The Super Judge Funny Car Pontiac GTO 1:25 Scale MPC 784-12 Kit Review

RoR Step-by-Step Review 20130209*
The Super Judge Funny Car (Arnie Beswick’s) Pontiac GTO 1:25 Scale MPC 784-12 Kit Review
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Arnie Beswick was as drag racer in the 60s and early 70s.  He was called “the Farmer” mostly because his “day job” was as a farmer from Illinois.  He is probably the best know Pontiac drag racer ever.  In 1969 he campaigned three GTO Judges, in three different categories. The subject of this kit was Arnie’s Super Judge funny car.  He also used this car for a lot of match racing and did pretty well at it. His equipment and all of his cars were destroyed in a fire at his shop, which was on his farm, in 1972.  He was uninsured and was unable to continue to compete after that as he couldn’t afford to replace everything.

For the Modeler: This kit is a Round 2 reissue of an MPC release of Arnie’s GTO Judge.  As is typical of MPC kits it has quite a bit of flash, part fitment is sometimes not the best and several important details are incorrect when compared to the actual car.  When I was first looking at the kit I thought that much of it looked similar to the Model King reissue of the Cougar funny car.  So I grabbed mine off the shelf and discovered that the chassis, wheels and tires, and other assorted parts are directly from the Cougar funny car kit.  MPC added a supercharged Pontiac engine and the GTO body.

You’ll quickly find that it’s no joke trying to put together a contest worthy funny car, so if you want to perfect that build there are some things you’ll need to know. Although this is a great base to start with we’ll show you how to make this kit compliant to the real car with donor parts and other changes. Sponsor decal considerations; correcting the decal layout for accuracy; Assisting with instruction errors; correct engine color selection; using Alclad for Lexan to correct chrome issues; engine detailing; build sequence modification for proper painting; correct wheel finish methods; dealing with flash issues; squaring up the chassis; driveshaft alteration for fit; enhancing the headers fro realism; Drive belt correction; gauge enhancement with aftermarket parts; preparing the stock body for funny car adaptation; exterior, interior paint and finishing techniques and colors; decal installation; interior tin modifications for fit; correcting the body prop rod; are all fully examined in this 15 page, full-color Step-by-Step review.

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