MsDano85gt Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 This ones a pretty Basic kit of the 80's mpc Era pretty good detail for way back in the day though I thought the decals would be a darker blue like the box art, they are actually a lighter blue, once laid over the white paint they look good I want to say i came across some real pics of 1:1 cars with the lighter blueish looking stripework...... overall the decals lay down well as long as you trim them as close as possible to the edge of the decal the front bumper i did have to (remove) the rub strip so the decal on the front bumper would wrap around and lay flat on to the progress so far...... this rear decklid decal was tricky i has to eye up and cut in 3 sections as it would not lay down correctly wrapped around the trunk lid/ spoiler this pic not only shows the rear of the car but i stood up one of the stock Shelby wheels that i drilled out all the holes for more realism and a more real car rim look I have several other of these kits and look forward to doing many variations of them lets get some of this other stuff in under glass first lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 You don't often see one of those built up. Cool looking cars. Don't know how good they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Custom Mike Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) I've always wanted to build one of these, but still haven't bought one. How good is the kit? Ray, if the one I test-drove way back when was any indication, it was a rocketship, but it also rattled and shook like mad. Needless to say I didn't buy it,...my '72 Charger ended up being a better buy anyhow! Edited February 1, 2015 by Custom Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Those MPC kits of the late 1970s thru mid 1980s are hidden gems that few people stop to build. Kits like the Omni, Horizon, Cavalier, Ford EXP etc are actually pretty nice kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Those MPC kits of the late 1970s thru mid 1980s are hidden gems that few people stop to build. Kits like the Omni, Horizon, Cavalier, Ford EXP etc are actually pretty nice kits. agreed 100% i have the cavalier and the exp's too 2 cavaliers..... trying to get the pontiac j2000 drag car so i can rob the nose and build a stock j 2000 as well lol Those MPC kits of the late 1970s thru mid 1980s are hidden gems that few people stop to build. Kits like the Omni, Horizon, Cavalier, Ford EXP etc are actually pretty nice kits. agreed 100% i have the cavalier and the exp's too 2 cavaliers..... trying to get the pontiac j2000 drag car so i can rob the nose and build a stock j 2000 as well lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Back before I had common sense I raced on of those with my '77 Camaro. We were on the freeway and I was just over 100 mph and we were running neck & neck. All of a sudden he shot away from me like I was standing still. Never saw anything like it. '77 Camaros were dogs but 100 mph is still 100 mph! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 There was one driven by Neil Diamond? no Frank sinatra in one of the cannonball run movies....... if shelby had anything to do with them i bet it was a force not to be reckoned with....... my current daily driver is a saturn 2.0 displacement with a eaton supercharger bolted up to it no other power adders its rated for 205 HP that pretty impressive for just 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 There was one driven by Neil Diamond? no Frank sinatra in one of the cannonball run movies....... if shelby had anything to do with them i bet it was a force not to be reckoned with....... my current daily driver is a saturn 2.0 displacement with a eaton supercharger bolted up to it no other power adders its rated for 205 HP that pretty impressive for just 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 First off,that's a really cool kit and looks to be a good build! Secondly those GLHS were fairly quick back then. The rest of the car fell apart around the powertrain but that particular 2.2 litre was a force to be reckoned with back in the day. BTW does anybody have a pic of that Cavalier kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 i'll pm you a pic of that cavalier kit joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 i'll pm you a pic of that cavalier kit joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 pics of "cavalier" kits plus capri's lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 pics of "cavalier" kits plus capri's lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Why do you post everything twice twice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Why do you post everything twice twice? I don't for whatever reason my pc/ laptop feels it is necessary though can't figure out what the deal is i swear i only hit the "send" / "post" button once i don't know whats up computers i do not know sniffing paint and glue i'm a pro at that lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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