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- Re-issue of AMT’s old Opel GT kit. Has lots-o-extra parts for what could be optional builds, yet no mention in the instructions, and extras are not complete.
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- I though it would look neat with a supercharged V6 engine. There were some extra parts suggesting that at one point you could get the kit with a supercharger.
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- There are no attachment points for the engine, it’s secured at the transmission mount.
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- Classic ‘stingray’ look of the Opel GT. The rear wheels are smoothies, which came with the kit. However, only three come in the re-issue. You get two complete sets of stock type wheels, like the ones on the front.
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- The small instruments are gauge faces I printed on paper. The large instruments are dry brushed.
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- The kit’s interior looks a lot better with a little creative painting.
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- The rear ‘meats’ (fat tires) came from a kit of a 1990s Corvette. They actually look small on the Corvette.
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- The front tires are the kit issued stock tires.
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- The fan belt set up came with the kit, and is obviously for a supercharger, yet no supercharger came with it. I used a supercharger from a old AMT 1940s Ford kit. Of course it had to be shortened for the V6, and I flipped the belt drive pulley to clear the distributor.
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- The kit was a last minute build as a gift, so no time for engine bay detailing, which this old kit sorely needs. Note how big the V6 distributor is, most distributors for V8 kits are half this size!
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- The kit came with drag racing headers, which exhausted under the car, yet there is no mention of them in the instructions. You’ll discover there are a lot of missing steps in the instructions.
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- Why didn’t Santa bring me a real one?
KIT BASHING: HOBBY BOSS F-5E TIGER II, NOT AN “EASY ASSEMBLY” KIT, BUT WELL WORTH THE LITTLE BIT-O-MONEY IT COSTS!