Corvette Summer Stingray in 1/25 scale

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white_R34

11-02-2007, 12:23 AM

blubaja

11-02-2007, 12:44 AM

The transformation is coming along very nice man!

mikemechanic

11-02-2007, 12:49 AM

Great start. I remember this movie from when I was a kid, I always loved this car. I saw the movie recently and realized how customized this car really was. It wasn't until I saw the movie recently that I noticed it was right hand drive. I'll really be watching how the hood comes together as I think this is the focal point of the whole car. Will you be doing the bitchin van too?

Mike

energon

11-02-2007, 12:50 AM

I never liked that corvette, but it looks like you're doing an amazing job replicateing it so far!!! Keep it up!

zak78

11-02-2007, 01:00 AM

Hehe, Corvette Summer is proof that the "riceboy" mentality of overdone, garish style was present waaaaaay before the first Civic with a 4-foot Supra wing!

Awesome transformation though. The engine is looking great and you're going to have something truly unique when you're done. You're doing a great job of scratchbuilding. You are very brave to freehand!

white_R34

11-02-2007, 01:21 AM

Yes Mike the Van to inside an out, I'm going to use the 70's van to do it. Oh ya the A-Team van is hard to come by. As for (It's a Datsun!!!!!) I'm going to do that car to. thanks every one. I think i got the hood I'll post tomorrow .......well later to day. "I'm sleepy" Good night all............................................... ................................

willimo

11-02-2007, 02:08 AM

Very cool! Your work is going well, and it's cool to see a build of this car. I don't think I've ever seen or heard of anyone building it. I'm glad you are - brave enough to tackle it and skilled enough to do it. If I remember correctly, the hood was asymmetrical? I might be way off on that, but if it is, what a favor to model building! I think the nose might be a little to long, if I might make a little critique. In the screen shot of the car from above and to it's right, the nose seems to be not much longer, if at all, than the car's stock shape. Otherwise, you've got it spot on! I will be watching this eagerly! Keep it up.

klutz_100

11-02-2007, 03:40 AM

I haven't got a clue about the movie - but it doesn't matter a damn :D

Very enjoyable to watch you going about bringing your idea to life :thumbsup:
Good luck and I'll be cheering you along.

deltableh

11-02-2007, 12:56 PM

Excellent fabricating skills and work.

rsxse240

11-02-2007, 12:59 PM

man, I'm VERY excited about this build, I can't wait to see it progress!

Barris did quite a job on the real car, and it appears you are definitely doing it justice.

Hawk312

11-02-2007, 01:24 PM

This is kinda funny, but soooo cool! I`m looking forward to seeing this one done too!

proosen

11-02-2007, 02:06 PM

Hi!

Great build of a really weird looking 'Vette. Never the less you're on a roll.
Not to disencourage you, but you're not the first to build it.
A fellow modeller here in Sweden (Hans Kihlén) built it in the 80's (I think?) and you can see it on the first page from Mini-Meet 2005 (http://niclasproos.fotopic.net/c702219.html) in Västerås, a small town in Sweden.

Good luck on your quest.
Niclas

Edit:
Found a picture that Hans himself has put up on Wheels Magazine
http://www.wheelsmagazine.se/img/photo/large/f6818c3a938bc4a3c985180dcfea3894.jpg

white_R34

11-02-2007, 07:35 PM

Thanks for showint modeling from over there. An no I'm not disencouraged I'm just going to do my best to get the model as close to the 1:1 car as I can. Some things rong on his car.
1. The T-top should come off.
2. On the hood Scoop on the (looking at the hood head on) left there are 6 vents not 5.
3. On the bowtie it said (Stingray)
4. The color is spot on for the Promo car from the EBay Auction.
5. The pipes coming from the engine and out the side are right on but the long side pipe is not right.
6. the side rear view mirrors are close but the mirror arm was chrome.
7. The Interior was tan or some type of light brown not FL- Black.
8. T-Top clear color was smoke black not amber.
9. No mesh screan's in the vents.
As for doing it first my hat's off to him in Sweden. As for me I'm in the U.S. (Where the car comes from)and I want to do the car the best I car not just to be the first but be the first to get it dead on, and be the first in the US. Hay don't think I'm mad or any thing I'm glad you showed it.
As for that hood I think your some what right Will but it's the one thing that I dreded doing I think I mite try doing it over.
Here's a link to see the Promo car from the Ebay Auction:
http://www.mamotorworks.com/mygarage/cars/corvettesummer.html

Ok guy's I have looked over the length of the nose and Will's right on I must short'in it a bit. I'll be posting the new pix tonight but first I need to walk my dog. Vent's are done and I will post soon(Be right back).

tigeraid

11-02-2007, 09:46 PM

god I hate that car with every fibre of my being. The 70s was a horrible time.

