Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

MPC 79 FirebirdT/A


Recommended Posts

Yeah- those tires. I think I saw these in an old "Charger III" show car kit, as MPC's "Racing Tire" for the late '60's. Perhaps they were meant to be sort of an open wheel racing tire from then. They came in two sizes: sorta skinny and sorta wide. These look like the sorta wides. They do look like a truck tire to me. I've got a few in my parts box- and I think I might have used two of the fat ones on the rear of a Road Runner just once. I think Mark is right- the skinnier ones would have come in the original '79 Firebird, and other MPC Camaros & Firebirds from the Late Disco Era. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The roll cage parts first appeared in the '73 Firebird and Camaro kits.  I think the Camaro was a Tiny Lund car, the Firebird might have been Buck Baker.

Fellas,

 I'd really like to see some aftermarket parts and decals produced to build these cars above !  Maybe a later reissue by Round 2 will have the stuff available in the box ?

 

Edited by Pete L.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

The decal sheet is very nice and may be why this kit is so much. For a while nobody had Trans Am on the decal sheet. Even the Revell kit was missing them. My older kit of the 79 Trans Am anniversary kit, it had decals that had the entire alfabet in the font so you could make it say Trans Am on the car but it was the way they had gotten away from the licensing but still giving us the decals. Also remember GM paid licensing fees to the SCCA for every Trans Am they sold. GM never owned the rights to the name! 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 1 year later...

I just got it knowing it's mostly a dog of a kit having built the AMT 78 issue from a few years back. Decals are great and it fills a gap in the collection. My biggest gripe, actually my only gripe knowing the history of the moulds, is that they didn't see fit to tool up a usable set of door mirrors. Bad fit I can forgive, and work around. Chrome headlamps I can forgive. Dodgy tyres I can forgive.

No door mirrors? Bah.......

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...