It takes effort to make a model car look good. It takes the patience of a saint, the skill of an auto body technician and the eyes of an eagle to turn a kit of plastic parts into a nearly perfect scale replica, and that’s if everything in the kit is as it should be, which, if you’ve done more than one model kit, you know can be hit or miss. And it also depends on which car you choose to build. If a 1969 Camaro is your thing, you will be spoiled for choice, but what if you’re like me and you like 1970s Yank tanks?
This 1979 Chrysler Cordoba is a resin kit from a company called Air-Trax, and at first sight, it’s stunning. The details are incredible, right down to the photo-cut “Cordoba” emblems, hood ornament and all of the Cordoba “coins” that the car had. Painted in SR9 Garnet Red, with a white top and a red interior, chrome details, and even going so far as to have rubber weatherstrip and wipe strips on the doors, this might be the most detailed model I’ve ever seen. Just take a look at the interior and tell me you can’t smell the pleather:
“OK, neat model. But why are you showing us this, McTaggart?” Here’s why.
…someone paid over three thousand dollars for a 1/25th scale 1979 Chrysler Cordoba. You could BUY a 1979 Chrysler Cordoba on Craigslist for that kind of money! In fact, if you aren’t too picky about the hubcaps, you could buy a 1:1 version of this car right now and have fifty-two bucks left over! You could top off the tank, get yourself a soda and a candy bar, and be motoring on your merry way for the price that this put together model car cost! I’m not dogging the model car or the builder at all, the finished product is artwork, but three thousand dollars? Dammit, I should have stuck with building models…
I think someone missed the 1/24th part and it\’ll be a junk bid
I misinterpreted the headline and thought the lead photo was a real car! Very good build work there.
Same here – I thought that was the real thing. But who in their right mind would fork out that much for a model of one of the most boring cars Chrysler ever produced. So come on Air Trax what about a model of a “Plum Crazy” Hemi ‘Cuda? That might just be worth the 3 grand or so…..