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AMT 1970 Corvette LT-1-Interior Progress-06/06

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AMT 1970 Corvette LT-1-Interior Progress-06/06
Posted by mustang1989 on Saturday, April 1, 2023 9:40 PM

I'm still waiting on some things that are necessary to proceed with my Kingfisher build and I'm tired of not being able to be at the bench SOOOOO.......

I'm breaking out of the slump with a car that I've wanted to build for a very long time. A late 60's / early 70's Vette. This kit has a few pitfalls that affect the stance and wheel/ tire position but there are corrections that can be made and I'll be pointing those out. I'll be painting this one Brockhampton Blue and we'll be retaining the LT-1 350 small block for the car. The only external changes that'll be made are to the stance and wheel locations and I'll be going with BF-Goodrich T/A radials. 

With that being said.....LET'S GO!!! 

AMT 1097 1:25 Scale Model Kit - 1970 Corvette LT-1 / ZR-1 COUPE ...

                   

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Sunday, April 2, 2023 7:53 AM

Corvettes look good in orange paint!  

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Posted by Eugene Rowe on Sunday, April 2, 2023 7:59 AM

Blue too! 

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Posted by BrandonK on Sunday, April 2, 2023 10:37 AM

Two big issues I had with this kit. One, the wheels stick out far too much, but that is easily fixed. Second, and more difficult was the radiator fit and hood clearance. I was never able to overcome the issue and was forced to mod the shround and remove the hinges and make the hood lift off. I just could not get the hood to fit or work around the radiator. Probably something I did, but best to watch out for.

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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Posted by mustang1989 on Friday, January 19, 2024 5:11 PM

BrandonK

Two big issues I had with this kit. One, the wheels stick out far too much, but that is easily fixed. Second, and more difficult was the radiator fit and hood clearance. I was never able to overcome the issue and was forced to mod the shround and remove the hinges and make the hood lift off. I just could not get the hood to fit or work around the radiator. Probably something I did, but best to watch out for.

BK

 

Both are really challenging issues to resolve Brandon. This kit is definitely NOT for the faint of heart in regards to the corrections that have to be made to make this car look the part. I had a really tough time trying to get the correct stance and wheel/ tire location right relative to the wheel openings. LOTS of work involved and necessitated the acquisition of a second kit to mock everything up unpainted in order to make the necessary adjustments in regard to stance and wheel positioning.

                   

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Posted by mustang1989 on Friday, January 19, 2024 5:15 PM

I started this build by black basing the engine....

I also used a double pumper Holley from Shapeways and I had an AC Delco decal in stock for the oil filter. Here's the block in base build form with the color applied. 


I bought the spare kit that I mentioned in the previous post so I could build one up and make modifications to the suspension and stance. I always tend to screw something up along the way so I use two kits for almost every build. Its come in handy more than one time.

Stance and wheel/tire location relative to wheel openings before:

 

and after the modifications:

After the suspension mods I turned my attention back to the engine:

Here's after the addition of the distributor housing, spark plug wires, rocker covers and exhaust manifolds:

                   

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Posted by fox on Friday, January 19, 2024 8:57 PM

Coming along nicely Mustang! Beer

Stay safe.

Jim Captain

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Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, January 20, 2024 8:29 AM

Love the attention to detail on the engine-will be following this build closely for ideas and inspiration.

And for the record, I don't think I've build an AMT car kit that didn't give me grief.

 

Bob

 

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Posted by mustang1989 on Friday, March 15, 2024 8:17 AM

Thanks fellas.

Bob: AMT kits really have a lot going on for them but it seems that extra attention always has to be paid to the stance of the cars/ trucks.

Been a while since I've commented in this thread so we'll get things going once more here....

Here's with the carburetor painted and the details picked out with a light wash, got the fuel lines added, installed the starter with the positive battery cable connected, modified drive belt without the air pump installed, and the alternator bracket installed. 

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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Friday, March 15, 2024 3:21 PM

Hi!

     Just thought I would drop in on this build. Looking good so far!

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Posted by CrashTestDummy on Thursday, March 21, 2024 2:18 PM

Agreed!  Nice detail on that old small block.  

G. Beaird,

Pearland, Texas

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Posted by mustang1989 on Thursday, May 30, 2024 11:08 AM

Thanks fellas. It's been a while since I've updated this thread so here goes...

I topped this one off with a new technique on the air cleaner by printing off a picture of faded vertical lines from an IPC code that seems to work perfectly.






 

                   

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Posted by mustang1989 on Monday, June 3, 2024 5:38 AM

This morning an little progress on the interior.....my OTHER favorite part of auto building. If there's one thing that I cannot STAND, it's molded in foot pedals. They just look so dang fake!! The fix......is to remove the toe board on the drivers side.

Then cut a piece of Evergreen styrene and glue into place and then a piece of similar textured grit sandpaper over the styrene piece and hitting it with a coat of gloss to even everything out and make it look like the passengers toe board.

We'll come back to those foot/ swing pedals a little later on........

                   

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 4:29 AM

Something else that caught my attention was the molded in partk brake handle. ORSAY9 

This.......will change. 

                   

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Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, June 5, 2024 11:59 AM

Here's with the interior tub painted with a base coat of black primer and painted up door panels & console in a semi-gloss black. Driver's toe board where the swing pedals were is pretty much blended  in at this point in the build. Since I've painted it, I've re-thought the situation some and have decided to open up a panel for displaying a little more detail. 

                   

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Posted by mustang1989 on Thursday, June 6, 2024 7:44 AM

I've decided to open the battery compartment up behind the drivers seat and have painted a battery all up & detailed it already. I'll be cutting the drivrs seat to display it in the leaned forward position to facilitate visibility back to the battery compartment in the coming updates. I've started on both door panels by painting the wood grain effects in the paneling & outlining the chrome strips on the panel as well as installing the PE window crank handles. I've also begun the center console detailing process.

 

                   

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Posted by fox on Friday, June 7, 2024 10:28 AM

Nice work Mustang!!! I usually forget about the pedals until I'm almost done with the build and it's too late unless I start over.Sad

Stay safe.

Jim Captain

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   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Sunday, June 9, 2024 10:57 AM

Mustang1989!

      Is that an oil stain I see near the fuel pump? LOL! LOL! Nice looking engine there, young man!

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