<VV> corvair plastic model pics
Ray Rodriguez
reray at echoes.net
Sun Apr 15 15:15:16 EDT 2007
Greetings all,
Since the weather was too cold for me to work on my real Vair project yesterday I finally built the plastic model of my first Vair. I'm building a plastic model of each of the four antique cars I have owned... this is the second. The goal is to make each of the models as exact as my abilities will allow. I even bought additional model kits of other cars to get the correct wheels for each. The corvair had old paint with no gloss, so I dry sprayed the model =P.
I'm no professional, so dont expect too much! Also note the camera flash brought out every imperfection etc. Enjoy the pics!
First, a pic of my first Corvair that I bought back in 2001, the car I built the model of:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/myfirstvair.jpg
The first pic of the completed model:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/vairmodel1.jpg
Rear angle on the model:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/vairmodel2.jpg
Attempt at an interior shot:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/vairmodelint.jpg
And last, a pic of the engine compartment: Note: this model kit came as a 140hp engine, I built the model as a 110 which required considerable modification to the carb/air cleaner assembly. The air cleaner was the dual snorkel type, I modified it to a single. I didnt have any pics of a 110 handy so I dont know if I remembered the carb and snorkel orientation correctly, but odds are no one will ever see under the hood of this thing after today! (so why did I go to all that trouble?). Also I left the battery and spare tire out on purpose as I did not like the way they looked.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/vairmodeleng.jpg
For anyone who is interested below is a pic of the first in the series, my black primer Chevelle I owned from 01' to 03'.
Real car:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/mychevelle.jpg
Plastic model:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f90/Swiftblade13/chevellemodel.jpg
I hope you like them!
Ray Rodriguez
65' Corsa 140/4 under construction
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