AMT OPEL GT

[tim]

Haven't done a preview, review since BMC,s site several years ago.
For those who have looked at this kit and are hesitant on buying, here it is.
Box art





Opened the box

When you take everything out of the box, on the bottom they give you a copy of the box top, without the words on it, to display I guess

Typical amt instructions and advertisements



OK, the meat and taters!
Everything is bagged pretty nice

Out of the bags, the kit is very nice. Molds held up fine through the years.


Comes with three hood and three engine options. A four cylinder stock, and two Buick 6 cylinders
The chrome looks pretty good. Four stock, custom mag like wheels, and Baby Moons. And one lone chrome reverse up in the right corner of the pic. Must be a spare rim to put on the back deck or something.

Tires are very nice. Two hollow MH slicks, Four pad printed Goodyears. And four stocks

In the bag on top of the tires, are the axles and injector tubes. The tubes are very nicely machined.

Glass looks good, although mine has a little scratch on the back part...easy fix. Two options for the brake lights

Decals look good, there's some nice race car stuff there. I'll probably use the sponsor decals for something else

Don't have a same era Vette to compare it to. So for sh..s and giggles I put it beside a 69 camaro. Forgot how small these cars were!


The molds look like they've held up well. Could be build up many ways. From stock, to a nice drag car. I'll probably go with a little street rod.

[harron68]

Yes, I've got a couple unbuilt ones from back then. Nobody bought them. I thought they had possibilities. Some full sized ones came into the AA/GS ranks against the Willys. They could go into Rally competition and could be altered to convertible or gull-wing door sport-custom.
I hope to see some finished on the web in the future, thanx!

[Nacho Z]

Thanks for the review Tim! I like the stacks. Tires look good too.

[robert1]

That looks like it could be a fun build. The extra parts have possibilities!!!

[cruzcontrol]

A lot of possibilities with this little car. I'm thinkin' gasser with an injected SB V8.

Thank you for putting this review together.

Cheers.

Gary.

[philpatterson]

I built one not long ago for the Jr Stocker posting day on the Spotlight board. It was a combination of the 2002 issue and the latest one I bought for fresher chrome and extra parts just in case. It's a very easy build, but one caution is remove the mold lines carefully on the trunk. The panels on the roof extend down into the trunk and it's easy to sand away that detail if you're not careful. Do some image searches on this detail, it's easier to see than to describe. One other thing, I had to cut off the tabs on the rear bumperettes to get the chassis to set down IN the body far enough. I only removed enough so the chassis would clear, left enough to just glue the bumpers carefully into the openings. I will say the new issue is much nicer and molded cleaner than the 2002 issue by Ertl. It would have saved me some body work repair if I had used the newest one. My only wish is the new kit had 8 injector stacks instead of six so I could swap them to an A/FX style project.

[harron68]

Regarding engine, yes, it would have been nice t have 2 extra injector stacks, but with a V-6, it makes no sense to new builders. The GM V-6 seems to be to be a perfect engine for some hot rods of old Fords, where engine space is tight and moving the firewall back affects the look and "correctness". The V-6 is a neat way to go in many wild applications. Thanx!

[tim]

Cool looking back on this. still got the kit