Revell 1/25 Mickey Thompson's Challenger I and Tommy Ivo Showboat Four Engine Dragster, 7501

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Revell 1/25 Mickey Thompson's Challenger I and Tommy Ivo Showboat Four Engine Dragster, 7501 plastic model kit

1/25 7501 Revell Mickey Thompson's Challenger I and Tommy Ivo Showboat Four Engine Dragster

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good-

1987 issue features both kits from the original 1960s molds. The Challenger I was originally released in 1962 and it was a revolutionary kit that broke new ground in 1/25 level of detail. In Tom Graham's interviews with Jim Keeler, the kit designer, the molds cost $80,000 in 1961 - twice that of a normal car kit. To design the kit, Thompson's mechanics gave the Revell team full run of the vehicle and even disassembled it for them. The kit features removable boy panels, four super detailed Pontiac V-8 engines with 18 parts each, complete chassis, suspension and drive train detail, water tanks, fuel tanks, parachute holder, cockpit and much more. The level of detail is astounding. Molded in correct baby blue, chrome plated and with rubber tires. The Showboat certainly fit the name - it had four Buick Nailhead engines with individual gear boxes. That kit is very well detailed as well. Both are never started. All the colored parts are still factory sealed in the bag. The few parts not sealed have been inventoried complete. With decals and instructions.

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