Author Topic: An almost-Wihf ready for whiffing - Corvette America (OOB)  (Read 1552 times)

Offline Faust

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An almost-Wihf ready for whiffing - Corvette America (OOB)
« on: July 14, 2020, 11:36:20 PM »
If you believe that too much is never enough, then you can probably understand what GM was thinking when they let California Custom Coach create what is perhaps the most excessive Corvette of all time, the four-door Corvette America! The idea was to create a four-door, four-seater Corvette that would, uh, well, I don’t know what. It would be long, and expensive, and not really compete with any other sporty car since it was slow. Does that work?

Beacause I love the losers, the odd and forgotten, I clearly have a super-big love of this weirdo. I mean, it’s a FOUR-DOOR Corvette!!! How much more forgotten loser does it get than that??? I consider it a miracle that Monogram got suckered into making a kit of this thing, and I consider it an even bigger miracle that I was able to snag one for like, $10 still sealed a couple of years ago.

Of course, I could have just sold it, but I really do like the Corvette America, and that means I had to pop it out of the box and revel in all the late ‘70s bad ideas I could handle. Lucky for you guys, I also decided to share it! (That makes you lucky, right?)

Check out this completely bonkers Vette at the link below, and remember: it was the ‘70s. If that’s not an excuse, it’s at least an explanation!

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/monogram-1-24-1980-corvette-america-oob/



Offline kim margosein

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Re: An almost-Wihf ready for whiffing - Corvette America (OOB)
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2020, 09:58:14 AM »
It looks like the model was left out in the sun for a month.

Offline elmayerle

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Re: An almost-Wihf ready for whiffing - Corvette America (OOB)
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2020, 12:27:14 PM »
Looks like just the thing for someone who wants just show, no go.  I could see someone driving this down Sunset Boulevard at night and getting quite a reaction.

I'd be sorely tempted to build it in another color scheme, Arctic White exterior with either a red or light blue (ice blue?) interior.  Now you've got me looking for one at a reasonable price on Ebay.  Probably go well with some other odd types I want, a Sunbeam Tiger and a Toyo Kogo Cosmos sports car (Toyo Kogo became Mazda).

And now I've gone and purchased a couple of these kits as well as a couple Sunbeam Tiger kits and a Hasegawa 1/25 scale Cosmo sports car.
« Last Edit: July 26, 2020, 11:56:41 AM by elmayerle »