2012 Corvette Convertible C6 - wip
The candidates for the build.
The plan is only to keep the convertible body of theAMT kit and put it over the Revell kit
Who wants to take a look under that body (white)? You see what I mean.
After some cutting and sanding, the parts in the way for the new Chassis are gone.
The "under the hood hood" is gone.
It's astonishing, how good the interior fits! Remember: only the body is AMT. The rest is Revell.
The inner wheelhouse fits perfect in it's dimensions!
Also the interior of the engine compartment. Without any pressure!
Chassis? Piece of cake 😎
The only missfitting is the rear underthing. A little to short. But take a look to the stand of the wheel. Incredible.
A small gap to the wheelhouse / rockerpanel.
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.
Doublecheck the other way: AMT into Revell 😉
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
Some cutting and glueing. Preparing the components for painting.
Always interesting, how the Revell chassis fits under the AMT body
Also under the hood.
The filler is done
Some parts are painted.
Base color is painted.
Mostly parts are painted too.
Clear coat day 🙂
The second layer of clear coat is done.
Engine compartment is done.
Chassis is done too.
Body is ready for mounting onto the chassis.
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.
On the right side it is to high at all.
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5 May 2024, 03:50 -
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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 🙂
