Revell corvette C1 1958 finished!!! Build step by step.
Hi, this is my first build, but I’m Surprised how great it looks. see all the photo’s I made with every major step I made during my build. Hope you like it!!! If you have tips for me for my next build I’m willing to hear them.
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Engine, used Revell paint that they recommended in the instructions.
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sorry for the stretched out photos. It’s a really hard to upload on this forum from your phone...
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decal added, my brother knows this engine in real life quite well and he was amazed by the detail this kit offers.
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The engine made it’s way to the frame
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Bottom
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top
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Made a major step in photo 7. I read the color mix in the instructions wrong and ended up with a “light blue“ interior while it should be a bit more “dark blue” but in the end I was still happy with the result though. It was really nice to work on the interior since we have a corvette C1 ourselves (Photo down below).
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More interior photos...
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Again a major step was made in photo 9. But I don’t want to make this post too long like a complete bible... but back to the model-> I had a hard time fitting the big mate black plastic part around the engine but there is a spot where it just slides in really easy.
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well, what have I got to say about this part of the build... painting the biggest exterior part was really fun to do. I drove to this car dealer near me to buy this really nice metallic paint for €25,00. the guy who sold me this paint was quite amazed when I told him that I was going to use it for a plastic mode instead of a real car or something... but the bad part had to come that evening which kept me up till 6:00 AM in the morning. I had a really hard time just to fit the big exterior part around the interior part. it was a hell to do it and it took me a few hours but eventually it was a success.
A quick tip! just turn the mode upside down and then the frame just slides in.
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Had to tape the hood and the back because they kept falling out.
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Seat belts almost torn appart but got them where they meant to be...
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The chrome lines on the hood and back of the car where my own initiatives because there was no step in the instructions that showed to paint them.
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this really made a differents on the end result of the model and I was really happy that it looked so good.
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Well there you go almost finished and the chrome lines on the back. I also choose the cabrio version.
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Here you also have a better look at the metallic paint I bought which was a bit too expensive for a piece of plastic...
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Almost done.
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Decals are on including the mirror. And the side panels are painted.
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really liked the front with all the chrome parts!!!
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Maybe I’m going to build a Diner diorama with this model. I think the white paper is a bit boring for a diorama.
This is our own Corvette C1 from 1960. I know it is in a different Color but now I can say I have to corvettes in my inventory! ;D
it was really fun to build this kit and sorry if my english grammar isn’t perfect but I hope you like the post!