The quality of your build appears to be great so far though. :p

Rye 21

11-03-2007, 09:23 AM

I love this car. You should mold it outta resin!!! I would buy at least two!!! Looks wicked good so far!!!

white_R34

11-03-2007, 11:47 PM

tigeraid

11-04-2007, 11:03 AM

SO ugly.... but man, it's a study in styrene fabrication, that's for sure. :D

Enzoenvy1

11-05-2007, 04:18 PM

I laughed my ass off when I saw this thread!!! I am an absolute fan of this movie and this car because it was so damn ugly!!! I used to search for it on dish years ago just to show my woman and others how cool (uncool) the movie was. That car was a fiberglass nightmare back then but damn is it cool. I so want to watch the movie now and that is good to me, lol. This build is coming along great!!! Styrene is the best thing for modeling, period. No other product allows us to make these things. I am so glad to see this you have no idea!!! 5 stars hands down!

Rye 21

11-06-2007, 11:27 AM

Looks great so far, I'm telling ya man. If you cast that in resin, I'll be breaking out my wallet for two of em. One like the red one, and one like the gold one when it was stolen. I'm telling ya!!!!

Enzoenvy1

11-06-2007, 05:14 PM

Looks great so far, I'm telling ya man. If you cast that in resin, I'll be breaking out my wallet for two of em. One like the red one, and one like the gold one when it was stolen. I'm telling ya!!!!

Seriously x2

white_R34

11-06-2007, 08:48 PM

Enzoenvy1

11-07-2007, 11:41 AM

Glad you redid the nose on this. I was gonna say something but who am I, lol. Looks much better though.

drunken monkey

11-07-2007, 12:13 PM

maybe you should've spent the half hour it would've taken to measure and draw everything out properly before cutting and glueing, especially seeing as you say you want it to be accurate.
From what I can see, the bonnet "thing" is not exactly symmetrical and the intakes and vents are far from being uniform.

white_R34

11-08-2007, 12:46 AM

OK drinken monkey you seam to know a lot so you tell me how am I to measure a 1:1 car the a I have no physical contact with. An I did draw it out first time but like any thing we all make mistakes. An the Bowtie thing as you called it is close as I could get it Free handed I am going back a sand it in to shape.
I guess you draw every thing out on your PC first an make shore every thing is exactly symmetrical. Well I dont have a big time PC software program to help me be exactly symmetrical. (HAY!!!!) where is tha fun in doing a project like your a Company. I'm small fry here. there are a lot of modeler's out there that do there best with what they have and make some mistakes from time to time. As for me trying to get it as close as I can to the Real car I think I'm doing ok. As for your commints I see you don't like the car. an that's cool by be. I'd love to see your work. I guess every thing you do is exactly symmetrical, I realy need to see how it's done by a master like you!

drunken monkey

11-08-2007, 09:06 AM

Not measure the car, measure your styrene.
You are also perhaps a little too messy in your cutting of the styrene which results in their non-uniformity.
If you take a little more time to be tidier in the first place, you wouldn't have to spend so much time afterwards fixing it.
It's all about what you would accept from what you do. Me, if it aint right, I would do it again until it is right.

Being symmetrical here is only a matter of making templates of one side of the shape and flipping it around. I didn't say bowtie, I said bonnet. The thing I was refering to was the bump/bulge/thiny. The line done the front is way off and this will take you more time to fix after you've built it than it will to get it right in the first place. This will be more true if there is no material underneath the join there to support it.

And so we get back to the "show us what you can do" thing.
If I can't do better, is that an excuse for you not to not do better?

