1995 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 C4 - blue - wip

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February 14, 2024
The kit goes together quite easy. So after appr. 6 hours it can be sit on it's own wheels. Much important for me because of the hight of the chassis. I know that there is always a challenge.
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February 14, 2024
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February 14, 2024
Then I painted the chassis gray. To light. I want to change it to a much darker color.
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February 14, 2024
I think this color matches somehow to the C4 ... Just looked up the colors of 1995 and this could be "Admiral Blue" (WA 128A)
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February 14, 2024
... with the dark brown interior.
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February 15, 2024
Painted the chassis darker. Much better.
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February 18, 2024
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February 20, 2024
Primer is done and already wet sanded.
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February 21, 2024
Base color to get a darker effect for the final color
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February 22, 2024
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March 3, 2024
I think I'm done with the chassis
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March 3, 2024
I'm not sure about the glossy seats. I didn't want them that shiny.
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March 17, 2024
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May 4, 2024
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May 4, 2024
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May 24, 2024
Did some new parts
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May 24, 2024
Done with them
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May 27, 2024
I'm satisfied with the outcome of the bumper light. It could be, that they will get a little treatment with Tamiya smoke to darken them a little. By the way: I didn't mention that I used some aluminum for the refelctors to hide the hole of the clear parts. In an older build I filld the holes up but that looks not quite good as this example.
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May 27, 2024
The rar lights also have an aluminum background to avoid that they come darker as soon as the interior tube is mounted and the chassis is on its plate. You cant see any different, which side is my part and wich comes with the kit.
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May 27, 2024
The engine is in it's place so the chassis is ready for the next step
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May 27, 2024
The mainparts are ready to come together
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May 27, 2024
Just to show, how smooth and perfekt the rear glass sits. Really good.

Comments

27 14 February, 06:30

Christian W
I think the basics are fine. Now to the brush and detailing.
Not to forget: painting the body.

18 February, 13:22

Christian W
So it is primered and already wet sanded.

20 February, 21:38

Christian W
As a base color I painted the C4 black. Dann, it looks not bad. Maybe I'll make one black one day.

21 February, 20:38

Bozzer
I'm keen to see how your top colour comes out, Christian?

21 February, 21:41

Christian W
🙂 Just for you I uploaded a testspray of the color I'm going to use 🙂

22 February, 05:30

Bozzer
That's a nice deep blue! I'll have to keep this in mind, for a Peterbilt I'm doing in the future 😉

22 February, 12:36

Bill Newcomer
Mmmmm... PRETTY!

23 February, 05:09

Christian W
Thank you very much! The test spraying brought exactly that result, I'm aming for. Important is,that I'm using black as base color. I did the same with my Yenko Camaro. Green on black is pretty dark (1969 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko/SC 427 Coupe | Album by christian-w (1:25))

23 February, 08:16

Martin Oostrom
This is a great blue. I should experiment more with underlying base colours too.

23 February, 08:34

Jv
Very nice colour

24 February, 13:23

Christian W
@Martin ... You should! A big advantage is that you can regulate the intensity of the color by spraying thin layers. You don't need to apply as much paint to the kit as long as the paint is opaque. There the black does its job.

25 February, 18:47

Christian W
Did some detailing. I'm not sure about the shiny seats. I think I have to overdo them again.

3 March, 10:38

Christian W
Layer of the base metallic paint. Clear cote up for the next step.

17 March, 20:37

Nick J
Cool Vette and great color!

17 March, 21:14

Bob Hall
Very nice !

18 March, 04:59

Christian W
Thank you very much! I'm excited how the color will work after the clear cote. It should be a bit darker.

And I thougt about the shiny seats. I'll change that back to kinda semigolss.

18 March, 06:00

Martin Oostrom
This looks great!

18 March, 06:19

CaptGPF
Love the blue metallic paint job!

18 March, 21:12

Christian W
I think I'm fine with the paintjob.

4 May, 21:11

Bob Hall
That's a gorgeous Blue, bravo ! 🤘😎🤘

4 May, 23:12

Christian W
Thank you, Bob!

5 May, 19:13

Christian W
Lately I did some parts new. Nearly every C4 by AMT/ERTL (there is only one kit with clear parts for them) comes with black bumperlights in the kit. That is so stupid. When I built my first C4 I did a mold and solved that problem. On this kit, one rearlight was missing - did another mold. At least, it is the first kit where are headlights included. Pretty detail but molded in white styrene. Again: another mold done.
After that, I wrapped the headlight into BMF foil to get it lighter inside after the painting is dano (not so far).
The bumper lights and rear light are painted and ready to install.
btw: the engine took place in the chassis.

24 May, 05:07

Album info

Another Corvette. It is a victim of a flood I bought without box and smelling instructions. So I'll take this for a "quick" built.
The color will be a dark blue metallic (nearly Admiral Blue WA 128A) with dark brown interior.

1995 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 C4 - blue

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