I built this kit as a kid and of course I botched, but it was one of my favorite kits. So as an adult, I just had to try my hand at it again. Well, I have built three since I started building again. This kit was one the first kits I built as I started building again. This kit is a great kit for kitbashing, for customizing or just building straight out of the box. There was some flash but not too bad. There are lots of extra parts for building a multitude of versions. My 1st build was the the drag version, it was molded in yellow, so I did not paint it. My second build was the service truck using the Sinclair decals and I painted it in a two tone green and white. My third version was an all out custom with a chopped top, shortened bed, injector stacks, pegasus wheeels and tires, zoomie headers, and a skull for the radiator cover. If you are familiar with the Hot Wheels Boneshaker then you know what I was trying to do. I want to build another version as I dont have the stake bed version. I highly recommend this kit as it is a great kit for customizing and it has lots of extra parts and can be built in a least threee versions straight out of the box. I give this kit a 5 out of 5.

This kit includes parts to build the truck as a stock, custom, or service truck. The body, frame, chassis, and interior parts are nicely detailed and decently molded, but many of the smaller parts, including much of the chrome, have very soft detail, and the mold halves do not line up very well, resulting in a lot of misshapen parts and cleanup work for the modeler. The tires are also nicely detailed, but the pad printed whitewalls are not properly centered. I like that two complete engines are included, though one of them is entirely chromed. I got this kit to build as the service truck option, but the winch on the towing frame looks more like a toy than a scale model. On the plus side, it allows the modeler to apply his scratch-building skills to make it look more realistic. The parts are numbered on the sprues, but not on the instructions, so one must pay very close attention to ensure one is using the correct part.

I've had this kit for some time and just finished it. I went totally custom on it. The flash was a little heavy in areas but nothing too major. Details were kind of light and the instructions were well done. The kit comes to a flat head Ford engine and a chrome engine. I chopped the top on it. I used something new on the interior, I used decals from ladies fake nail kits and it really looks great over the white paint. I painted the body candy root beer over copper. I used wheels and tires from my spares box. I would recommend this kit to all builders.