1963 CORVETTE

Don't know if it was the kit I have or molding on the car. I had to do a lot of trimming/shaving where the plastic meet/overlapped on the body. The tail light did not fit into the sockets and the engine did not fit in the engine bay after you installed the wheel rod for the front tire. Overall a bad model kit (or least the kit I bought)

A quality kit makes a quality build, this kit lacks quality. Lots of flash and fit/alignment issues. It lacks detail, the chassis has the suspension and exhaust molded in, also the seats are molded into the interior bucket. They use old style metal axles for the wheels. No decals for detail. Plan on sanding/filing almost every part. Check fit before painting. OK kit for beginner to develop skills. An advanced modeler may be disappointed. Some positives, the chrome is very good, shiny and doesn't scratch easily and lots of it. There are 2 engine blocks and 5 engine build options, you can build 2 complete engines. I'm building the 327 with fuel injection. After all it's a 63 Stingray! A beautiful car, get the body paint right and it will be a nice model, just don't look close for detail.

I built this kit as a kid. It does take a little clean up and test fitting to make things right. The kit has allot of spare parts if your a kit basher. For its age it stood up well. The interior detail is week and requires a bit of patients to get it looking good. For the intermediate modeler it's an awesome representation of the real car. For the purist some of the body detail isn't correct. All in all I still love this kit.