Corvette Model Gallery

1962 Roadster

While Chevrolet was busy creating the next generation Corvette, they did have time to make the last year of the 1st generation unique. The grill screen was painted black, the headlight bezels and coves were painted body color, the lip of the side cove received a new look and the chrome trim around the cove was removed. Corvette also received, for the first time, a ribbed aluminum rocker panel. There were also minor interior changes to the seats and inner door panels. Most importantly, 1962 was the first year of the legendary 327 cu. small block, that would carry over to the Sting Ray era. Although the unveiling of the Sting Ray was being eagerly awaited, Corvette still managed to sell more than fourteen thousand units for the model year.

The model

Terry Jessee built this gorgeous Fawn Biege '62 from the newly released Route '66 Corvette kit.

The model comes with a prepainted body in Fawn BeigeMetallic, the color of the actual car during the '61and '62 seasons. Dennis Doty and I did the color research for Revell, and also found some of the photos they duplicated. I built the model without too many changes. I did foil all of the exterior trim that would tolerate it, and did so on the interior, too.

The interior is cast in a pale gold plastic. I found a Duplicolor spray can called "Light Briar Brown" that was pretty close to the color of the body, so I did the interior with that, then foiled that, too. I lost all the beautiful tampo detail on the gauges, though. I couldn't save it, so I had to detail those as best I could. Wish they'd used decals.

Chassis is flat black with semi-gloss black front and rear suspension. Exhaust is painted with Testors Metalizer Burnt Metal and Stainless Steel. The engine isn't really visible because the hood doesn't open very far, but it builds up beautifully. I wish all kit engines were as nice, and as easy to build.

If you have any questions or comments for Terry, you can email him at  lightcommercial@yahoo.com

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