I know I say this about every one of em that I built, but this one has fought me and tested me more than any other one in the past. This is also by far the most unique one I have built so far, and is head and shoulders over my last one, IMO. This one was really rewarding for me. Again, thanks for everyone who helped with this, and for all the feedback and advice I received. It really helped.
Anyway, I took the L-71 1/12 `67 Corvette kit from Monogram and converted it to an L-88, a very rare Corvette (only 20 made). I also wanted a rare color scheme, and to my knowledge, only 1 L-88 was made with this color scheme, and only 4 other non L-88`s were made in these colors (someone correct me if I`m wrong)? Since the kit doesn`t come with blue decals, and as far as I know they are not available in the aftermarket, I had to mask these off and paint them on. Again, you`ll have to forgive my photography skills. For some reason I can`t get my camera to properly capture the blue stinger. It is much more blue and less aqua in real life.
There were alot of modifications needed to convert this kit. The radio details had to be sanded off, and since it is in such a tight location, it was really difficult to do this and not damage the dash. I sanded and puttied and primered it like 4 times to get it right. The firewall needed to be modified since these cars came without heaters. The overflow tank was scratch built. The radiator needed modifications and the radiator shroud was correctly not installed. The filter on top of the carb required more creative scratch building, and took forever to get right. The foam around the edge is real foam. And of course, wiring and plumbing with "text" were added, and labels and chalk markings were added to the chassis. You can see more of these details in my progress thread here: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/die-...an-l-88-a.html
Since I am without a buyer on this one at this point, and since whoever gets this one might want the more accurate turbine wheels, I am going to add these as an option, as you can see in the picture. To my knowledge, there are no large scale L-88 coupes available elsewhere, and I have never seen this kit converted to an L-88, so I think it is something pretty unique.
Please let me know what you think!
Almost forgot to add....again, I used a window sticker scaled down from a real one from `67, as well as a real `67 PA license plate...with the numbers/letters changed of course.
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1/12 `67 Corvette L-88 Coupe.....Now Finished!
