Last weekend I went to Richmond Virginia to visit my bro' and we spent our Saturday at the NSRA show at the speedway...came across a vendor's table selling all kinds of auto memorabilia...old Hot Rod magazines, Rodder's Journals, Hot Wheels and matchbox cars, etc. I saw two MPC 1/16 scale Corvette kits...a '57 and a '63 split window...both 1979 issues...boxes were a bit beat up but the contents looked ok..I passed them by to photograph the real cars..took about 200 pictures..on the way out I noticed that the two vette kits were gone..I asked the guy what they went for..he said he still had'em..just wanted to get them out of the hot sun.
So we haggled a bit and I forked over a few bills. I was relieved when I got home that night and compared the bagged parts to the tattered instruction sheets and found both kits complete. The '63 was started..will need to remove the orange peeled white paint job..but the red '57 is untouched. The detail on these 1/16 scale kits ain't all that..but they are easy on the eyes.
And you can never have too much plastic..can you?