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can you tell me the difference between the kits for these years? are they the same?

I believe the '60 has a different, right?

thanks,

joe.

Posted

As I understand,the '58 started the series,and the '59 & '60 were logical modified re-issues.

The 1960 Corvette is an old multi-piece body tooling from back in the day, and doesn't anything to do with/shares no parts with the "new" tool '58/'59.

Posted

I would have to agree with Mike that the RM '67 conv and coupe be added to the short list of the best Corvette kits and not far behind that would be the Revell '68/69 Vettes. All four of these models are very nicely detailed and go together well.

James is right that the Revell 60 kit is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle but while reasonably accurate is way down the list as far as an easy or a quality build. Since the differences between '59 and '60 are fairly minor, mostly interior, I've often wondered why RM did'nt mold up one new sprue and issue the '59 kit as a '60.

I have several of the '58 & '59 kits put away, recently bought one of the beautiful resin HRM '61 transkits and I'm eagerly awaiting the new '62 kit. I see more Corvette models in my futuure.

robw

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Without benefit if having sampled the above, but having just built the Monogram '67 Stingray Coupe, I can recommend it highly.

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What a great build! What scale?

Joe.

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When I was a kid, I always thought that the R/M Vette models were much better than the AMT/Ertl counterparts. I would agree that the '67 Vettes, coupe and convertible, were the best of them all. One reason is that my dream car would be to get a 1967 L89 Convertible with side pipes painted Torch Red with the black interior and black stripe down the middle. Chance are I'll never own it because a VERY small number were made, but with the R/M kits I can kind of say that I do. :D

One of my best model kits I built before I had to take a break from the hobby was the large scale (can't remember the exact scale) 1967 Coupe kit. I have a Detail Master photo-etch set for that kit, so one of these days I'll have to dig around and try to find one to build. It would look good next to my 1/16 scale 1963 Split Window, and the 1/16 scale 1988 Convertible I'm currently building. (LOTS of pictures in my thread in the Workbench forum).

I guess another good kit, even though it has lots of inaccuracies in there, is the R/M 1996 Corvette Grand Sport Convertible. I LOVE the paint scheme on that car and had fun building it. I need to find me one of those kits to build. The AMT/Ertl version was pretty nasty and lacked a lot of detail. (Back then, it seemed that most of the kits from AMT/Ertl were very devoid of detail while the R/M kits always had a lot more parts, or more detail on the parts. The 58 Pro-Modeler was a great kit and I loved building that as a kid).

Nice thread, and thanks for the welcome back! :D

Posted

Ive heard tell people like this one.

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This one is my favorite Vette as well. I also have the photoetch from Model car Garage for this kit as well.

Posted

While overall details in the Revell's Corvettes are slightly better, AMT's '57, and '70-72 kits are great models. The '72 is less accurate since there are very noticeable interior differences between the '70-'71 and the '72.

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