Corvette Model Gallery
C5-53 Commemorative Edition Corvette
A few years ago, Bill Miller; chief designer of Magna Steyr, and Steve Pasteiner, a former GM designer, took the challenge of working on an interesting idea: Taking the look of the original 1953 Corvette and update it to fit the technology of today's Corvette. Magna Steyr commissioned the design and construction of a prototype to be presented to GM with the hopes of been adopted as the 2003 model. GM liked the idea but eventually decided on the conservative route and use the existing C5 design. GM allowed Advanced Automotive Technologies to produce the vehicle, but it is not an officially endorsed GM product. AAT is producing the car, converting convertible and hardtop C5s in its Rochester Hills, Michigan assembly plant. All new body panels are installed without any structural modification, or any safety feature altered.
The model:
Steve Linngren opened and hinged the hood and trunk of
the Perry's Resin C5-53 to create this model.
The donor kit is a Revell Monogram 1997 Corvette Coupe. The
interior, trunk and chassis are painted Plastikote Universal Red enamel
and the interior also has Testors gloss clear coat over it. The body
is painted with Krylon High Gloss white enamel with numerous coats of Testors
gloss clear enamel over it. The body was polished with a Micro Mart
polishing kit and then shined with Novus #3, #2 and then #1.
The drive train is painted with Krylon High Gloss blue
enamel to emulate the original "Blue Flame" six cylinder engine.
I wanted to emulate the factory colors of white and red. The engine,
interior and chassis were detailed with paint and the engine compartment uses
the 1997 Corvette Coupe decals. Bare Metal Foil was used on the trim and
bumpers. The most challenging part of this build was using my Dremel tool
to decrease the thickness of the resin around the trunk and hood openings to
present more of a correct scale body thickness.
If you would like to contact Steve on this model his e-mail address is: linngren@bellsouth.net
Page updated 06/03/04