2012 Corvette Convertible C6 - wip

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April 7, 2020
The candidates for the build.
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April 7, 2020
The plan is only to keep the convertible body of theAMT kit and put it over the Revell kit
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April 7, 2020
Who wants to take a look under that body (white)? You see what I mean.
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April 7, 2020
After some cutting and sanding, the parts in the way for the new Chassis are gone.
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April 7, 2020
The "under the hood hood" is gone.
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April 7, 2020
It's astonishing, how good the interior fits! Remember: only the body is AMT. The rest is Revell.
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April 7, 2020
The inner wheelhouse fits perfect in it's dimensions!
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April 7, 2020
Also the interior of the engine compartment. Without any pressure!
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April 7, 2020
Chassis? Piece of cake 😎
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April 7, 2020
The only missfitting is the rear underthing. A little to short. But take a look to the stand of the wheel. Incredible.
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April 7, 2020
A small gap to the wheelhouse / rockerpanel.
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April 7, 2020
If only the wholes weren't there for the screws I'd take the rear part of the AMT kit. Let's think this over.
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April 7, 2020
Doublecheck the other way: AMT into Revell 😉
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May 7, 2020
I decided to drill out the holes of the rear Lights to use the nicer lights of the Revell Corvette. a) they have a nicer texture b) they are tinted red already
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November 1, 2020
Some cutting and glueing. Preparing the components for painting.
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November 1, 2020
Always interesting, how the Revell chassis fits under the AMT body
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November 1, 2020
Also under the hood.
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May 2, 2021
The filler is done
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May 13, 2021
Some parts are painted.
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October 20, 2021
Base color is painted.
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October 20, 2021
Mostly parts are painted too.
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October 20, 2021
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November 7, 2021
Clear coat day 🙂
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November 26, 2021
The second layer of clear coat is done.
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January 2, 2022
Engine compartment is done.
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January 2, 2022
Chassis is done too.
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January 2, 2022
Body is ready for mounting onto the chassis.
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January 2, 2022
I'm not satisfied with the stance of the front wheels. On the left side it's pretty cool lowered but the wheel is to much to the rear. It touches the inner fender.
On the right side it is to high at all.

Comments

6 7 April 2020, 18:14

Christian W
The parts are glued and prepared for the paint job.

1 November 2020, 21:04

István Szücs
Nice, I'm watching!

2 November 2020, 14:28

Christian W
No picture so far.
I glued on the front and rear bumper. At the rear I need some work because the bumper is tiny wider than the body. I checked the fitting of all the components again and declare: it is ready to paint.

22 March 2021, 04:59

István Szücs
It's good to see some progress!

22 March 2021, 12:27

Christian W
Thank you!
I hope to get some paint on it to the weekend.

22 March 2021, 15:01

Nigel Chapman
Interesting. A lot of the new Italeri kits do not have engines

23 March 2021, 12:56

István Szücs
Nigel: I didn't see new car kit many years. They have Fujimi (new Fiat 500), old Protar and old Esci kits.

23 March 2021, 13:06

Nigel Chapman
That might explain things thanks Istvan.

23 March 2021, 17:48

István Szücs
You're welcome (and sorry for my bad English)

23 March 2021, 19:57

Nigel Chapman
Don't worry your English is fine

23 March 2021, 20:40

Christian W
If there is "Showroomreplica" written on AMT / ERTL boxes, the kit doesn't have an engine too. In early years the manufacturers called them "Promos" 😉
I avoid them generally. But in this case I bought it because the kit by Revell (also only as snap kit: Corvette C6 Convertible (Revell 85-1950, 1:25) or 2005 Corvette C6 Convertible (Revell 85-1930, 1:25)) weren't available anywhere.

That the things under the body are fitting that good under the body was a positive try.

24 March 2021, 05:16

Chaz Gordon
I've fortunately only come across a few kits without engine detail. Over the years, I think I've ended up with three kits, not realizing until I opened the box that they were basic. These were a BMW 3 series, a Williams F1, and a Lancia Stratos which has the low detail top and bottom plate style engine. I've intentionally bought a couple of others despite the low detail because of limited choice for the Subject, the Italeri Transit, A Capri Turbo, and the Italeri Volvo 760. I've also got a few die casts that I plan to upgrade the engine bay on. Having some success with taking a resin mould from a kit engine, I'm reviewing the engines in every kit in my stash as masters. So far, I have identified Big & Small block chevys and fords, Ford Pinto 4 pot, Ford V6 that will pass for an essex or cologne. i also have a hemi and a good selection of blowers and injection manifolds. I'm now looking for a good late LS pattern, but I want one with the transmission up front.

26 March 2021, 00:02

Chaz Gordon
This conversion is looking great so far.

26 March 2021, 00:06

Christian W
Thank you!

Some steps further to the end. Today was paint day. The body needs clear coat and I can put it together.

20 October 2021, 19:09

Christian W
It is nearly completed. I have to adjust the front wheels.

2 January 2022, 12:19

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This will be a kitbashing. I only have the "showroom replica" by AMT. It could be fine only to put it in the shelf when it's done. But I don't want to miss to show an engine or the detailed undercarriage when there is a need to. So I figured out that the proportions of the AMT is exactly fitting to the good Revell kit. So I got a donor kit of Revell where the body is painted yellow by hand with a brush :/ The rest of the kit is untouched.

So that's the plan:
Take the body of the AMT, cut out the right hole for the engine compartment and put all the Revell parts under the body. We will see how this works out 🙂

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