Corvette Summer Stingray in 1/25 scale

[white_R34]

OK I'm back with the hood scoop vent's done an here's most of the pix of my work.


Here I cut the side of the scoop out and put in a flat peace.



Here I put on the vent tops an cut out the side vent holes.




Here I made the vent wall and put them on, you car see that there's an over hang I just cut them off.


I Free handed the shape of the side up air vent.





At this time I went back and cut off the air dam I made. It was rong.




It look's just right now. An you realy tell that the nose is to long. I'm goint to bring it back a bit. till then (I'm off on Sundays) see you all monday.





Tiger I see you like to buid a lot of stock model now I see why you don't like it (You like the stock 69) Stock is boring with no originality or character. But as for you del NASCAR/ Del Jr. build I like that I coped the images so I can do one for my self. the build to me is your best. An you need to get the Dino finished I love that car. Squadron offers that kit an I'm go to get that one to.
As for people likeing the sting Ray a lot of people are asking me to make a Resin Kit of it.
Hay if any one knows of any on that has built the gold version an the van, Datsun please post what you find. I'm going to build the Vanessa van, Datsun to (IT'S A DATSUN!!!!) (I was told it was a vette) said by:Mark Hamill aka Kenny in the Move Corvette Summer.

[tigeraid]

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

[Enzoenvy1]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by Rye 21

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]

I have though long about the resin idea an......... I'm going to do it. first back to what I have done to it now. Remember the nose look to long well I had a face or nose lift. here's the work that went into the nose job.






Here's the Before & After:



As for the Making the Resin kit they will fit AMT well,see here:



Like I have said before., In the kit from me, you will get the car body,dash,Seats,Head lights & Tail lights. Once I get all this stuff made up an cast I will let all of you that my want the Resin Kit of the cost an Shipping info.

[Enzoenvy1]

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

[drunken monkey]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[prortiz80]

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]

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.