Bruno Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Just finished another one, this time an '84 Dodge Turbo Z, really like those little turbo cars. Old MPC kit built box stock, only added spark plug wires, paint is automotive basecoat / clearcoat
1972coronet Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Fantastic !!! Easily the nicest G-body I've ever seen !!!
Dennis Lacy Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Sweet! My Mom had one of these brand new. I was about 5 at the time and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Hers was dark red and silver twotone with the red stripe around the middle. Very hard to find a nice, low miles example these days.
Joe Handley Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) Sweet! My Mom had one of these brand new. I was about 5 at the time and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Hers was dark red and silver twotone with the red stripe around the middle. Very hard to find a nice, low miles example these days. Your mom was Dee Dee McCall?! Edited December 27, 2015 by Joe Handley
iBorg Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Had both a Dodge Daytona and a Laser XT......great car. I do miss mine.
moparfarmer Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Never thought much of the Mopar fwd stuff back then, in real or models..That one you built is very clean and well done..You should be proud of what you accomplished..People say you can't polish a turd..You sure did and a very good polish job indeed...
kelson Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 That looks real nice,maybe the first time I've seen one built on the forum,i have the same kit in my stash as well as Revell's snap tite versions.How was the fit of Mpc's version?
mangodart Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Very nice job !!! Funny as I'm working on the same model but painted as the Dee Dee Mc Call version, great !!! Those MPC kit were very well detailed, I think the difficulties are the stance and wheels place...
Dennis Lacy Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Your mom was Dee Dee McCall?! Ha! I totally forgot they had one of these in Hunter. I'm pretty sure my Mom's had red interior, though. I used to watch that show all the time. Stepfanie Kramer was pretty hot!
charlie8575 Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Nice job. I remember seeing a couple of those in solid charcoal, and I thought they were pretty sharp. And yes, Dennis, Stefanie Kramer was a doll. Charlie Larkin
bogger44 Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Nice build, Bruno! You don't see these built up too often, and your's is probably the best I've ever seen. I always thought they were pretty sharp cars.
Harry P. Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Nice model. Brings back memories... I had one, five speed, Garnet Red upper and silver lower body with the side skirts. Great car, crazy fast for a four. Great fun until the turbo burned out (which happened way too soon, IMO). Turbo technology back then wasn't anywhere near what it is today... but it was fine while it lasted!
Bruno Posted January 5, 2016 Author Posted January 5, 2016 That looks real nice,maybe the first time I've seen one built on the forum,i have the same kit in my stash as well as Revell's snap tite versions.How was the fit of Mpc's version?Well, the fit was ok, other than sanding molding lines and cleaning flash, I would say it's a nice kit. The first kit I bought, the body was badly warped, and I ruined it while trying to fix it, so I bought another kit. The windows in both kits had very bad tire marks on them, I had to wet sand a lot and polish all the windows.
iamsuperdan Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Can't remember the last time I saw one of these on the road! Love the kit. Not to take away from what others do, but I enjoy seeing these "oddball" kits more than the usual Mustang, Camaro, Charger kits. i enjoy seeing them all, but I enjoy this type of thing a little more.
spencer1984 Posted January 7, 2016 Posted January 7, 2016 Excellent work, I like the nice clean look you went with!
buildnething Posted January 25, 2016 Posted January 25, 2016 Sweet! My Mom had one of these brand new. I was about 5 at the time and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Hers was dark red and silver twotone with the red stripe around the middle. Very hard to find a nice, low miles example these days. My grandma had one new too, I was about the same age as you were when she had it too. I thought it was awesome and called her my black grandma, because she had one exactly like this build. HAHA funny story!
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