Mooneyes Dragster

FINALLY! The repressing of the Revell 1963 Mooneyes Dragster. Dean Moon was a Hot Rodding pioneer, as well as an astute business man. Mooneyes, under the direction of Chico, still exists in Santa Fe Springs, California today. This model was originally released in 1963 and 1965 as a double kit with the Revell Sanitary T Bucket Altered. I was hoping this double kit would be re-released by Atlantis, but it was not to be... BUT, the Dragmaster (Carlsbad, Ca.) frame can be kitbashed into MANY other mid-sixties famous dragsters, akin to the the Dragmaster Dart. I have a dozen of these kits in my stash for the purpose of kitbashing, and I think YOU should have a few, too! highly, highly, HIGHLY recommended!!!

It's nice to see this classic rail being re-released - but it is definitely using the old-school molds. The kit is simple to build, although fitment is somewhat lacking and the instructions could have been a bit better as well. You can make it look good, but it will take some effort of the modeler's part. About half of the included parts are unused in this kit - I believe they are meant for their re-released gasser kit.

I was excited to build my first kit form Atlantis, but that soon wore off. I'm probably in the minority but not a fan of the directions and the fact there are no real attachment guide pins for lining things up correctly. The cool factor is there and it does build into a very shelf worthy nostalgic dragster though. I would possibly purchase another just to give another shot.