MPC '71 Roadrunner

[JJ Deuce]

Just getting settled after moving last year.  I picked up this kit I started a while back to knock the rust off and get something finished.  It's the 1987 reissue of the Roadrunner kit.  I picked this kit because it's the first model I remember my dad building when I was a kid, 40+ years ago  I was disappointed then that he didn't use the Superbird parts ?.  Dad's kit is long gone , but I'm building this one as an homage to that model that got me interested in this hobby.

Dad usually just painted the body of a kit and then left everything else in bare plastic. The Roadrunner was metallic blue and he put this Roadrunner decal on the doors.  Fortunately I found a set of original decals recently.  I couldn't bear to leave anything in that nasty yellow plastic so I tried to keep it simple with a black interior and flat black chassis.  It needs another coat of Tamiya blue, and I need to finish the engine, and pick out some details, but it's far enough along that I should be able to finish it up soon.  

 

 

 

[fivesuns]

I really like that body style, the 71 and 72 satellites and road runners are among my favorite.  I worked in San Antonio about 20 years ago and I bought a black 72 while I was there.  Wished I still had it. I look forward to seeing it finished.

 

[RichCostello]

I just got this kit recently, so I'll be watching this. It sure looks better in blue than that awful yellow that it's molded in.

I want to build it as the Satelite Sebring that my brother had. Anybody know of a stock hood for this car?

[Snake45]

Looking good! These are getting semi-rare and you don't see that many new builds of them anymore. You're doing great and I like what you've done with the wheels. Good luck and drive on! 

Edited January 13, 2019 by Snake45

[JJ Deuce]

13 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Looking good! These are getting semi-rare and you don't see that many new builds of them anymore. You're doing great and I like what you've done with the wheels. Good luck and drive on! 

Thanks.  It was hard to find one at a price that I felt was reasonable for a builder.  It was missing a few parts but nothing critical or unobtainable.  

[kelson]

16 hours ago, RichCostello said:

I just got this kit recently, so I'll be watching this. It sure looks better in blue than that awful yellow that it's molded in.

I want to build it as the Satelite Sebring that my brother had. Anybody know of a stock hood for this car?

I'm pretty sure Missing link resin,sells what you need.

[RichCostello]

3 hours ago, kelson said:

I'm pretty sure Missing link resin,sells what you need.

Thanks Curtis, I'll check that out.

[Luc Janssens]

 

I Round-2 finds the inserts for this car, they IMHO should redo it as a '72 with the elastomere bumper option

Like this one

Edited January 13, 2019 by Luc Janssens

[JJ Deuce]

got a little more done on this one.  I think I'm going to leave the rearend at the lower ride height.  with the stock tires and wheels, it looks odd with a rake to me.  I need to clean up a few spots and give it another coat of paint, then polish and foil/molotow the trim.  

Calling the interior finished.  I didn't bother to paint the gauges since they're small and it's really just a shelf model that reminds me of my childhood.  The model my dad built was all bare white plastic except for the body.  

 

[Bob Ellis]

Round 2 reissued the 1973-74 with some of the common parts of 71s.  This 1971 Roadrunner shown is the 1988 ERTL issue. Very nice. It seems to me that Round2 is missing the 1971-1972 body. It's a no brainer to reissue that kit.

[JJ Deuce]

Little update. The engine is almost complete.  I didn't have another can of the Tamiya blue in my inventory, so I went to the only hobby shop in town that carries Tamiya paints, and their inventory was really sparse.  The only blue they had turns out not to be the same I had used previously, but oh well.  I'll give it some time to dry and then polish it out before I put on the foil and decals, and then do the final assembly.