the undeniable superiority of the Bowtie Brigade!

Cheers, D

Not quite, many of the earlier flavors, into the mid '70s were sleek sporty cars. And then that same Detroit disease that killed the T-Bird took over, they fattened it up for no good reason. The last two Vettes, C6 & C7 look like they took a good looking front end off of one prototype and crammed on the decent looking back end of another prototype, but the two ends just don't fit together. FWIW, I think they did the same thing with the new Camaro.

If I'm going to drop $75,000 on a sports car, I want one that can go fast, turn left AND right.

This should be a fun one Damian, being the Corvette lover that I am I'll be watching with interest

Excellent subject. I'm sure you will do this classic justice. At least, that is what I could say, if it wasn't for the big event next year. So I won't say it.

Thanks for the kind comments guys, good to know that folks are looking in!

Jesper, you don't need to say it, i know deep down there is a Chev fan just waiting to emerge.

Cheers, D

These were nice looking sports cars. Are you going with a street version of a race version?

Jim

Should build into a nice little model Damien. I will watch with interest.

Pete

I m following this one!

HEY! ITS A CHHEVY! ANIT IT?

bOB

I will stick with the street version Jim. I want to create a complete collection of 50's and 60's Corvettes in showroom condition, then I might move on to some race/strip/gasser versions to throw in the mix.

Cheers, D

This is gonna be nice, love those old Corvettes.

No build updates, but I took my 12yo son Josh to Motorclassica last weekend here in Melbourne and found this . . .







It's a 54, but the colours are the same as the 53 I am building, and it's just soooooooooo cool !

Cheers, D

I'm away from home for a couple of days for work so I dragged a couple of kits and some hardware along for the ride, including this one. I assembled the engine and gave it a brushed coat of Citadel CALEDOR SKY. Might not be perfectly accurate to the original colour but it looks close to me. I will detail paint the components later then give it a wash of thinned black enamel to gloss it up and pick out the highlights.




I have noticed in the instructions that I can build the '54 Vette from this kit as well, the only difference is the Carburettor, Air Cleaner and Valve Cover. It looks like I might have to pick another one of these kits up then. What a disappointing turn of events . . . . .

Good to see you making progress Damian.

I wonder why they called the engine the blue flame

Jesper, because even a 6-banger Chev breathes fire mate!





Cheers, D

The dark blotches on the paper, aren't they oil spill, from the blue spark?

Engine looks nice.

Jim

Hi folks. I dragged this one out of mothballs tonight and spent some time on masking for the interior colour. Tamiya X-7 acrylic Gloss Red was the first try, but I'm not really liking it. I am going to re-mask and dull it down with a drop of Red-Brown in the X-7 and re-paint tomorrow night.





Cheers, D

Reggies Custom Paintshop on the job. I took a spare jar and added the thinned X-7, then added drop by drop some XF-64 Red Brown until I hit a tone that looked ok.





Much more betterer! Still not perfect, but I like it.

Cheers, D

Looks like you hit that color very well Damian.

Hi Damian - nice job on the color matching!! I'll have send my color requests off to you in the future! You did what I just can't master!

Looking forward to your next post -
Cheers
Nick

Thanks for checking in here Nick. I am definitely very happy with the result on the colour, now I just need to get the difference in the gloss levels correct between the leather seats and the dashboard top.

Cheers, D

Hi Damian!

just found this build!

Looks like you have as protracted a build rate as I do

My Trans Am has been sitting on the shelf of doom for just as long as your 'vette

Look forward to seeing this one finished