Where did you get that I don't like the car?

white_R34

11-08-2007, 01:38 PM

Your commints say a lot on where you stand one this build. Have you ever bean told if you don't have any thing good to say a bout a thing don't say any thing at all. I guess if your lived way back in the past and saw vincent van gogh painting and some of his work is not as you put if exactly symmetrical you would have a problem with if to. Doing a custom Vehicle is some time not an exact art, as for word and the way we speek them your in (tha) = the (UK)= United Kingdom I'm in the (US)=United States. Your say Pub we say Bar, you say tele .............ok LOL I don't realy know what that means is it telephone or television; as I herd it (I got it off the tele) I'm lost on that one LOL. An you like of weard American cars is not that strong. an that's OK. I takeing the time to look through your file and (Not like you) I'm not going to put down on any thing you have done in any way. Rather your work is "exactly symmetrical" or not. I Like the your Ferrari Dino, as well as your Jag's. Your Vette was realy well done. But remember you have read that there are folks on here that are willing to buy a resin for of my car an as long as they like what I have to give that's all that matters to me. An that's the end of "this" issue. Now back to more Vette building.

Now that I like the way the nose look's I'm going to start on putting on the putty and sand is smooth. then I'm going to sand of all the ruf parts on the inside an make the first mold. Once I start that I will post every thing I do from the making of the head lights cups to the making of the molds. You know now that I think of it the mold will have to be in 3 part's for the body an my be 2 part's for the hood. Oh and one more thing I'm thinking of making a mold of the hood scoop by it self to see if I one day can make a New Version of this car out of the 2007 vette. Even if the car look like a cross between a vette an a ferrari. A lot of us over here in the us say that about the "new vette."

drunken monkey

11-08-2007, 01:58 PM

All I was doing was trying to point out an area that needs more work and time before you get too far into this. If you choose to take it as a personal attack, so be it. I have been working in art/design/architecture for the past 6 odd years, not including study years. It is practice to point out the bad things so people know where and what needs work. It is in part why critical assessment sessions (shortened to "crits") are often the most dreaded part of any study and professional practice. If no one told you what was "wrong" what good is it?
Anyway, no water and all that (whatever that saying is...)

By the way, you mean to say that the search is working for you?
It hasn't worked for me in months.

white_R34

11-09-2007, 02:10 AM

That's no water under the bridge. Like we say here in tha US talk to Da HAND!!!! LOL

prortiz80

11-09-2007, 06:42 AM

I would like to be on that waitting list for the resin.......The last time i seen that movie. It was on tv and i was really young. This movie is the reason why i love cars today Since i seen your thread i spent all my time trying to find the movie and buy it so that way one day i could show it to my son. Thank You...

carl63_99

11-09-2007, 10:49 AM

First I think this is shaping up to be a pretty good build. As the owner of the real car said, this thing is ugly, but people can't take their eyes off it.

Modeling IS about trying things and learning while building. It IS a HOBBY! People who cut others down for not being up to their standards need to STFU. The only place that kind of judgement is acceptable is on the contest table and then only if it's done constructively.

Additionally, if you read the articles with the movies producers, they say they specifically made the car NOT of the highest quality so it WOULD look like something someone did in a high school auto shop.

I am looking forward to seeing this model done and applaud white for taking on the task. Build on, its looking fine.

drunken monkey

11-09-2007, 11:13 AM

OK, yes, fine.
I'll STFU.
From now on, if I ever see anything on anyone's builds that might need a bit of fixing before they prime and paint or cast it, I'll keep it to myself and just chuckle to myself when they come back later and mention how it isn't quite right but it's too late to fix it.

rsxse240

11-09-2007, 02:18 PM

No matter what, someone will find something somone else says offensive. It all depends on your own mood when you read it. When I read it, it did sound a bit harsh, or rather, direct and to the point, with no "softening agents" so to speak.

Now that all that blah blah blah is over with....build that dang vette! haha

I think re-doing the front end was a smart move. Drunk monkey is correct, in saying the vents in the hood scoop are a bit out of shape from one another, but I wouldn't have really noticed had someone else not pointed it out. It still looks good.

