WIP: '57 Corvette prostreet - Page 2

Szeszkin · #16 11-28-2005, 02:35 PM

engine is beautful

Color is sweet

awesome so far

datsunfreak · #17 11-28-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by quadzero

The kit came with a conventional leaf rear suspension and the big tires stuck out about half an inch...

I think the 1:1 car did too...

I built one of these (very poorly) when I was 9 or 10... And I've been thinking about building one every time I pass this kit at wal-Mart... I think you just sealed the deal...

Merkava · #18 11-28-2005, 06:42 PM

This beast is looking fantastic! I think the pink is rather bright, but it suits the look well. Nice engine detailing, too. It must have been a real bear getting all those pulleys lined up and the belt fitted... Great job!

quadzero · #19 11-30-2005, 06:09 AM

thanks again everyone, really appreciate it. Merkava, it wasnt that tough really, i had holes drilled in them and used a pin to keep 'em all in line. someone before asked how i did my carbs, ( i think it was Klutz) so this time i took a few pics as i went along. i didnt stick to my first choice as it would have been too much work modifying them but i found these holley carbs from my '39 chevy kit. they were actually pretty good but very thin and had a lot of flash and also had no place for the fuel lines and where the throttle arms would be was instead a little ball of plastic, so i cut away what i didnt want.

i used tubing to represent the outside of the barrels that are visible on this holley.

i did a little shaping and raised the height with some plastic.

i made the baseplate and added bits of spruce here and there. i also added the fuel inlets .

almost done here, just have to drill out some holes and just add a few more details.

a little grey paint and im happy with them. i will paint and add the thottle arms tomorrow. (next time im going resin!)

almost done the interior. just a bit of baremetal foil and some dullcoat. i cut out the door panels and sanded them smooth. i made the trim from sprue and scratched the handles, i didnt have a good pic of the real door handle so i just guessed. the armrests were built up with plastic and sanded to shape.
thanks again everyone for making this long job a lot more enjoyable.

klutz_100 · #20 11-30-2005, 07:32 AM

Great stuff! Thanks for sharing the carb info

This is going to be great when you finish! (actually, it already is

)

quadzero · #21 12-02-2005, 06:26 AM

well, finally the interior is out of the way. im pretty happy with it. the pedals kinda look gangly and should be tucked up higher,but much better then the pedals molded to the floor boards as it originally was.

the dash was the best feature of the kit and required only a little bit of filling and sanding. it sits a little crooked so i had to compromise the final position so it would look a bit better with the body on.

im going to have floormats but not sure what i will use right now. a more up to date stereo and speaker grills would be at home here but i really would like to get on to something new.

klutz_100 · #22 12-02-2005, 06:40 AM

Looks great

Now, where can I get one of these kits...? LOL

datsunfreak · #23 12-02-2005, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by klutz_100

Looks great

Now, where can I get one of these kits...? LOL

I take it you're not in the US?

They're everywhere here... Or at least at every Wal-Mart...

klutz_100 · #24 12-02-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by datsunfreak

I take it you're not in the US?

You got it!

datsunfreak · #25 12-03-2005, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by klutz_100

You got it!

It's a longshot, but you might go here:

http://www.walmart.com/

...and see if they ship overseas?

white97ex · #26 12-03-2005, 09:02 AM

no luck at walmart.com They receive their models in a mixed lot box. so you can't order a specific model. no way to order them on-line either

datsunfreak · #27 12-03-2005, 10:15 AM

That sucks...

I know eHobbies has it though, try them and see if they ship to the UK...

http://tinyurl.com/bvav2

quadzero · #28 12-05-2005, 05:18 AM

still finishing up the body and buffing out a run i put in the trunklid. always some little setback. so while stuff are drying i mounted the carbs and added some linkages.

i had to stagger the heights of the stacks so they would both fit. they came from a GTX kit. wasnt planning to do this but im kinda glad i did. had the alt painted a few times now but still cant settle for just the right look. its an ugly grey now so im gonna try a different colour and hope it looks ok this time.

cheers
Les

juki86 · #29 12-05-2005, 06:39 AM

This is just awsome!

quadzero · #30 12-07-2005, 03:07 AM

well, im still waiting on the body, hope to foil it tomorrow and add all the details but for today i thought i'd try to get as much done on the engine before i glue it in once and for all.

all i have to do now is make an alt bracket, another bracket for the throttle cable and drill some holes in the firewall and im ready to put it back in the frame for good. i know the linkages are a bit out of scale but in my fingers they looked sooooo tiny.

here is the finished fuel regulator, all 10 pieces of it including the bracket. it was made from sprue and small bits of plastic. the lines are painted wire.
cheers .

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