Mickey Thompson’s Revelleader Grand Am

[Scale-Master]

Another model I built about the same time as the Trans Am, (mid 90’s), and also out of the box. Not something that is seen every day... Also on the fragile side so it does not get taken out very often and has never been shared online before, but since I am cleaning the cases... The tires on this one are holding up better than the T/A, but it weighs a lot less too.

[Scale-Master]

Here are some shots of the chassis/engine:

[Harry P.]

Oh yeah... back from the days when funny cars were still interesting and not the generic "jelly bean" they are today.

Is that 1/16 scale?

[Haubenschild]

did you do anything special to the interior ?

[bsoder]

Very nice!!...don't recall having ever seen this body B)

[Evil Appetite]

Hey...very nice!

[1320wayne]

Very nicely done Mark. You are a man of mystery when it comes to model building. Never realized you were into these style of builds.

[Modelmartin]

Nicely built, Mark. I had not remembered how less than accurate those kits were. They sat so high and then had those generic frames in them. looks like fun, though!

[Greg Pugh]

I can't believe that these are the ones that don't get seen. Amazing!!

[Wagoneer81]

Beautiful! You need to clean cases more often, I'm loving the eyecandy!

[W-409]

Wow, really nice job with this one too. Paintjob and decals look really good, must say before Jim does, that it's SHINY! Those wheels and tires are really great, just like real ones. Engine detailing looks very good also. Nice build again.

[David G.]

A great subject nicely done.

David G.

[Scale-Master]

Thanks guys.

Yes, it is 1/16th scale.

The paint is Testors Bright Yellow and Classic White Model Master enamels, no clear. Looks like it has held up quite well... I recall letting the yellow dry for a month before accent painting, decaling and trim painting.

Since it was built OOB, nothing other than normal clean assembly and detail painting was done to the interior, and the entire kit for that matter.

One trick I did do that was kind of doing a Smokey Yunick with the OOB rules was to replace all the fiddley steering rods with brass wire wrapped in BMF, but I kept the kit's rod ends. Several of them were broken (it was built from an original issue kit) and it was the only way I could figure to make it buildable.

I'm still not done cleaning the five cases, and many of the models I have on display have never seen the internet. Maybe I'll post a few more...