Revell LeMans Corvette C5-R

[Cheesey153]

Firstly, I'd like to say a big 'Thank you' for the advice given in this thread, particularly by kingkai. If anyone else can add anything, please do.

What I'm trying to achieve with this build is not a wholly accurate and detailed model but, rather, to try new modelling skills and develop my existing ones. Having said that, I do of course want to complete it to the best of my abilities.
What I've done so far is thin the plastic around the NACA vents, re-shape the side vents, cut off the nose, added the flange thingy around the lights and started to open the hood vents. The large hood vent was cut & filed through and the left one was replaced by styrene. However, I made a mess of the styrene one (I've managed to photograph it from the ONE angle where it looks OK!) and I now have a dilemma - should I cut & file the right side vent (in the same way as the large one) and try to 'bodge' the styrene one so the 2 sides look roughly similar? Or what? Thoughts and advice would be VERY welcome!
One 'boo-boo' I've now noticed is that I've thinned the plastic's edges way too much - the real car's bodywork has rolled-over edges which appear much thicker than I've depicted.
The next step (after the remaining hood vent) is to cut off the hood and then try to figure out what scratchbuilding is needed underneath it. I've a feeling this will be quite a lengthy project for me.....
Jon.

[jano11]

Nice start to this project! It looks like you have great plans for this model.

[gasdriverca]

Looking better even if its the small things that need a little attention.Did you use a scalpelblade then file or just go in for the kill with the file?

[Cheesey153]

Originally Posted by gasdriverca

Looking better even if its the small things that need a little attention.Did you use a scalpelblade then file or just go in for the kill with the file?

For the vents I thinned the plastic from the underside with a motor tool and then cut through with scalpel & files, finished with abrasive papers. To cut the body apart I thinned the underside again, then cut through with the back of an X-Acto blade.
I've hit a 'brick wall' with this build. My attempts to make a new hood vent (left side) have fallen WAY short of the mark and have left me feeling rather discouraged. I've put the build to one side while I dwell on what to do about it. Meanwhile I'm doing a quick out of the box build (Revell 612 Scaglietti) to hopefully make me feel positive again!

[jla]

No need to feel discouraged, the vents on the hood looks pretty darn good, besides, anything you do to the kit will definately be an improvement to what Revell gave you to work with !

[gasdriverca]

Well I must say that you have nice clean cuts when you removed that front bumper and the vents look good more to scale than what Revell provide but its better than nothing! I think the discouragement is just apart of modelling.
I normally put a kit down then start at her later if I get a bit miffed plus if you keep on building with no enthusiasm then the kit can turn out crap you know and once its done you normally kick yourself for not taking a bit more time on it!
But the kit looks good to me so far buddy keep it up.