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- Retro issue of early 1970s kit. It was also issued as the ’33 Willys Panel Truck.
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- It should have been an easy build, not quite.
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- They even re-issued the original instructions, which reminded me why I had so much trouble building car kits as a kid in the mid-1970s.
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- Exploded view instructions are vague, lack sequential steps (which turn out to be important) and actually leave out required parts. Hence the mantra Always Dry Fit before glueing.
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- I used black light reactive paint.
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- Supposed to have tilting hood, but not really (unless you want to spend more time scratch building a true hinge system).
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- Not only does the hood not tilt, the tires-wheels don’t rotate. You have to scratch build your own axle rod/pin system.
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- Black light kool.
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- Without and…
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- …with the hood.
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- The decals came from a NASCAR kit.
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- Spartan drag race interior, but there’s plenty of room for kustom kar ideas.
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- Woooo, it’s the ghost of Willys’ van!
REVELL 1937 FORD PICKUP OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
MULTI-MAVERICK OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!