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Post by mrmike on Mar 20, 2022 11:24:26 GMT -5
Since I am on a sports car fling, my new project is one that I had started on about 3-4 years ago. The '68 Corvette ragtop roadster! I don't remember how I ended up with the kit, but I really wasn't a fan of the large hood bulge. Years ago, I was talking to the late Barry Fadden about this kit and how I didn't like the hood and he offered me a regular performance hood from an AMT '71 454 Corvette and I tried it on the body when I got home and it did fit, but it was a little short. I have been working on this hood for a while and I may have it were I want it to be. I was originally going to paint this '68 Vette with Model Master Nassau Blue Metallic Lacquer, but I kept imagining a dark green and I settled on Model Master British Racing Green Enamel. Now, my luck with old Testors/Model Master enamel spray paint is not very good, so I will try my best with what I have and if this doesn't work, I will have to find an alternative. This Vette will be built kind of stock. The tires I might use are from the Monogram '55 Chevy Street Machine or the AMT Pad Printed Goodyear tires.    More Corvette to come... |
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Post by Jcon on Mar 21, 2022 9:46:07 GMT -5
I'm in!!!
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Post by mrmike on Mar 22, 2022 8:52:38 GMT -5
Thanks Joe! I assembled the basic engine and went to paint it. The Model Master Acrylic Enamel paint I had picked up was old and needed to be thinned. I thinned the paint with Acryl Thinner and now I will strip the paint from the engine and repaint it. When I wire an engine, I usually drill out the distributor and add my wires. This distributor has a mounting pin just under the distributor cap and I drilled it out, added a short piece of 1/8th inch styrene tube and then I glued in the pin. Now I can add my wires.    More Corvette to come... |
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Post by tubbs on Mar 23, 2022 6:25:22 GMT -5
nice. i like these big block vettes. going to be a nice build.
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Post by mrmike on Mar 23, 2022 8:15:39 GMT -5
Thanks Al! As much as some people would like the ultimate Corvette, I like some of the "lesser" cars better than the "ultimate".
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Post by tubbs on Mar 24, 2022 6:15:03 GMT -5
oh, you mean like the only 3 made ZL1 corvette? i had one, wasn't all that. traded it for a 68 383 road runner. haha, i hear you loud and clear my friend.
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Post by mrmike on Mar 24, 2022 8:27:01 GMT -5
If you were a collector, then holding on to the ZL1 Corvette would have been a good choice, but you do like to drive them and trading the Vette for the Roadrunner was a good idea!
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Post by mrmike on Mar 24, 2022 11:54:10 GMT -5
I left the engine covered in Easy-Off Oven Cleaner for a couple of days since I had to do other things. In other words, life got in the way. I washed the engine this morning and I got 99% of the paint off and I have been scraping any other loose particules off. Now to repaint the engine after I drill for plug wires.    More Corvette to come... |
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Post by Jcon on Mar 24, 2022 20:22:38 GMT -5
That works!!!
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Post by mrmike on Mar 26, 2022 8:46:26 GMT -5
The 427 CI engine is wired and assembled. I ran some wires through the ignition shield and ran them to the cylinder heads. All that work done on the distributor and I didn't use it, but I did add a piece of 1/16 inch styrene rod to under the distributor shield to the back of the intake manifold. That sparked the question, is the shield a part of the 1:1 air cleaner or is it a separate item? The air cleaner I found was on the part sprue, but not listed in the instructions. This air cleaner is for a "lesser" 427 engine which I have created.    More Corvette to come... |
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Post by Jcon on Mar 26, 2022 13:08:18 GMT -5
Looks good to me!!!
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Post by mrmike on Mar 26, 2022 21:09:02 GMT -5
Thanks Joe!
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Post by mrmike on Mar 27, 2022 8:51:55 GMT -5
I have never liked the alternator/generator hanging in the air and I tried to make a bracket for that. It's not bad and probably a bit larger than it should be, but I did make a bracket for the alternator. Now to clean it up, finalize the shape and paint it!    More Corvette to come... |
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Post by Jcon on Mar 27, 2022 10:06:00 GMT -5
Nice fix!!!
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Post by mrmike on Mar 27, 2022 13:39:47 GMT -5
Thanks Joe!
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