This can be a good build if you take your time as the tree parts have a lot of flash so you will need to do clean up on almost all of these. Body is good. If you take your time and do a nice job on the detailing you will end up with a nice finished product and it was a fun build as long as you don't mind putting some work into it.

This is an interesting kit to say the least. When I say interesting, I don't mean the subject matter as much as I mean the way the kit itself is manufactured. I am advised from other articles that I have read online that this was originally released as an annual kit back in the late 60's... I believe it as the kit does indeed seem to be a mixture of old and new parts. Specifically the body, chassis, and interior seem to be recently manufactured in China with fresh tooling... the mold is crisp and no flash. Interesting due to the fact that I had read in another online review that the body also had lots of flash when first released, which if this is true means it went through a revision during the latest production run. However it is also readily apparent that this mold was originally intended to be used for a die-cast body and chassis as the supports for the screws are still molded in. On the other hand, the sprues with all the other parts are pretty obviously old tooling that hasn't stood up very well over the years. Tremendous amounts of flash, details that look iffy and washed out in spots, and a fair amount of molding artifacts are present. Overall I feel that this kit should build into a relatively decent curbside kit, but to get anything more out of it is going to require a fair amount of effort. Definitely not a beginner's kit in my opinion.

This kit leaves a lot to be desired. This was my first MPC kit. The body detail was clean and impressive but the rest of the kit. Crap! The chrome tree's were horrible. It was like there was a double dose of chrome on the parts. so thick it distorted the detail and you couldn't hardly read the numbers to match on the instructions. Tons of flash on all parts. The engine looked lost in the huge engine bay. No details. The radiator was a separate part but was like 116 thick. Like a piece of paper. Make sure you pre fit the rear tail lights. They would not fit at all. I almost ruined my paint job trying to get them in. Eventually just flipped them around and used the flat part of the red transparent lights. I do not like to give bad reviews, but this kit was not very good.