C8R Racing Corvette: Having fun with a 1/64 toy

[tatocorvette]

Hello,

  I don't think anybody will be surprised that I love Corvette Racing and the current C8R

I'm still hoping for a 1/24 scale model of this awesome race car but no signs of it yet.  Not even a diecast.  Mattel just released the Hot Wheels C8R.  It is a Hot Wheels. A toy to be played with. Not necessarily an accurate scale model but that's ok.
So I got my hands on a few of these.  My plan is to eventually design my own decals to do the race cars but that's way down the road. 


For now, I just took one out, cleaned it up a bit and added hand painted details. Did not take it apart. I also drilled out the exhaust. Nothing fancy. Just a couple hours of fun.

Here you can see an untouched car right out of the package at the left and the reworked one at the right.





























Removed some tampos (Don't know why they tampoed #4 anyways as the yellow car is #3)
Hand painted tail lights (a royal pain in the...), grilles, lights, mirrors, exhaust tips, wheel centers (axles), etc.
Light polish 

Again, just for fun.  What do you think?


Thanks,
Ismael

[Joel_W]

Ismael,
That's really some very nice detail painting.

 I'm pretty sure that sooner then later we'll see a C8R in kit form. 

joel