Revell Corvette C6 convertible Box Contents

[Matt Wadlinger]

I picked up the new Corvette "Easy kit" from Revell at this weeks Hobby Lobby 1/2 off sale. I was pleasantly surprised at the contents, and thought some of you may want to see what's inside.

This is a curbside kit, and has solid metal axles. There are 2 positions of ride height you can choose, stock or lowered. You could give it a muscle car rake, (low front, raised rear) I guess too. This kit also comes with both stock, and an optional set of wheels.

Overall the molding is nice and the interior details are good. Door panels are separate for ease of painting.

There are a couple drawbacks in this kit. The exterior scripts are peel and stick stickers, and not waterslide decals. and the brake rotors do not have calipers.
The brake problem should be and easy enough fix with a short trip to the parts box. The stickers however may be a problem for some. I have some extra scripts from other Corvette kits that should work for me.

Ive compared the convertible body to the coupe and the size is the same. For those of you that want a full detail convertible, it should be possible by combining the full detail Revell C6 Coupe kit with this kit. With some planning and cutting of the hood, it shouldn't be that hard of a conversion.

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I looked at the kit as well and was also impressed, I was hoping the uptop from the C5 CV would work but it's too small. This is an easy kit to swap wheels/tires due to the simple nature of the chassis w/metal axles. The custom rims are pretty decent, I almost didn't notice they weren't stock when I saw a buildup of this kit on another forum.

They give you two ride height options...looks like it's a choice of 4 X 4 or very low...guess which level I'm going to use :rolleyes: :D

I guess I'll be making some emblem decals if I have to. No big deal w/a laser printer. But it is a PITA nonetheless :mad: as they didn't bother to engrave the emblems on the body.

So wonder if anyone's going to kitbash this w/the Z06 when it comes out?