cam.chris Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Old MPC , .. made from 3 bad ones.. all original parts.. 1
Snake45 Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 Very clean work! Especially considering you had to make it out of three bad ones. I still have the one I built in 1968. I should dig that thing out and restore it sometime.
Gizzy Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) Great build.I have a couple of these.As much as I like it...it's poorly tooled.JMO Edited January 21, 2020 by Gizzy
Dave Van Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 have never seen that kit look that good. Any chassis photos? IIRC mine had a separate roof...tough build for a kid. I make screen printed decals for that kit if you need some.
cobraman Posted January 21, 2020 Posted January 21, 2020 I don't believe I ever saw a better one! Well done.
dave branson Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 Very nice build/ Always wanted one of these kits. Maybe someday
cam.chris Posted January 22, 2020 Author Posted January 22, 2020 Hi, thanks for all the nice comments?... The body's are mostly ok, the chassis however, all the joints for the suspension parts brake off or are glued on, same with blue tinted glass. It's not 100% accurate to the real one but it's what MPC tooled up year's ago and has it charm...
Snake45 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 When I built mine as a kid, I painted the frame yellow (and not too well, either), as shown on the box art. Over the years the frame has pretty much fallen apart (though I think I have all the pieces) and need to rebuild it anyway, so I'm gonna strip it, take off all the mold lines, and repaint it. What color was the frame on the real one. Black? I was originally gonna strip and repaint the body, too, but now I think I'm just gonna leave the original paint on it as a "survivor." The decals are in bad shape and starting to flake off. If I could get new decals, I might try to polish out the existing paint (I think it was Pactra Red, and it looks thick enough to take a polish). Dave Van, do you make your decals available to others? I might be interested in a set. SnakeACP45 at AOL dot com.
magicmustang Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Snake45 said: What color was the frame on the real one. Black? Snake, it looks to be a silver colored frame in this shot. 1
Codi Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 That paint is gorgeous, mile deep. Nice build sir. cheers, tim
gtx6970 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, magicmustang said: Snake, it looks to be a silver colored frame in this shot. I've seen several pictures and articles on this car. Best I remember.......And I think the chassis was a real light metallic blue
Snake45 Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 MM and GTX, just what I need to know! I'll see what I have in rattlecans in the light gray or blue-gray area. I'm not going for complete accuracy (the model isn't even CLOSE to the real car), but anything in that neighborhood HAS to be better than the drippy yellow that's on there now.
magicmustang Posted January 22, 2020 Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Chris, yours looks great! Here's the Car Craft cutaway pic for those who want total accuracy. Seems I remember TooOld on the forum was doing a scratch built frame! Edited January 23, 2020 by magicmustang 1
drag racer 15 Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 Speed city resin makes a correct Mr. Unswitchable for anyone interested I have ordered from him before and his products are top notch 1
iBorg Posted January 24, 2020 Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) What color is it? What color is the primer and did you use a gold or silver under layment? Edited January 24, 2020 by iBorg spelling
fordf-100 Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/21/2020 at 9:16 AM, Dave Van said: have never seen that kit look that good. Any chassis photos? IIRC mine had a separate roof...tough build for a kid. I make screen printed decals for that kit if you need some. Hi Dave, I would be interested in a set of decals for this. Where would I be able to purchase a set? Please let me know ! Thanks! Phil
TooOld Posted February 1, 2020 Posted February 1, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 3:09 PM, gtx6970 said: I've seen several pictures and articles on this car. Best I remember.......And I think the chassis was a real light metallic blue The rectangular steel frame was black , all of the upper tubing was in fact a very pale blue/almost silver .
alan barton Posted February 3, 2020 Posted February 3, 2020 I remember as a kid reading one of those Drag Racing comic books (Clint Curtis and the Road Knights?) and they featured this car in one of the stories. Ever since then I have lusted for this model. Yours is easily the nicest one I have seen photographed. One of the tragedies of our modern hi-tech drag racing scene is that nobody would DREAM of building such a radical car these days. Regardless of how well it ran it is a solid 10 on the cool factor scale. Cheers Alan
mustang1989 Posted February 11, 2020 Posted February 11, 2020 I've gotta say.....this is one car that I've never seen before. Very clean work on this car.
Speed City Resin Posted August 21, 2020 Posted August 21, 2020 For more info on the Speed City Resin "Mr. Unswitchable GTO and exclusive drag parts & tires, go to www.speedcityresin.com 2
bisc63 Posted August 25, 2020 Posted August 25, 2020 On 2/1/2020 at 7:11 AM, TooOld said: The rectangular steel frame was black , all of the upper tubing was in fact a very pale blue/almost silver . Being a Pontiac and all, reckon he might have used Pontiac Blue-Silver Metallic, a color used on Pontiac engines? Its a very pretty, very silvery light blue.
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