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Tamiya Enamel paints are so nice! I wish they where sold here in the U.S. as well! Luckily I still have a few from a Secret Source that scored some from Tamiya a few years back ?

I think it is pretty neat for what it is, a car based on a T.V. show, and it has potential to be more. Hope AMT plays some more with their tooling and gives us another one hit wonder! I could use another wagon, how about you?

Nope, it's all flash! No tape used whatsoever. All pics are just as it came out the box! This is not a perfect kit and for something that will be mostly collected and not really built, it is ok. LIke i said, it is very 80's MPC'ish

It will be nice to not work with glue bombs or pay a small fortune for one. Lots of ideas out there.

It was this lovely rendition

Sorry about that! I guess the phone didn't rotate when I took the pics. But here you go

It is weird that as I unpacked the pieces, the plastic gave me an "Early 80's MPC Feel" Does that make sense? The swirls, the flash and the feel of the plastic had memories rushing back of opening an MPC in the 80's

Yeah, I am not all that thrilled with it being molded in black, but, it is better than Red! I am sure they molded in color to appeal more to who this kit is aimed at, fans of the show who rarely, or don't, build models.

There where also a few Road Racer types that where part of the series, like the Datsun and Porsche kits

Whoops! I knew I forgot something!

Just picked one up at my LHS

Thanks! I guess I have been pretty lucky in finding some things here and there. I haven't been to a kit show in a while, and with all the show cancellations, my wallet is catching a break! ?

The plain jane version is a kit vendors table warmer, but, the original MPC 4X4 version I think would be a better seller. As a gag, for some time now, we kept throwing this kit into our Model Club auction. Someone would buy it, then bring it back to be resold again. I ended up giving it a good home in the end.

Originally it was a kit by IMC, 1973, and from what I read it was pulled from the shelves due to mother complaining about the sexuality it implied! Then it was re-issued by Testors as the Barris Supervan in 1977, based on the 1976 movie "Supervan" that is currently available on Amazon Video

I will be perfectly happy if they only issue a Drag version! ?

I actually watched the movie that this kit is based on last night. Yeah, total 70's flashback! I have the kit, and maybe I should build it someday.

I am just pointing out that perhaps someone with more knowledge of contest could write an article, and the bio I posted of the man is to just show what his background is. And yes, there are plenty of folks who enter a contest to hopefully win something, or there just wouldn't be any contest, just NNL type events. And there is room for both. Some egos in this hobby can be quite huge, but for those that only like to just show their work, most shows have Display only tables, or just get to an NNL

LOL! Luckily new decals and chrome, gold, stripping would help!

I don't know how many times I passed on the "Pro/Street" cars on the vendors tables when I should have been snapping them up! Thanks for the memory refresh, Casey!