MPC 1904 Darracq - Powered Up!

[plastimatic]

Okay, so, admittedly, the 70s model kit industry offered up quite a few curve balls.
MPC took some Airfix kits of early roadsters and did a simple addition of bigs and littles, and some superfluous power parts.
But, you know, it almost works.

Here's my 1904 Darracq Roadster:

Painted cherry red, with a black frame and dark gray seats. Gold/brass accents and donor decals.

Drybrush wood dash.

As with my Piping Hot over in the guest gallery, MPC did a quality job producing the base kit.
And this time, the provided slicks fit under the fenders (well, how could they not?).

Thanks for lookin'!

[davevan1]

LOVE IT!! I have one of those put back. Per one review of the stock version of the kit it is almost exact 1/25 scale. It's a tiny car. I have not dug out info on the real car and checked but I bought mine after reading is was 1/25.

[stilljustharley]

Definitely one of those "It shouldn't work but somehow it does!" kits. Now I know it's around 1/25 scale, I'm wondering what it would look like with a Corvair motor hanging out the back.....

[plastimatic]

Apr 14, 2023 17:14:04 GMT -6 davevan1 said:

LOVE IT!! I have one of those put back. Per one review of the stock version of the kit it is almost exact 1/25 scale. It's a tiny car. I have not dug out info on the real car and checked but I bought mine after reading is was 1/25.

Airfix had the Darracq as "32nd scale" on a box release, but you're right, it's definitely closer to 1/25.
The Piping Hot and T Bomb are both smaller.

[flounder]

Nice to see this one brought to life. You did a great job! I had no idea it was close to 1/25. I thought they were going for the Zinger vibe.


I ended up gathering the entire series.

[TooOld]

Don't think I've ever seen this one before , pretty cool looking little rod !

You're right it does "almost" work , actually it works much better than a lot of other old kits I've seen .

[Dennis M]

That a wicked'' great build.

[Starry Eyes]

Great sanitary build .. and the color choices are spot on !!