1978 Silver Anniversary Pace Vette

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Older Monogram original issue kit I intend to just build Out-Of-The-Box. It is molded in that hard high-gloss low-impact plastic from that era of Monogram kits. It had a few cracks that I fixed fixed with CA, and a few dings too, surprising to me since the plastic is so hard. They too were filled with CA.
The mold lines were not too bad, but there were some issues around the door lines and nose that needed extra attention, and the body needed to be blocked out over all.
The scuffed areas are the ones that required the most attention.

[corvettekid_7684]

The very first model car I "built" (with the help of my uncle) was an anniversary Corvette. No clue who made it but it was molded in silver.
I'll be watching this one

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After priming and more sanding I fitted the hood, nose and rear to the body. All parts needed a little smoothing of the surfaces, but the fit is quite good.

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The interior tub is one piece plus the seat bottoms molded in. I sprayed a bright silver lacquer base and masked then sprayed a lightly textured acrylic silver-gray mix for the carpet. The rest of the trim/details were hand painted by brush.

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The engine/trans is a traditional two halves affair and rather simplistic and low on molded in detail. I textured the block and transmission but left the oil pan and timing cover smooth. The overspray on the bell housing is intentional; as is the seam I left on the trans to replicate the casting line.

I textured the heads and exhaust manifolds too, at different levels of coarseness.

[nugundam93]

looks nice. what did you use to texture the parts?

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I used baby powder (talc) for the textures.

It turns out the body was not as nice and smooth as I originally thought, not really bad, but lots of little imperfections that are hard to hide with silver or black paint. After several days of sanding-priming-sanding, I shot a base coat of Gloss Aluminum and a top coat of Mica Silver for the bottom areas of the two tone paint job.

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I textured the intake manifold, alternator and A/C pump… The lump that is supposed to represent the Rochester carb will be hidden by the air cleaner, (thankfully).

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The engine is complete and ready to be installed into the chassis…

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The Dash and steering wheel are done…

And installed to the finished interior.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Impressive work! I gave away one of these kits years ago.

It needs the following decal in the back window:

[ianc911]

Can you explain your technique for texturing with talc? Do you just mix the talc into the paint and brush paint it? Airbrush the color, then sprinkle it on top?

Really nice work!

ianc

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Originally Posted by ianc911

Can you explain your technique for texturing with talc? Do you just mix the talc into the paint and brush paint it? Airbrush the color, then sprinkle it on top?

Really nice work!

ianc

I mix it into the paint and airbrush it. Sometimes it is a trial and error project to get the desired texture. It is usually better to start light and add more powder if you want it more coarse. If you use acrylics it makes it easier to strip if you go overboard.

[MartiniOCP]

She's a beauty. Looking forward to your new posts. I've got a question - how do you mask the details? For example, on the engine the transition of colours is perfect - clear cut lines on surfaces that seem very uncomfortable for masking.

thnx

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Originally Posted by MartiniOCP

I've got a question - how do you mask the details? For example, on the engine the transition of colours is perfect - clear cut lines on surfaces that seem very uncomfortable for masking.

thnx

If you mean between the bellhousing and the transmission, I freehand brush painted the bellhousing so I didn't have to mask the trans off. Likewise, the shifter linkage and side cover details were brush painted too. Except for the carb, everything else that is different colors are separate pieces.


Here is the body masked off for the black to be applied. I spent between 3 and 4 hours masking this and the bumpers off.