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After a recent unpleasant experience with a 1/16 MPC '88 Corvette this 1/25 '62 Roadster from Revell is a delight to work with and so far an enjoyable build.

 

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There are 5 very small decals on the engine which I have difficulty seeing without the aid of magnifying glass.

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The body colour is Tamiya TS-85 Bright Mica Red

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Even the brake discs have decals

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Wheels for the custom version

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The completed chassis

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More eye-straining tiny decals on the dash

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Cracking on with this build. Body mounted to the chassis, perfect fit, no issues whatsoever.

 

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That is such a pretty car!

Glad that this one is proving to be a better build than the MPC one!

I have an MPC 1/20th 'Lazer' Vette to build. I'm wondering if I'll ever build it now!

 

Cheers, Alan.

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Good luck with your 'Lazer'. I suspect that MPC upscaled the 1/25 '88 Vette kit to 1/16 and made some errors in the maths which would account for most of the issues I had with it.

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