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johanfury Snaptite What we lack in Patience we make up for in glue. Posts: 67	mystery corvettes Oct 28, 2014 20:24:04 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johanfury on Oct 28, 2014 20:24:04 GMT -5 What vettes are these and who made them?

fordrodnkustom Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 2,649	mystery corvettes Oct 29, 2014 12:13:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fordrodnkustom on Oct 29, 2014 12:13:24 GMT -5 The one to the left looks like the Astro Vette The one on the right looks like the Mako Shark Both kits by MPC
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johanfury Snaptite What we lack in Patience we make up for in glue. Posts: 67	mystery corvettes Oct 29, 2014 23:42:06 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johanfury on Oct 29, 2014 23:42:06 GMT -5 I have never seen those before. Thank you

fordrodnkustom Awesome Forum Participator Posts: 2,649	mystery corvettes Oct 30, 2014 12:29:05 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fordrodnkustom on Oct 30, 2014 12:29:05 GMT -5 Quite welcome. I haven't seen either one in a while either. I think those kits are somewhat rare these days.
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johanfury Snaptite What we lack in Patience we make up for in glue. Posts: 67	mystery corvettes Oct 30, 2014 16:09:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by johanfury on Oct 30, 2014 16:09:07 GMT -5 Got any good reference sites or magazines i can use? Anybody you know wants to paint that Mako shark for me as I'm not brave enough to try that one.

dogfish7 Awesome Forum Participator Dogfish_7 Posts: 1,163	mystery corvettes Oct 31, 2014 11:50:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by dogfish7 on Oct 31, 2014 11:50:20 GMT -5 It will take an air brush.
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mystery corvettes Oct 31, 2014 12:23:09 GMT -5

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Cor-rect on both models. Looks like you'll be in for a challenge just trying to get them restored. Re-doing a model is often considerably harder than starting from scratch.
On painting the Mako, it CAN be done with rattle cans. I'd do it in either a dark blue or indigo. After thoroughly dry, mask off all the blue areas down to where the fade to white begins. Carefully spray the white, aiming so most goes below the model, with just a bit on the lower portion. It can be done, though with cans, the spray pattern (wide or narrow) varies with brands.
As to references, with the names of the cars, I bet there's a good deal on the web, and that's free. The better one is with searches and finding links, the more there is. Good luck on worth while projects.

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mystery corvettes Oct 31, 2014 20:39:55 GMT -5

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Very good advice gentlemen.While i like many of you have piles of kits begging for time i found these guys at an estate sale and had to grab them. A challenge yes but due to the rarity these might be worth even having re-plating be an option. I have just never seen these kits before.

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mystery corvettes Nov 2, 2014 20:15:25 GMT -5

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Replating is always a possibility, but some folks have found the "ALL CLAD" (spelling?) line of chrome-like paint amazing. It's pricey and needs serious ventilation as well as wearing a mask, but results are as good as promised. There's a lot online and on You Tube about it and how to apply it. Dr.Cranky may have something on his site too. Good luck! Funny you brought these models up, I still have a few of the Mako parts in one of my "spare parts" boxes. I remember the unusual air cleaner shape, and I think it was chrome too!

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jbwelda: ha ha happened again...this is getting really tedious. now i am in canada and working well Jun 14, 2023 11:22:48 GMT -5

jbwelda: wow like three whole people logged on yesterday...I feel like a rat on a sinking ship! Oct 8, 2023 11:34:03 GMT -5

HotRodTom: You know JB, U-boats had UnterZeRattens.... Haaaaa! Oct 17, 2023 18:53:34 GMT -5

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RodBurNeR: nice Bonneville up top! hey all, I still am around but struggling to get my hobby hands back, mainly no way to paint right now Jan 16, 2024 22:48:31 GMT -5

jbwelda: NNL West is today, anyone going? Its going to be crazy around there what with the footsball game next door. First time in a while I am avoiding it but hope someone posts some photos. Jan 20, 2024 12:51:40 GMT -5

jbwelda: heard it was announced that next year will be the last NNL West. Another one bites the dust. Jan 22, 2024 13:59:15 GMT -5

jbwelda: yo Mar 19, 2024 13:07:33 GMT -5

jbwelda: looks like visits here are dwindling rapidly...wonder why that would be? May 4, 2024 22:19:40 GMT -5

Spike: What's happening out there? I seems that fewer and fewer members of this forum are building model cars, or are they still being built but not being shared? Jul 8, 2024 13:46:43 GMT -5

jbwelda: well speaking for myself there are a number of reasons I haven't been participating lately, the most likely one is that I generally do not build much during the summer months. Too many other things to occupy my time. Jul 10, 2024 11:36:30 GMT -5

jbwelda: Second, this past year I have been spending time in Jamaica a lot, I have a winter place there I have shared for years now and try to spend at least a few months there a year. I have few or no model supplies there and other things to smoke, uh, do there. Jul 10, 2024 11:37:48 GMT -5

jbwelda: Third, there really has been very little in the way of models newly released that do much for me. All this reissue sixties junk the USA companies push out I have very little interest in. Euro car kits have been pretty sparse the last couple years. Jul 10, 2024 11:39:17 GMT -5

jbwelda: And mail order is getting more expensive. So mostly I have been sitting on the sidelines, but come autumn, I will probably get back into it. I have a few projects I need to finish up. Just a matter of motivation. Jul 10, 2024 11:41:43 GMT -5

jbwelda: I realize many more people here are much more involved than I have been but I too have noticed the huge drop off in participation by those who seem mostly to just look and not build, or at least not post builds here. Jul 10, 2024 11:42:46 GMT -5

Spike: I don't mean to criticize, I just want to see more models. Jul 12, 2024 15:18:22 GMT -5

jbwelda: site seems to have some problems, when i log in from the USA, i get a msg about the site not being available; when i change my vpn to Canada, it comes right up...for instance i am right now "in" Canada. Might want to look into that and yeah, I do know what Jul 15, 2024 19:06:25 GMT -5

jbwelda: I am doing. Might be my computer or the continuing problem with my isp evidently being somehow banned somehow, see messages above. Jul 15, 2024 19:06:59 GMT -5