Review by CoMod Mike... of the Carrera D124 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Mecom Racing Team, Sebring 12h 1964
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With starting number 2, another variant of the Corvette Grand Sport, which competed in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1964, is now coming to the Carrera track.
This is chassis #003 of a total of five original Chevrolet GS racers. Chassis #003 was one of three cars driven by Jim Hall at the 1963 Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, and a year later by AJ Foyt and John Cannon at Sebring. Pictures from 1965 show chassis #003 in a different paint scheme, but it was recently restored to its 1964 Sebring-style condition!
So... the positive first ;-)
There's finally an increased angle of rotation for the guide vane with the new color scheme. The swing arm says Rev. 2, and as you can see in my photos, the angle of rotation is significantly increased! This is hardly noticeable on the Carrera track with the original magnets, of course, but on the wooden track without the magnetic wire, the Corvette now drifts smoothly around corners and doesn't get swayed if you overdo it a bit!
Visually, there's almost nothing to criticize... but unfortunately, the blue tire ring on my front tires wasn't printed concentrically. There's also room for improvement in the headlight paint job, or rather, the difference between the paint job on the center strip and the headlights. Here, the body paint job isn't as opaque as the headlight paint job! Unfortunately, we've seen this on some older models, and it's certainly due to the different plastics and coloring.
Otherwise, the scratch on the roof that you might see is mine - Carrera can't do anything about that ;-)
All in all, the new swing arm definitely impressed me in my short test... that's a clear improvement!
CoMod Mike...
(23748)
With starting number 2, another variant of the Corvette Grand Sport, which competed in the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1964, is now coming to the Carrera track.
This is chassis #003 of a total of five original Chevrolet GS racers. Chassis #003 was one of three cars driven by Jim Hall at the 1963 Bahamas Speed Week in Nassau, and a year later by AJ Foyt and John Cannon at Sebring. Pictures from 1965 show chassis #003 in a different paint scheme, but it was recently restored to its 1964 Sebring-style condition!
So... the positive first ;-)
There's finally an increased angle of rotation for the guide vane with the new color scheme. The swing arm says Rev. 2, and as you can see in my photos, the angle of rotation is significantly increased! This is hardly noticeable on the Carrera track with the original magnets, of course, but on the wooden track without the magnetic wire, the Corvette now drifts smoothly around corners and doesn't get swayed if you overdo it a bit!
Visually, there's almost nothing to criticize... but unfortunately, the blue tire ring on my front tires wasn't printed concentrically. There's also room for improvement in the headlight paint job, or rather, the difference between the paint job on the center strip and the headlights. Here, the body paint job isn't as opaque as the headlight paint job! Unfortunately, we've seen this on some older models, and it's certainly due to the different plastics and coloring.
Otherwise, the scratch on the roof that you might see is mine - Carrera can't do anything about that ;-)
All in all, the new swing arm definitely impressed me in my short test... that's a clear improvement!
CoMod Mike...
