longshot: Whale tail F-body spoiler

[ClassicDarts]

My brother bought the 1/25 MPC '77 Trans Am a while ago (the reissue with blackbird car on the box top recolored to blue) with the sole intention of building it as the custom Trans Am from "The Wraith" (1986)

I brought up the fact that there were some early 80's MPC firebird kits that had a rear spoiler very similar to the movie car.

Primarily, this one came to mind;

The '84(?) issue Custom Firebird

and then thought of the '82 War Eagle Cafe Racer (which, I think, uses the exact same rear spoiler)

then later, the AMT Camaro Cheverra came to mind (and is arguably the closest to the one on the movie car)

obviously, they'd all require at least some modification.. and the entire front spoiler would have to be scratch-made, but probably not as difficult to do. At least having a starting point for the whale-tail spoiler would make things easier.

Anyway, I do pretty much all of my models as close to stock as possible most of the time, so I have a good amount of custom parts from mostly 70's and 80's kits that I never have any intention of using in the off-chance anybody has that one part from any of the above kits.

Then again, the only real reason to own any of these would be to have such over the top parts. But what the hell... figured I'd ask anyway.

Edited December 30, 2024 by ClassicDarts

[stitchdup]

looking at the front spoiler in the first pic, it looks like it started out as a visor for a 40s car or truck with  split screen

[Duane Garner]

I've got one from the Revell Cafe Racer kit. It's like the War Eagle one. PM your address and it's yours

Edited December 30, 2024 by Duane Garner
Clarification