2016 Corvette Stingray Coupe C7 (red) - wip
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So here we go. The first step as usual: putting together the parts into groups and prepare them to paint.
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The main groups are painted. Starting with the detail work.
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Today was paint day. I took the chassis of 2 C5 and 1 C7 to do some detailling. The C7 is on the left.
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An overview of the most parts. Now I can go for completing the chassis. Then the body paint.
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The fact, that the C7 has to be torch red, I compared the pre painted C7 body by Revell (top) with a self painted body of a C6 (bottom). The different is not much. But when they are nearby, it is visible.
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Here we go. Base coat.
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Next step: torch red.
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Prepared to paint the black body parts
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Painted
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...and dewrapped (or so)
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This step felt like a piece of cake. Nearly two houres.
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Decals are done. The center of the steering wheel has to be matt. I know. Just see it on the picture
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First layer of clear coat is done.
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The silicon mold for the top
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First results.
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Second try for a better mold.
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The mold is leaking *lol*. I will see the result later. Maybe it can be used.
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Good, that I have a hand full of C7 to test the roof thing.
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Mold #3. Waiting for the dried stuff.
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A small piece was ripped out when I took out the body of the C7.
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So the next try. Now for a two piece mold.
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Nevertheless I want to see how the part gonna be. Tinted blue.
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The final layer of clear coat.
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Another try.
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Now wait until it is dry. And hopefully hard.
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:/ Try #6 (clear, left) and #7 (blue).
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Wohoo! One checkbox can be crossed: the transparent paintjob. On a failured part I tried to paint it as desired. It seems to be ok 😄. It looks glossy black but.....
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...when you turn it to the light, it is transparent blue as wished. One success 🙂
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Cut the roof ...
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...building a new casting form and in the background another roof...
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The doner car 😉 will be an opened C7. On this I'm gonna try to build some parts to get the transparent roof on it that it sits accurate.
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The roof is gone. Looking forward to fit in the transpatent roof.
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The C7 is done as far as it came out of the box. The roof is cut of and lays on the car.
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The stock roof will be painted again. Only the transparent roof and license plates will fullfill the model kit. Only three parts missing 🙂
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A small but an important detail: the rear spoiler 😉
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So far so good. The only missing thing is the roof.
Kommentarer
1 15 July 2019, 09:03
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Thank you, brother! Hopefully the paint job is done by next week. That would be good.
30 August 2019, 20:18
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I love the black and red! Looks great! I have this same kit in my stash... I may outright steal your colors 😛 What do they say? Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery 😄
2 September 2019, 19:14
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Thanks, mates!
@Chris ... *lol* like Honda answered when the press asked them, why the (1st) NSX looks like a Ferrari. "It's a compliment to the fabulous design". No problem of cause
@Dominik ... hooray! It's September and I want to finish it this month. If nothing goes wrong, it will be done at the end of the month.
Only decals and clear coat is on the to do list. Then it can be built together. To modify the rear spoiler I'll keep fit the final. I think that's it.
2 September 2019, 21:14
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One question: is it possible to replace the top with a transparent one? So I accepted the challenge. I built a mold and took "Easy Cast - Clear Casting Epoxy" for a try. The mold came out well.
The additional question: the top should be transparent dark blue. So after filling the mold of the top I mixed the epoxy with clear blue email color by Revell. Good: it was possible to mix them.
After getting the parts out of the mold the mold for the top is a little damaged at the sides. I have to make another one. A better one. One of two mold halfs.
The transparent blue wheel 😄 turned out well. It's hard.
The negative: the top isn't still hard enough to be ready to put on the model kit. It's dry but a little flexible.
The next try:
-> a new mold
-> filling the new mold with already dark blue material.
21 September 2019, 10:26
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Good eye.... from the outside it LOOKS black but it is actually blue when I saw a picture taken from the interior! Thank you!
22 September 2019, 01:20
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Thats interesting Bro. I think, it could be easier to make a mold, if the roof is sectioned as an extra part. You remember about the T3-roof?
As extra part, you can glue two sprues on the side of the b-pillars, put this two ends of the sprues on fimo and let the roof "stand" on this built legs. Fill it with silicone, after it's hardened take a knife to cut it out in a line between the sprues. It could be possible, to pull the roof out of that cut because the mold is very elastic. Think so. Understand?
22 September 2019, 07:24
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@Dominik... Ithink we have to mak a call. Not sure that I understood😉 With the first mold it was good to take out. But the silicone was to thin on the top (inside) if the new part. It was teared off the mold when I removed the top.
@S ... I found pictures of replacement roofs. I was wondering, that it is dark blue instead of smoke / black. I was wondering at all that it is out of glass! I always thought, it is aluminum.
I think, I have to do the step, to cut off the roof of the "donor kit". I wanted to avoid it but I think, there is no other choice. The plan was to cut it off only to check the replacement by the new roof.
22 September 2019, 09:34
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Good, that I have some model kits bought to test the roof thing. And a donor body of my brother.
22 September 2019, 09:51
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C7's are growing on me, 5's & 6's never did it for me but these do 😉
Any special plans for it?
22 September 2019, 20:28
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It's a rebuilt of a real car. The only change is change the top roof with a transparent one. Third try is in progress.
23 September 2019, 05:35
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That plastic glass looks incredible! Are the results as good as you'd like?
24 September 2019, 21:40
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Thank you. I'll report it, as soon as the parts are dry. The wheel I made a week ago looks good. The surface is not that shiny but I think the top roof will be better because the surface is much smoother than the tire / rim😉
I'm excited how it will turn out.