Rye 21

11-17-2007, 12:01 PM

Get any more done?

white_R34

11-18-2007, 09:58 PM

First I needed to get the A160 out the way now I'm back on the vette. I have to come up with away to have the hood flip up and make it so I can make a ez mold of it. Once that part is done I will put on the putty an sand then make the mold of the body,hood. All the thing's that I do I will post the pix of.

white_R34

12-07-2007, 04:47 PM

:frown: Sorry it has taking so long to get back to you all but I'm closing in on the end.
So far I went to doing my putty work I started out with Testors White putty to fill mager gap's, thin I went back over it with the same putty to fill in the low spot's an dip's, but :banghead: I did not get that smooth feel that I needed so I have gone over the white putty with Testors Red putty to fill in the realy small dip's & crack's it smooths out better. I went back an put in the (Windshield brace) that's what I call it. the white plastic rod was use is to push the body a-part (Once I removed it the first time to do body work the hood would not fit properly. Now that's it's back in the hood fit's just right. As for the last sanding I have to do you see the image here. Once I get it smooth, I then will do a mold of the hood first. I have a guy here that want's the hood scoop for a truck he's work on.
Well with out further adieu here are the latest image's of my work.
(Oh yes sins AF dosen't like you to do back to back post's I had to start a new thread.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up102.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up103.jpg

:nono: I know some of you are going to say I should use some othere type of putty like Tamiya or something. I have not used that yet but I will start trying it in the Future. As for this project the stuff I have used here is working ok for now.

Rye 21

12-09-2007, 08:32 PM

Looks great!!! Cant wait to get my hands on one!

white_R34

12-16-2007, 02:16 AM

Ok you guys & girls here's a up date. I not have the frount windscreen brace done. I "GOOFED" up on one part of the build the rear gass door I filled it in. an yesterday I was looking at the move and saw that the door on the gold one as well as the red one was still there.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up108.jpg

So I had to go back a scrape out the lines. Now that I have done that I think doing it make's the lines around the gass door look better than before.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up109.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up110.jpg

An as you can see on the gold one the door is stock.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up111.jpg
I know some of you my be thinking, what about the checkerd flag emblem on the gass door I'm going to use MCG photo-etch set for that on the gold one.

An here's some thing I found out, (like one of you pointed out) The move car was build to look like a kid in high school built it an some of you said that some of my stuff was way off LOL well the nose of the real car was off.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up107.jpg
so now that my nose is just right.On to the hood vint's, I fix one of them and It was not the one's some of you thought it was; well any way the one I fixed made all the othere's fall in line.

Now on to the rear tail light the Logo Sting Ray is not like the original '69 Sting Ray it's custom like a kid did it.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up105.jpg

I'm going to put on some Testor gray primer #4630 just be for I mold the two body parts.

willimo

12-16-2007, 03:58 PM

This is coming along great! I'm really enjoying this build, good work, silly car but kitschy enough to be cool anyway!

quadzero

12-16-2007, 10:04 PM

That is one impressive engine you made there. I really like all the brackets and lines. The hood with all those vents and angles and edges looks really daunting but very interesting, you must have a lot of patience. Looking forward to seeing it with paint on it. Althou I have known about this movie for years I havent seen it yet. It sure is such an interesting model that I might just have to watch the movie now.

white_R34

12-20-2007, 07:17 PM

Ok Here's the car in it's primer stage.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up116.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up115.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up117.jpg

Now there's a small line on the side of the shark nose in the that I need to fill in first image, Then I'm going to make the first mold.

Enzoenvy1

12-20-2007, 08:16 PM

I have to admit there are a ton of talented builders here, but this is completely bad ass to me! I am so glad that you have made this build. Like I mentioned before, I am so into this movie/car. I completely bow to this build as it is awesome. You still gonna cast it?

Now, just build a scale Mark Hamill, Kim Milford and Annie Potts then you are done. Wait, you gotta build the Stang in it as well. Then set up the final showdown in the desert with the broken down Vegas road. I think I need to watch this movie again asap.

white_R34

12-20-2007, 10:20 PM

As for the trans am a lot of people tell me to do that car to. Here's a list of the cars I'm going to do after this one is done.
1. The Move car itself The Red Corvette Summer (Stingray)
2. The Stolen Stingray in Gold color
3. The Vanessa Love Van! (Chevy Van)
4. The "It's a Datsun" Datsun 280 ZX colored like the red vette.
5. The Black Phatom Trans Am.

