A Definitive List of 1/25 & 1/24 Scale Corvette Kits

What car has been produced in kit form the most times? This might prove to be a hotly debated topic but basing an answer on the following list will certainly place the Corvette by Chevrolet near the top of any list. Starting in 1953 there have been promotional models (commonly called promos) and annual kits produced for every year of Corvette’s nearly 50 year history. To add to this list one must include the numerous releases of Corvette show and concept cars and the custom versions ranging from bizarre dragsters to mildly modified. The list continues to grow as Corvette enters its sixth decade of continual production and model companies continue to realize the popularity of this automotive icon and in doing so continue to reissue previous kits as well as release new versions of earlier years and each new years model.

I am certainly not the first to create a list of Corvette kits and have relied on much of this earlier work in my effort to create what I hope is a definitive list. The reason for reinventing the wheel, so to speak, was to update previous lists, include material that I felt should have be included and to create a list that was more tightly defined.

To be included in the list the following criteria was used:

• The scale had to be 1/25, 1/24 or very close to one of these scales. Monogram kits are 1/24 and all others 1/25 unless noted.
• The kit had to be mostly plastic or resin. Metal bodied kits are included if most of the remainder of the kit is plastic.
• The kit had to be in an unbuilt form .
• Promos were included because while they come assembled they begin life as a standard plastic kit.
• Decisions as to what year to refer to a model as was based on the manufacturer’s designation followed by mine and references opinions.. Disagreement was covered in the Comments column of each listing.
• My overall list was further divided into several sublists based on these criteria:
  • buildable as yearly models, based on a stock kit or can be modified back to stock with a little effort
  • concept/show, race or custom bodied cars
  • sets of cars

References

• Vette Vues Magazine - various Model Scene columns

• Hobby Heaven - old catalogs

• Scale Auto Enthusiast Magazine - Vette Directory, article by Larry A. Greenberg published in August 1987

• Model Facts - a manual for Corvette enthusiasts, published by Bill Landis in 1979

• Vette - article published in September 1997

• a wide variety of magazine kit reviews and other sources

If you have or know of any additional information on Scale Model Corvette listing please contact Robert Wheeler at e-mail:   r.wheeler@sk.sympatico.ca

Model Kit Listings by Generations

• C1 - 1953 to 1962

• C2 - 1963 to 1967

• C3 - 1968 to 1982

• 1983 - There were no 1983 Corvettes released by GM for sale, so no kits, but there are reports of some early '84 promos that had 1983 on the rear plate.

• C4 - 1984 to 1996

• C5 - 1997 to 1999

• Non Stock Kits ~ Concept & Prototypes

• Non Stock Kits ~ Racing & Customs

• Caricature Kits ~ More gag than kit, cannot be built stock

• Corvette Sets

• Corvette Promotional Models - 1953 to 1998

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Page updated  12/20/01