Completed: Revell 2005 C6 Corvette
Eric Cole
09-05-2005, 08:16 PM
This is a kit I finished today. It's the Revell C6 Corvette. The model is painted in Tamiya Mica Red over Tamiya Italian Red, then cleared with Tamiya clear and poilshed. I stripped the chrome off the kit wheels and resprayed them with Tamiya Silver Leaf.
Overall, it's a decent kit. I had some fittment problems in the end. Once the hood hinge was on, the body wouldn't fit on the chassis like it should. The problem was that the hood hinge interered with the air-intake/filter on top of the engine. I removed the hinge but then the hood still wouldn't fit flush with the body so I removed the filter and glued the hood on, for the most part, making it curbside.
Still... it makes a decent shelf model. Thanks for looking.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1827.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1832.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1829.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1824.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1823.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1826.jpg
Overall, it's a decent kit. I had some fittment problems in the end. Once the hood hinge was on, the body wouldn't fit on the chassis like it should. The problem was that the hood hinge interered with the air-intake/filter on top of the engine. I removed the hinge but then the hood still wouldn't fit flush with the body so I removed the filter and glued the hood on, for the most part, making it curbside.
Still... it makes a decent shelf model. Thanks for looking.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1827.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1832.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1829.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1824.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1823.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y197/justdande/Completed%20Model%20Cars/2005%20Corvette/1826.jpg
blubaja
09-05-2005, 08:24 PM
Very realistic looking! The wheel slook good in silver too. Keep up the great work!
Cobra Colors
09-05-2005, 08:30 PM
Looks great! Lotsa gloss on the finish.
ZoomZoomMX-5
09-05-2005, 08:36 PM
Looks great :sunglasse
Sorry to hear about the fitment issues. I'm so disgusted w/all the paint problems recently I'm laying off models for awhile.
Sorry to hear about the fitment issues. I'm so disgusted w/all the paint problems recently I'm laying off models for awhile.
Dean23
09-05-2005, 08:39 PM
Wow color looks great, great job on the wheels as well. Im about 3/4 done my c6 and lost interest. some fitment issues as well, with the hood closing.
99civichic
09-06-2005, 01:45 AM
Amazing paint job! I'm...amazed. And your tips look great! What did you do, are they the kit peices? I like the brakes too.
BRE350Z
09-06-2005, 08:20 AM
Looks absolutely great, the use of a red base coat and the Mica red makes the paint look miles deep, sorry to hear about the hood issues.
Eric Cole
09-06-2005, 09:15 AM
Thanks to everyone for all the compliments....
Amazing paint job! I'm...amazed. And your tips look great! What did you do, are they the kit peices? I like the brakes too.
Thanks 99civichic, the tips are the turned metal tips that come with the kit and I painted the inside with flat black. The brakes are also kit brakes painted with tamiya silver leaf spray and washed with a testors thinned flat black enamel.
Amazing paint job! I'm...amazed. And your tips look great! What did you do, are they the kit peices? I like the brakes too.
Thanks 99civichic, the tips are the turned metal tips that come with the kit and I painted the inside with flat black. The brakes are also kit brakes painted with tamiya silver leaf spray and washed with a testors thinned flat black enamel.
sjelic
09-06-2005, 09:33 AM
Very nice paint job.
Jaimenew
09-06-2005, 09:50 AM
Great work and looks very clean
Great picts.
Great picts.
klutz_100
09-06-2005, 09:58 AM
Great shine on that! Looks really nice.
Turned metal tips in the kit? That's unusual for Revell, I guess.
Turned metal tips in the kit? That's unusual for Revell, I guess.
ales
09-06-2005, 10:51 AM
Too many shiny, Eric! :cool: Love it.
Merkava
09-06-2005, 11:38 AM
Bee-Yoo-Tee-Full! I love the paint, and the rims are much nicer than the stock chrome. Great job detailing the brakes and all, pity about the engine, though. Still, nice work!
blueboost
09-06-2005, 01:13 PM
wow, I could sink into that luscious red paint. Beautiful work.
CADguy
09-06-2005, 05:58 PM
Looks awesome!
The kit wheels look good repainted.
The kit wheels look good repainted.
amusegt1
09-06-2005, 07:10 PM
clean and nice! :sunglasse like the C6 in red. Really like those tailpipes btw :smokin: .
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