I love this kit. Yeah, I know ... some folks are purest and only build 1/25 or 1/24 scale. Not me - if I like the kit, I will build it. Well, at least I will plan to build it. :) Anyway, this is one of those favorite kits. Monogram initially released the kit in the 1980's. It has been reissued several times in Street, S/C, various Race and Dragster renditions. This is the Essex Wire version built from a kit issued around 1990 or 1991. The driver figure is from the later USRRC Limited Edition release of the same kit. Not sure when I built this, but it's been a while. It's the older Tamiya 1/24 kit, and I recall it actually builds up very nicely. This was one of my early attempts at spraying gloss enamel with an airbrush. I guess it turned out decent. It's amazing how small this kit is compared to other 1/24 and even 1/25 cars in the display cabinet. |