24 September 2019, 21:49
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The possibilities are endless...... clear hoods, roofs, T-tops etc
24 September 2019, 21:58
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The flashing lights at a police car😉, red tinted rear lights coming to my mind. I don't see the same efforts for smaller parts. The roof is more complicated. Porbably because I didn't made any molds before except the wheel you can see on the picture. But no mold containing two parts.
25 September 2019, 04:29
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You guys rock!!! I am very impressed- ingenuity and attention to detail! ????
25 September 2019, 12:46
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🙂 Thanks to all of you. It sucks that the time for drying lasts days. The next days the red body will become a wet sanding to prepare it for a final layer of clear coat. It should be prepared too for the case to cut of the top roof and replace it eventually.
Today I took out the wheel out of the mold. It's ok again. Also I took the roof out of the right mold. It's harder than the "only" clear one but not 100% dry jet at the surfsce.
I keep you informed.
25 September 2019, 19:29
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Next failure :/. The mold broke while I tried to get the part out. There was a big bubble of air on the bottom of the mold which made the mold to the surface of the top roof to thin. The part it self is not that bad (only 1 millimeter thick) but still to flexible and not even hard.
Next try's coming soon.
26 September 2019, 17:39
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I think I have no solution for the Project "glass top Roof". The latest parts aren't hard yet. It's a week now for drying and they are still flexible. Now I'm looking for an alternative material.
2 October 2019, 04:26
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It doesn't work. I'm going to complete it now 🙁 Sorry. I have no other solution for the clear top roof. The parts I did are all still flexible. I don't know, what else to do.
14 October 2019, 08:11
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That's a shame Christian, I thought that was going to be an invaluable new process for custom parts.
At least you persevered with it 😉
14 October 2019, 08:36
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It is a shame and I'm not satisfied to stop at this point.
I want to get this done somehow and (sadly) sameday. This Corvette has to be completeted and sent to the owner. I have no more time for the experiment on this kit.
Maybe someday I'll get the solution. I have to find a material which works for this tiny part.
The suspisious thing is, that the wheels (which I've made with the rest of the material) are hard like a rock and the thin parts aren't. This doesn't go into my mind.
14 October 2019, 08:42
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Yeah good point, usually the thicker material would take far longer to properly set hard.
14 October 2019, 09:17
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Thank you. I want to get it done as soon as possible.
Today I'll paint the latest Roof with my clear colors to see, how transparent it will be afterwards. The target is, to have it nearly black and shiny from the outside but blueish transparent against the light.
4 November 2019, 07:51
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Throw my little bit in here if I may?
I have recently been trying out UV curing resin to produce small parts from home produced moulds with some success. The great thing is for small items, you don't need to mix up a lot of 2-part resin, so there is less waste. Clarity of the resin is pretty good, but you do need to remember that the UV light has to penetrate to the bottom of the mould for it all to harden (this limits mould depth, and any 'tinting' that might be added will also interfere with light penetration). Once set (usually only a matter of minutes under a UV light - or even strong sunlight), demoulded and left to really harden off, the resin seems to take cutting/sanding/drilling/sawing pretty well. I am still experimenting though!
Just spreading the word if it is of any use to any one! 🙂
4 November 2019, 08:28
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This sounds really interessting! Regarding to the thin roof it could be an alternative material. I'll keep that in mind. Thank you!
4 November 2019, 10:00
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It's fun checking in on your progress. This roof thing is interesting.
6 November 2019, 20:10
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Thank you. I like the part. Yesterday I made another part - unsuccessfully. The next one is drying. And I made another form. There for I cut the Roof of a model kit off and made the half of the form yesterday. On Monday, I'll end the form and it all is dry, the production of the part (Roof) will start again. Hopefully the form works better than the current one.
7 November 2019, 09:16
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So. I filled two molds with the transparent stuff. Hopefully one comes out without any issues.
Then I painted some details on the body, the headlights, sidemarkers and stuff. Some other parts (grill, rear lights) completing the Body.
13 November 2019, 07:44
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I was not able to get a perfect part out of the mold. Today I'll take the best of it and put some good layers of clear coat on it. Then I'll put it on the cat. You'll get both roofs to the model kit. The black one and the transparent one.
1 December 2019, 12:13
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Only three parts are to do on the C7: the transparent Roof hast to be fit to the car, the black Roof has to be painted again and the license plates have to be mounted. The end is near *dingdingding*!
2 December 2019, 08:06
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Came out really really great Bro! In my opinion, the transparent roof is the affort you wanted.
Well done!
2 December 2019, 17:55
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Thus week I thought, I am done with the roof. I tried to fit the best of my casted roofs. It doesn't fit at the corner of the windshield on the passengers side. The problem: it's not pain. The is one millimeter different in the hight of both edges to the windshield. I tried the latest four roofs and all have the same issue.
So I did a restart. Making another cast. That went fail. Bubbles in the cast aren't welcome 😄
The third cast is now done and the first roof is in work. Hopefully it goes well.
8 December 2019, 21:51
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A little heat and decent fingers put the roof in the right shape. It's done 🙂
9 December 2019, 20:33
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Thank you, Christian! It is amazing.... and was very well received!!
14 March 2020, 23:52
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This is pretty good to hear. I'm glad it arrived and that you like it. The 4th is the most interesting on building model kits.
I'm going to build a C7 for me this year. Also I'm taking out the roof. I think this is the coolest part on the model.
16 March 2020, 17:19
Album info
This Corvette is built as a replice for a friend. The Color will be torch red.
Some changes have to be done:
- built the rear small spoiler
- paint as wished
- at least: the removable top
At the end it will get the custom made license plates