Corvette C7R LeMans 2015

[Rich Chernosky]

1/24 recently finished Corvette C7R by Revell.  This model represents the class winning Corvette at the Lemans 2015 race.  Kit was finished in Tamiya TS34 Camel Yellow and was mostly box stock with only a few revisions and additions.  More info on this build in the picture captions. Comments welcome and thanks for looking. 

The moment of truth. Body ready to mate to chassis. I had fitted four small pins to each corner of the body during construction. These required some delicaqte drilling and are what hold the body in place. It all worked. Seartbelts and a few other details out of the extra parts bins.

Completed car on its wheels. Must say this kit was a joy. Exhaust, windows and many other parts all fit without fuss. 

Business end of the Vette.  Lots of nice detail back here.  Wing fit like a charm and the decals were nice too. 

Overall fit of this model when finished was better than expected. Paint was done to match two other Corvettes in my collection. Wheels are painted a combination of Dark Iron, Metallic and gloss black. The poseable wheels are a modification and was reasonably easy on this kit. 

Engine all snuggled in place. This had a very nicely detailed engine but was all covered by the air inlets. That colour is Tamiya Gunmetal out of their LS line. 

[Mittagskind]

Looks very good this Corvette. I agree, it is a disadvantage of modern cars. The extensive covering of the engines hides many interesting details.

[TransAmMike]

Great looking racer Rich, it's definetely a cool Corvette?

[Jim B]

Great looking C7.R.  Really well done.  I agree that this is a really nice kit.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Wow! Really nice job. Has a very realistic look to it. Great work.

[Paul Waymouth]

Looks awesome Rich and I’m encouraged to hear it went together well, have heard this kit can be challenging 

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[shoopdog]

Looks really nice Rich! I’ll agree this kit was a joy to build.

[TonyK]

Yes, I remember this was an enjoyable kit to build. Too bad so much of the interior and engine is hard to see.

I really like your setting and photos of the nicely built model.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Very well done, as usual ?

[Len Woodruff]

Nice job. I like the turning wheels.

[Rich Chernosky]

On 10/25/2023 at 1:53 PM, Mittagskind said:

Looks very good this Corvette. I agree, it is a disadvantage of modern cars. The extensive covering of the engines hides many interesting details.

Thank you Hanjo, I usually take a picture of extra detail before it goes together, but somehow forgot. 

 

On 10/25/2023 at 3:53 PM, TransAmMike said:

Great looking racer Rich, it's definetely a cool Corvette?

Thank you Mike

 

On 10/25/2023 at 5:05 PM, Jim B said:

Great looking C7.R.  Really well done.  I agree that this is a really nice kit.

Thanks Jim, got two more to do and hope they both go this well. 

 

On 10/26/2023 at 12:37 AM, Rattlecan Dan said:

Wow! Really nice job. Has a very realistic look to it. Great work.

Thank you, the background helps. 

 

On 10/26/2023 at 12:39 AM, Paul Waymouth said:

Looks awesome Rich and I’m encouraged to hear it went together well, have heard this kit can be challenging 

Thanks Paul, not as challenging as some, should be a breeze for you though!

 

On 10/26/2023 at 3:23 AM, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

Thanks

 

On 10/26/2023 at 6:00 AM, shoopdog said:

Looks really nice Rich! I’ll agree this kit was a joy to build.

Thanks Keith,  had a nice look at yours, also well done. 

 

On 10/26/2023 at 8:59 AM, TonyK said:

Yes, I remember this was an enjoyable kit to build. Too bad so much of the interior and engine is hard to see.

I really like your setting and photos of the nicely built model.

Thanks Tony..I try and take as many different photos as i can. 

 

On 10/26/2023 at 9:33 AM, SpikeSchumacher said:

Very well done, as usual ?

Thanks for the vote of confidence Matthias. 

 

On 10/26/2023 at 10:30 AM, Len Woodruff said:

Nice job. I like the turning wheels.

Thanks Len, this has always been a pet peeve of mine. First thing I look for in a new kit is how easy it will be to do this if they don't turn already..