I'm not going to do the teacher's Suburban Truck color (Tow tone Light brown/Dark brown) I think the car's I listed are the top car's from the move. what do you all think?

If any of you that want to get your hand's on one of my Stingray Resin kit's. Please E-mail me So I can how many body cast's I need to make. Now I know about the guy from Australia his on the top of my Export list. But as for the US I need to hear some thing from all of you. But I still have some E-mail's from some of you on here. Once I get the first mold's done I will post the resin copy's for you to look at. Now I have to ask you the one's that want the kit? Do you want the full kit that's the 2 body parts seats side pipe's Head lights & tail lights. stuff like that or to you just want the body? That's the hood an rear body.
Let me know just what your looking for. in an E-Mail.

white_R34

12-28-2007, 01:18 PM

Hello all an "Happy new year" Well I'm now working on the mold's, I know what some of you are thinking what is taking so long. I have a lot of projets that I'm working on now that's what.
Well the firts body part (Hood) molde is in progress and pix.
1. In this pic I see that I needed to add more rubber to the mold.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up118.jpg

Once that was done I let dry over night.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up119.jpg

Now it's time to put on the Rubber to Rubber mold release. ( you can get it in a full kit or get in by it self. (The one that comes in the kit is on the left)-(The one on the Right you get off the store self).
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up120.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Corvette_Summer-Build-up121.jpg

As this is my first Body mold, Now I see why resin model's cost so much. It takes a lot of rubber to make the molds'; well once that is dry I will put on the sec. layer then i will start to make the hood's from that mold. Then I will do the body next.

white_R34

12-29-2007, 02:01 PM

Enzoenvy1

12-29-2007, 03:41 PM

Whatya sorry for this is great!!! I need to grow the you know what to try and cast something. I really think I am going to buy one if you sell it!!!!

Edit:Crap, I forgot what donor car I would need. I guess I can read from the beginning, lol.

white_R34

01-16-2008, 09:07 PM

willimo

01-20-2008, 02:12 PM

On a right hand drive car, the pedals are arranged the same as on a left hand drive car. No matter which side of the car the steering wheel is on, it's clutch -> brake -> gas from left to right.

Otherwise, looking great! I can't wait to see how the cast comes out, and the final products.

Rye 21

02-03-2008, 02:41 PM

When Can I buy one of these?

white_R34

03-21-2008, 10:23 PM

white_R34

03-26-2008, 01:36 AM

Big Kahuna

03-26-2008, 10:55 AM

It's great car (if you like the 70's look). Your model looks good, however, why oh why did you rush the casting of the seats and dash without cleaning them up. The copies look so rough it detracts from all your good work so far.

prortiz80

03-26-2008, 12:54 PM

WOW...........is all i can say. Cant wait to see them done and you selling the resin of it

thadude

03-26-2008, 02:08 PM

Gotta give you loads of props and my personal repsect for that scratchwork on the front end!
Not realy my taste but its realy REALY well done :)
Also the engine detial is outstanding ;)

white_R34

03-26-2008, 05:40 PM

Big Kahuna Your right about the interiors I'm working on a quick fix now. Yes I'll be making a Resin body kit after I'm done.

Big Kahuna

03-27-2008, 11:19 AM

Still great work man. What you have done looks fantastic.

I loved the movie when it came out(although I was about 8 or so.)

white_R34

03-29-2008, 03:41 PM

Hay Big Kahuna I was looking at the move last night an I see that the interior and the seats are not all in a leather look so I went back and Flocked the seats and sanded the front part of the dash all I have to do now is paint it.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects47.jpg

I also went back over the head lights to make them look the right way. On the Real car the lights sit back pass the side turn lights So I added on to them and made them thicker and know I will mold them.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects44.jpg
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects45.jpg

Ok I have the Fire Wall caps built now it's time to paint them.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects42.jpg

I was look in through my spare tire box to get some tires that fit the wheel's I'm using as the one you have seen in the images I have posted are to big and I only have the one set.
See the small gap around the outer edge of the wheel:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects39.jpg

I tryed AMT truck tires and don't like the look.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects40.jpg

((AHHHHH))!!! found a two sets I like and there both Good Years. I don't know what kit they come from yet. I will let you all know once I find that out.
Oh I also made some resin copys of the wheels so both cars will have the same look.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects41.jpg

Ok I do a lot of paint jobs I don't know why this one is hard for me but this is the two ways I could do the job you all let me know if you think I'm on the right track.
Ok My paint job styles. I can paint the mane car that will be the red one.
1. You can paint the body Met. Gold base, Let dry then mask the flam images off and paint a clear candy red over the Met. Gold base pull off the mask, let dry all of it dry. Re mask the edge of the flam and put your airbrush on fine setting and paint around the edge of the mask with clear Orange and then a Clear cot over it as your last step pull off the las mask and that is it for that way.

