Revell's new Corvette Racing C7R

[Jay]

I got the OK from Ed from Revell to show this at the NNL East.  So, I went to work and got it done just in time!  I corrected the body and brought it up to 2016 aero specs and added 24 hours worth of track wear. There were two of these at the NNL East, mine and Dave Thibodeau's.  His was at the Revell table and the one that Revell used for the box art.  I believe Ed said these would be out around the end of the summer or early Fall,

On to the build.  I was going to detail the chassis more, but it's so simplified, I just added a few little things that can be seen peeking into the windows.  **If anyone can get the pics to show up in the thread, be my guest... they will not upload from the URL.**

The chassis before I glued the body down:
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The completed model:

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Edited April 19, 2016 by Jay

[Phildaupho]

Awesome model of an incredibly cool racecar. It is well worth the extra clicks to view the photos.

[Jhedir6]

Awesome work Jay. Very envious. I want one now, tell Ed you need a couple more, just to get it right. My mailing address is...

 

David

[afx]

Here are some of Jay's pictures.

 

Edited April 20, 2016 by afx

[spencer1984]

Excellent work on the build and the weathering, that turned out great!

[Hubert Rollins]

Beautiful model!! I'll have to build one when they come out!!!

[GTJUNIOR]

Excellent work. Looks fantastic.

[Ulbo]

very cool racer

[iBorg]

Oh my......

That's a must have.

Does any of the body remove to show detail?

 

[RestoModGuy]

Top shelf build! Nice work

[Plasticfanatic]

YES,yesssss,yessssssssss!!!!  I will get 3, thanks for the photos and info. can't wait to start working in mine, it will be a longgggg summer waiting for these!  

[MrBuick]

Wow, stunning work!

[Bennyg]

Is this going to be prepainted when released?

Ben

[Intmd8r]

AWESOME!

[Jay]

Is this going to be prepainted when released?

Ben

No, I believe it will be molded in white for the body, black for the chassis, and clear and colored parts.

[Bennyg]

No, I believe it will be molded in white for the body, black for the chassis, and clear and colored parts.

Sound good. Will probably get one.

Ben

[Jeff B]

This really caught my eye at NNL East. I only snapped about 10 pics at the show with my aging iPhone, and this build was one of them.  These detail pics are incredible.  

[Helix]

Very nice build Jay!

[Angio21]

Hi Jay, now that finally the kit is going to be released in Europe I'm considering a way to solve the problem of '16 decals and '15 body. The 2016 aero specs on your kit are very precise and perfectly shaped, did you build it on your own? How did you get it?

[Davewilly]

THAT is super cool..mean looking vette...It turned out fantastic!

[geetee66]

Flippin' heck, Jay!

That's outstanding. The detailing, weathering, photography....all excellent.

Superb

[LOBBS]

Gorgeous

[PatW]

Superb build, so authentic! I saw the CR5 when at Le Mans a few yaers ago. In practice at the beginning of the Mulsanne Straight you could hear the CR5 coming before you saw it. 

[RestoModGuy]

Very nice... well done..

[Samuel S]

How did you make the rear lights to clear from clear red??