Introduction

Tommy Grove drove this 1969 Mustang based funny car through two seasons. The car depicted in this kit was one of the first funny cars to break the 200mph barrier. Running a 1500hp blown 427ci single overhead cam (SOHC) Ford, this car was hard to beat in its time.

The Kit

Harkening back to the days when artwork sold models, this box is graced with a cool burnout photo. Inside you get about 80 parts in white, chrome and clear plastic. The tires are rubber, with the rear tires done with backside inserts and preprinted “Racemaster” lettering. A single sheet of instructions and a nice decal sheet complete the package. There are extra parts that allow you to choose the style of wheels (front and rear), front end and the type of engine intake you want. The photos on the box confirm that there were several part variations on this car during its short career.

Quickboost adds to its long line of ejection seats with a late model A-7E Corsair II ejection seat with molded in belts. The seat comes in four pieces with two being the side on the seat top and one a handle on the right side of the seat. All the parts are perfectly cast. Assembly is simple with the canopy breakers being removed and added to the top of the seats. The handle is added. One warning here, I added mine and it was broken off with the handling by the end of the photos.

The seat is designed for the Trumpeter kit so I built it for comparison. The Trumpeter seat isn't bad but in comparison to the Quickboost seat, it is lacking detail. The top of the seat is much better detailed in the Quickboost set. Quickboost is definitely an upgrade to the Trumpeter kit.

This seat is very recommended and very reasonable in price. My thanks to Aires, Quickboost, and IPMS/USA for the chance to review this great seat.

MiniArt is probably better known for their 1/35^th scale building and diorama sets but they also have a growing number of building kits in 1/72^nd scale.

One nice thing about their 72^nd scale kits is they depict buildings without any battle damage so are great for not only military dioramas but civilian ones as well.

Another main difference between their 35^th scale and 72^nd scale kits is the smaller scale includes all injection molded parts making them a bit easier for your average modeler to get a quality finished product.