CrazyGirl Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Am I not understanding something here , two corvettes , a 62 and a 67 , both 1/25 scale but the 62 looks so much larger and is almost a 1/4" wider than the 67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I'm no Corvette expert, but I'm guessing the real ones are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooOld Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 The simple explanation is . . . two different manufacturers . The new Revell body is a really nice piece but I think the MPC '67 body is probably correct . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 The accuracy of scale varies a lot from model to model. Some are correct, some others are way off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGirl Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 well what's funny is I had a 66 Corvette and a few friends had 60's and 62's and I don't recall them being much larger , or I guess I never paid attention, but looking at the two model bodies now it looks odd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGirl Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 oh , both are Revell kits , the 67 is a 1997 build , and from what everyone says here that's the best year for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I checked the 1:1 Corvette specs and '62 is 70.4" ; '67 is 69.6". That's only a .032" difference in 1/25 scale. So it's in the kit maker's hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGirl Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 wow Mike ,,, so what kit is more accurate ? the smaller 67 , or the larger 62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 wow Mike ,,, so what kit is more accurate ? the smaller 67 , or the larger 62 Get out the old digital calipers, measure both of them, divide your measurement by 25. Compare. There's your answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 wow Mike ,,, so what kit is more accurate ? the smaller 67 , or the larger 62 Yeah, Listen to Bill. I'm not exactly conversant on Corvettes .. I was in TR4's and Porsche's instead. I've never built a Corvette kit, so I'm worthless. Seeing you had both Vette's, that's MY idea of building, though! Building something you owned has become my mantra since coming back into the hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyGirl Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 I was big into Triumphs about 30 years ago I had a collection of 5 or 6 , wish I still had them ...... measure them , oh the brain power that would suck up , at my age I need to save it for other things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMSANUT Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Interesting thread. I've been wondering similar ideas about the Revell Ferrari 420 and 458. They seem HUGE...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagercr Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 I was big into Triumphs about 30 years ago I had a collection of 5 or 6 , wish I still had them ...... measure them , oh the brain power that would suck up , at my age I need to save it for other things Talking about Triumphs, I had a 59 TR3, 72 TR6 and vintage raced a TR4. Stupid me I traded the 6 for a 356A coupe replica that I never finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Actually, from what Art Anderson has said, and from observed practices in engineering and design (something I've had a little exposure to in my education and in various lives of work), 1/25 actually came first because the real car companies drawings were frequently done in 1/10 scale. To make scaling down simple and to have a size that worked well for the models, 1/25 scale (2-1/2 times smaller than 1/10) became standard because the mechanical pantographs scaled parts down conveniently to that size. Monogram introduced 1/24 scale in the 1960s just to be different, and the foreign manufacturers decided to follow them for whatever reason. For the record: 1/24 scale: 1/2"=1'0" 1/25 scale: 15/32"=1'0" Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRX7Project Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Speaking of Triumphs, my brother had a Spitfire that our dad and he swapped an old Mustang SVO turbo 4-banger into. It would spin the tires through 3rd gear. It was so scary of a ride my brother ended up pulling the motor and junking it (the body was pretty much gone anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Goschke Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 My guess is that somewhere along the line Revell fudged something on one or both of those kits in spite of both supposedly being 1/25th. If you want to really blow your mind with a scale comparison, check AMT's new tool '57 Bel Air hardtop with their old tool kit of the same car, then with any of the 1/25th '55-'57 Chevies from Revell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 (edited) The important thing is that the finished model "looks right". Both of those Corvettes will look just fine, even setting next to each other on a shelf.. My Triumph experance was working at a Triumph dealership from 72 to 74, and based on my experance with those cars I made the mistake of buying a 76 TR7. I had to buy a Hyundai 30 years later to get another car that bad. Edited April 10, 2013 by Craig Irwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitbash1 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 The important thing is that the finished model "looks right". Both of those Corvettes will look just fine, even setting next to each other on a shelf.. My Triumph experance was working at a Triumph dealership from 72 to 74, and based on my experance with those cars I made the mistake of buying a 76 TR7. I had to buy a Hyundai 30 years later to get another car that bad. I had a 76 TR6 & a 77 TR7. The TR6 was the best car out of the two, mainly because I replaced all of the Prince of Darkness relays, switches & fuse box with Bosch parts. Never had a electrical problem after that. I still kick myself for selling that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan White Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Personally, I think that 1/24 scale (as well as 1/12 scale) are the optimal sizes when you want to transfer dimensions between the model and a real vehicle (or vice versa), since the scaling is easy to do with a standard ruler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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