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This is Colm Meany’s “AZZ KIKR” Corvette from the Nick Cage actioner Con Air…
This car started life as the 1:18 scale die-cast “Star Spangled Banner” Felicity Shagwell Corvette from Austin Powers (AP).
I had the AP Corvette in my collection for quite some time. For the past couple years, I’ve been lightly digging for a correct model die-cast ‘Vette for the Con Air car, knowing I’d have to do some mods. I had various die-cast ‘Vettes I was eyeing that were close, but not quite (incorrect wheels, hardtop, etc.).
I recently realized the AP ‘Vette is the exact same model, down to the wheels and side exhaust pipes. There was just one tiny physical difference – the absence of two small exhaust ports below the rear bumper on the Con Air car, missing on the AP model.
For my conversion, I began by masking all but the body “sheet metal”, and spraying with a metallic Tamiya Sky Blue. It’s a tad too dark compared to the movie car, but I’m happy with it. I hit it with a Tamiya Clear Pearl to try to tone down the blue a bit. I had to break the rear bumpers off, then super glue them back on later. For the front bumper and grill, I removed the lower front cowling (held by a screw) then popped the chromed plastic parts out, allowing me to spray the cowling separately.
Then was the interior…
I actually dismantled the AP ‘Vette I had (since I could replace it if I damaged it) in order to learn how to remove the seats, and other interior components. This is how I learned about removing the from cowling. I was able to spray the seats separately, but the visors I had to mask off, as well as the door panels. Door panels then got some brushed on grey in the center section, and silver to re-touch the door handles and window cranks. The dash should also be the same blue, but call me a failure – I just could not figure out how to do that without screwing something up. So I left it black.
The rear exhaust ports were just spare parts that fit the bill from the ole’ spares box. I need to fix the inboard right tail light, and add a touch of white to the center back-up lights. And the kicker – the AZZ KIKR plate. I have the actual plate from our fellow plate supplier, so used a picture of it.
Pics are a tad low in resolution (iPhone 4 – yes, 4!)
But enjoy!
This car started life as the 1:18 scale die-cast “Star Spangled Banner” Felicity Shagwell Corvette from Austin Powers (AP).
I had the AP Corvette in my collection for quite some time. For the past couple years, I’ve been lightly digging for a correct model die-cast ‘Vette for the Con Air car, knowing I’d have to do some mods. I had various die-cast ‘Vettes I was eyeing that were close, but not quite (incorrect wheels, hardtop, etc.).
I recently realized the AP ‘Vette is the exact same model, down to the wheels and side exhaust pipes. There was just one tiny physical difference – the absence of two small exhaust ports below the rear bumper on the Con Air car, missing on the AP model.
For my conversion, I began by masking all but the body “sheet metal”, and spraying with a metallic Tamiya Sky Blue. It’s a tad too dark compared to the movie car, but I’m happy with it. I hit it with a Tamiya Clear Pearl to try to tone down the blue a bit. I had to break the rear bumpers off, then super glue them back on later. For the front bumper and grill, I removed the lower front cowling (held by a screw) then popped the chromed plastic parts out, allowing me to spray the cowling separately.
Then was the interior…
I actually dismantled the AP ‘Vette I had (since I could replace it if I damaged it) in order to learn how to remove the seats, and other interior components. This is how I learned about removing the from cowling. I was able to spray the seats separately, but the visors I had to mask off, as well as the door panels. Door panels then got some brushed on grey in the center section, and silver to re-touch the door handles and window cranks. The dash should also be the same blue, but call me a failure – I just could not figure out how to do that without screwing something up. So I left it black.
The rear exhaust ports were just spare parts that fit the bill from the ole’ spares box. I need to fix the inboard right tail light, and add a touch of white to the center back-up lights. And the kicker – the AZZ KIKR plate. I have the actual plate from our fellow plate supplier, so used a picture of it.
Pics are a tad low in resolution (iPhone 4 – yes, 4!)
But enjoy!
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