Corvette models

[cscarlson]

How many collect corvette models and what brands and sizes. where are the best places to buy them? what year is the favorite ones?

[kmac]

I got my first one probably a year ago, which was a red '69 made by Mattel (Hot Wheels). I also have a riverside red '67 (Ertl) and a blue '58 that I'm not sure who the manufacturer is. My latest purchase was a Porsche Carrera GT. All are 1:18 scale. I usually order through Exoticar (www.exoticar.com), but I also have a lot of links that I go through frequently and check what they have.

I really want an '02 Z06, but I'm holding out hoping someone will make one in electron blue. :D

[KTM]

I bought my first die-cast model about 1993 or 1994. It was ERTL red ´67 427 convertible 1/18. Since then I have bought every now and then only 1/18 scale Corvette models. Last one is Auto-Art Corvette SS. Mainly my models are Mid Years, but I do have all body style models. Brand that I have: Auto-Art, ERTL, Exoto, Maisto, Carousel1, UT-models...

I buy from:
http://www.dlc.fi/~model/
http://www.autosportmodels.com/
http://www.supercar1.com/
http://listings.ebay.com/aw/plistings/list/all/category19036/index.html

[silver-eagle]

I've been collecting 1/43 scale for about 2 years. It started with a '93 Ruby Red, which coinsides with the purchase of a 1/1 '93 Ruby. Since then, I've acquired various 1/43rd from Ebay,Yahoo, and CORVETTE Museum auctions, and a number of online and local stores.
Exotic Car has two locations near me, and I do frequent their wharehouse sales.
Also, www.diecast.com had a couple I was interested in.
There's also 3 1/18 scale (two vettes, 1 SSR), a couple of 1/24th including a FM '63 Splitwindow made out of fibreglass, and 13 1/64th scale including a couple of specials.
They are all different vendows. Mattel mostly, but Maistro, Ertl, and Action are there as well.
-John

[Her 92]

My hubby collects all models of corvettes, all scales and all colors. :eyerole We have so many models we can't keep them all on display! There are boxes all over the house and we even have a storage building full of models. He recently moved his company into a larger office and took about 15 of the models to his office 4 of which are 1998 Pace Cars they're 1/18, 1/24, 1/43 & 1/64. We have the full size one out in the garage, he drives it to work occasionally.;) :w

[supernatural400]

I have about 110 1/18 Corvettes and continue to search E-bay for good deals. once in a while k-bee toys has a die cast month and you can usually find C5's there,. If you looking for mid year ragtops prepare to pay big money (50-65 dollar) range for those as there hard to come by. As are the specials such as a 96 grand sports which i just paid 104 bucks for. The exoto grand sports are running the 115 dollar price range, for the 63's