MPC The Wild Ones

[PatW]

I bought this off ebay UK for a song, it said little used, but it was broken into numerous pieces. There was no radiator shell so I made one with alloy mesh, only the right arm for the Hot Curl figure,(so I made a prosthetic left arm) and he was broken into three parts, one whole Schwinn Stingray bike and another broken with front forks and wheel missing. So I used the chrome wheels (as one of the spoked wheels was broken)and used sprue for the axles. The front lights have no lenses either.

The Hot Curl figure has a body in two halves, front and back, the legs have a spring mounted to the top that sticks inside the two halves, so the figure can be mounted on a dashboard and it dances as you drive along!  

 

Edited May 18, 2020 by PatW

[styromaniac]

I acquired that exact kit off eBay a few years ago...open but intact. You've done a good job with a mistreated one!

[PatW]

Cheers Steve. Yes disappointed all broken up when you open the box!

[cobraman]

Kool !

[PatW]

Thanks Ray.

[TooOld]

Very cool !  I think you're mesh grille adds to it , something a surfer would do to repair his old Woody .  

[PatW]

Cheers Bob, how's things in Citrus Park? I hope your staying safe.

[Tom Geiger]

Interesting save on Hot Curl! I had a figure I got in a parts box that was missing both arms and a leg. My save? I cut off the remaining shoe and used it in my camper 

[PatW]

Thanks Tom. I've just looked at your Bugburban from Fink's but it doesn't allow purchasing on their website.

[1930fordpickup]

That was fast Pat. Looks good. 

[espo]

Neat looking Surf Wagon. Maybe a Shark got the Arm ? Great idea on the Prosthetic, much better than trying to reproduce an Arm.  

[PatW]

Thanks guys, yes the prosthetic limb was the only answer, it still allows the patient to surf!

[Dann Tier]

Funny!!...great imagination to fix the issues, bud!!!

[PappyD340]

Very cool indeed!

[PatW]

Thanks guys, yes we need to think outside the box! Is that the kit box?

[Bugatti Fan]

I have one of those in bits somewhere in my stash for more than fifty years. Hot Curl and the Bike have long gone however.

[Earl Marischal]

I built one of those when they came out. Late 1960s?  Mine was the pickup version and painted orange. I put wood grain ‘stick back plastic’ in the bed to try and make look like a wooden floor.

steve

[PatW]

Thanks guys. Yes this had some sticky back paper wood grain in the box, but it fell to pieces! No date on the box/instructions but it must have been old.

[slusher]

Very nice!

[PatW]

Cheers Carl.

[Bob Ellis]

Does this kit have any relation to the AMT 1928 Ford A sedan?

 

[PatW]

I've no idea Bob as a Brit in the UK, we never saw these when they were produced.