My favorite diecast model

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction) 01/31/2018 at 15:00 • Filed to: None

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A few years ago, my friends got me this diecast model for my birthday.

The thing is: the 59 Corvette has always been my dream car. My friends knew this, mostly because I had a phase when I wouldn’t stop talking about it.

I had tried to find a model in several stores, while the 57 model is pretty easy to find, I had never found the 59 model.

One of my friends had better knowledge of diecast and R/C models, and managed to source this limited edition model, in a store in Paris (500km from here). He asked his sister, who studied there, to go get it (from the other side of the city), she then brought it the next time she came home.

The model itself is great, and really detailled, but it’s the story that makes it my favorite.

AUTOart model, 1/18, licensed by GM, limited to 6000 unit worlwide (fwiw)

Photographed on black glass (my coffee table) with a compact camera (Sony DSC-W275) in the dark, with a flashlight for lighting :)

RallyWrench > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 01/31/2018 at 15:14

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Shared to LALD. Models with stories behind them are the best, and this one looks great. Do you know who made it?

philipilihp > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 01/31/2018 at 15:46

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Very nice. First gen corvettes always confuse me in terms of how different they are from the rest of their lineage, but they are damn lovely.

Strike31 > philipilihp 01/31/2018 at 15:51

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And how different they are from each other! 1953 and 1962 could be totally different car models

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > RallyWrench 01/31/2018 at 16:03

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That’s fitting :)

Yes, it’s an AUTOart model, they built 6000 of those under GM license, which might explain why I hadn’t found one before. The licence must have expire since then, because you can find other models on the internet now (in lesser quality though)

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > philipilihp 01/31/2018 at 16:18

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The C2 was very modern in it’s design compared to the C1 which was maybe a bit more conservative. The C1 to C2 transition had probably the most notable changes. 

philipilihp > RallyWrench 01/31/2018 at 16:22

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I was about to say that it looked like an autoart, based on flocked carpetting, and interior- and engine detailing.

philipilihp > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 01/31/2018 at 16:25

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Yeah that’s exacty what I’m talking about! The evolution is clear to see from C2 to C7, but C1 sticks out, in that respect.

RallyWrench > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 01/31/2018 at 16:55

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Very cool, it looks high end. Also, come to the dark side, we have diecasts.

RallyWrench > philipilihp 01/31/2018 at 16:56

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The carpet and engine made me wonder the same, it looks great.

philipilihp > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 01/31/2018 at 16:58

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Like TFritsch said, if you are interested in the dark side, diecasts and all,. just lemme know. I’ll send you an invite to LaLD.

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > philipilihp 02/02/2018 at 16:28

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Yeah, why not, I don’t have a lot of models though, and this is the only one with a story. But I could shoot the rest I have

Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction > RallyWrench 02/02/2018 at 16:29

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It is really one of the best models I’ve seen.
I might just do that :)

philipilihp > Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction 02/03/2018 at 21:53

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I sent you an invite!