A
resin Speed Racer Mach 5 kit, from Streamline Productions.
It is a pretty good kit. A heavy resin example, the the
resin being somewhat soft, or "sand" like in composition.
I painted it Testors Bright White.
The
kit did not require any donor parts. It came with the saws
in the front, though they are static. I chose to build the
kit with them installed. Both the saws and wheels are metal
(pot metal?). The front headlamps covers and windshield
are vacuum formed.
It
is a curbside as well, there is no "hood" to speak
of. The decals were included and went on nicely.
The
Mach V was one of those cars that always needed to be in
kit form, I am surprised it took so long for one to be made,
even if it is resin.
This
example is actually a little larger than the newer Polar
Lights Mach 5 (compared below). Those kits are probably
more around 1/32 scale.
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