Burago 1/24 Corvette C8R

[ffracer6]

Absent a plastic kit, Burago is showing a moderately priced Corvette C8R as a scheduled release for Q of 2023.  The price looks to be about $30 US.


www.carmodel.com/burago/bu28024/1-24/chevrolet/c8-r-6-2l-v8-team-corvette-racing-n-3-racing-2021/159365


I have had some success stripping down Burago die casts and building them into good models.   The nice part is that the doors open and allow interior detail to be viewed.   I did this with an early Audi R8 (pre-EVO version, before the NuNu kit) and have near term plans to do it with Porsche 991.2 RSRs.   I can't tell from the images I've seen to date if the Corvette C8R will have opening doors or any other similar features.

[tatocorvette]

Hello,

Unfortunately many subjects are only available in diecast form. I had to severely modify diecasts to build my C8, C7 ZR1, C7 convertible and last gen Viper.
Revell will release a plastic model of the C8 soon, but no word on C8R or C8 Z06. If a diecast of the Z06 is made, I'll have to jump on it as well.
I always shut the doors permanently for 2 reasons:
1: opening features like doors and hoods create huge unrealistic gaps that look horrible
2: they NEVER open prototypically correct anyways

Thanks,
Ismael

[arcticwolf]

Aug 9, 2023 7:08:53 GMT -8 tatocorvette said:

Hello,

Unfortunately many subjects are only available in diecast form. I had to severely modify diecasts to build my C8, C7 ZR1, C7 convertible and last gen Viper.
Revell will release a plastic model of the C8 soon, but no word on C8R or C8 Z06. If a diecast of the Z06 is made, I'll have to jump on it as well.
I always shut the doors permanently for 2 reasons:
1: opening features like doors and hoods create huge unrealistic gaps that look horrible
2: they NEVER open prototypically correct anyways

Thanks,
Ismael

I have built models with operational doors. They looked horrible. Now the first thing I do is glue the doors to the body.