Greg Myers Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 What do you think is the best Corvette model out there ? I'd have to go with the last two and upcoming issues from Monogram. http://www.scalecorvettes.com/corvette%20kit%20review/r852379/59.htm
Mike Kucaba Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 As I understand,the '58 started the series,and the '59 & '60 were logical modified re-issues.
jaydar Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 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.
Qwit Pushin Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 Without benefit if having sampled the above, but having just built the Monogram '67 Stingray Coupe, I can recommend it highly.
niteowl7710 Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 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.
jaydar Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 You are certainly right that the '60 body is like a jigsaw puzzle. joe.
robertw Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 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
Draggon Posted March 8, 2012 Posted March 8, 2012 I dont have the kit, but the 58 contains some beautiful chrome steelies.
jaydar Posted March 9, 2012 Posted March 9, 2012 Without benefit if having sampled the above, but having just built the Monogram '67 Stingray Coupe, I can recommend it highly. What a great build! What scale? Joe.
Jdurg Posted March 10, 2012 Posted March 10, 2012 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. 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!
Qwit Pushin Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 What a great build! What scale? Joe. 1/24th and thank you!
kitbash1 Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 Ive heard tell people like this one. This one is my favorite Vette as well. I also have the photoetch from Model car Garage for this kit as well.
skmodelcars Posted March 11, 2012 Posted March 11, 2012 I'll also vouch for R/M's 1968 and '69 Corvette kits. I also like Revell's '63 snappers. Those look pretty detailed for snap kits.
garryrenfro Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 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.
Draggon Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Gonna repeat, but I've heard how good the '58 is, on multiple boards. This discussion has wetted my appetite for one!
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