2. You can paint the body witha Met. Gold base let dry., Next paint over the Met Gold wht clear candy red Let dry. Mask the flam images on the now dry Cl.red.
Paint the Met Gold over the red let dry and re mask only the edge of the flam paint around the edges of the new masked places with Cl. Orange pull off and put on a Clear cot over it.

So you all tell me what you think.
Oh and as for the Stolin car from the move it was just painted a solid Gold color and that will be the first one I do.
Here's the Red I want to use over the Met gold base on the Red vette.
This is a project that I used the same paint job tha I will use on my vettes.
Gold Base:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/CustomDodge_Project6.jpg

Clear Tamiya Red over the Gold Base:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/CustomDodge_Project13.jpg

The paint I want to use for this paint jobs are:
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects46.jpg

So you all tell me what you think about how I should pait the red one, I will paint the gold one first as it's paint job is the easy one to do.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects43.jpg
Oh and one last thing befor I let you all go I will have to plate the T-Top base as I don't think trying to wrap foil around it will work well so I'm going to use Alclad II Chrome ALC 107.
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t248/White_r34/WIPs%20Car%20and%20Truck%20types/Corvette%20Summer%20Stingray/Twin-stingrays_Projects50.jpg

The next images will be of the full rolling finished chassis and the painted bodys. I need to get to work on the paint jobs right now.
"Later"

prortiz80

03-30-2008, 01:03 AM

I love the clear red over the gold....... thank you i didnt think of that thats the right color i was looking for.......... better than any other other i seen

mrawl

03-30-2008, 01:42 AM

I have no idea how you're gonna do that paint job, but if you pull it off it will be incredible. Would decals help out? Well, I guess I'd try painting it too - you gotta suffer for your hobby :)

rsxse240

03-30-2008, 07:33 PM

Get one of THESE (http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=83651) and cut some very THIN tape for pin striping.

Now, here's how to go about it:
First, paint both cars gold (as you stated the "stolen" version was not shiny, right?)
Next, lay out the pinstripe tape that you cut with your parallel cutter on the gold paint. WARNING! if the gold paint is not a lacquer based, or some kind of durable single stage paint, the tape will mess up the finish of the gold, so a clear coat may be necessary for the tape to work on the gold finish.*
Then, mask the body where the lighter red will be by laying some good masking tape right over your pin stripe mask work, and VERY CAREFULLY cut the tape to expose the area that will be dark red.
Now, spray the dark red, let it dry for an hour or until it can be handled VERY LIGHTLY! carefully score the red paint where the top layer of tape and your pinstripe tape meet to prevent the paint from pulling up when you lift the tape.
Now is the tricky part. you have to mask off the dark red in order to spray the lighter red. you obviously don't want to just stick some tape on your freshly painted dark red paint, so you will have to let it dry.....for a LONG time, at least a couple days. Perform the same steps in masking for the light red as you did when you masked for the dark red. Spray your light red, let it tacky up and remove all your tape.
finally, clear coat, wetsand, clear coat, wetsand, clear coat, buff, and shine, wax after a few weeks/months.

end result should look very good. I don't have any pics of the bike that I did (hiyabusa(sp?)) but I used the exact colors you have there, and it turned out A-MAZE-ING.

sorry for the LONG post, but I felt it necessary since you are going into such detail with these, you should not just settle for decals....Barris did it with paint, so should you. lol

-Ken

edit*

the scenes in the movie with the "STOLEN" car were likely filmed when the car was going through paint stages, and the fancy red paint was applied after the car was then "recovered" I don't think Barris made more than just the one "Corvette Summer" 'Vette.

white_R34

04-04-2008, 08:46 PM

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