Monday, March 18, 2024

Corvette C8

And with the eighth generation of the Corvette, we've arrived at the final generation (for now, that is). This most recent Stingray has been produced from 2019 onwards.


Fair number of 1:24 models of a C8 Corvette on eBay, so I could pick and choose the colour I wanted. Went for a bright blue one, as I don't yet have a bright blue model in the line-up.









So that means that with C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, and now of course C8, I've got a 1:24 model of every Corvette generation in the collection. 

Now I would be deluding myself if I thought the collection wouldn't be expanded beyond these eight ... 







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