Something arrived weeks ago..

What's inside?
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0026-2.jpg


It's the AMT/ERTL Tokyo Drift Evo kit !!
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0015.jpg

I been waiting for this a long time since we can't get such kit in Malaysia.
But real lots of thanks to Fabbri_Guy, I manage to get it straight from Kansas to Malaysia.

Well, upon inspection, I noticed that the boxart is not the complete build of the mode as some parts in the sprue are not used.. Here are the parts of the model. I am amazed by the amount of detail that AMT/ERTL put to the model.
Everything is well detailed!!

The chassis..
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0021-1.jpg
I would dare to say that the chassis is a very detailed one and comparable to Tamiya and beat Fujimi crap chassis.


The body
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0024.jpg
Well, seems out of scale though but I still can accept it...


Chrome parts..
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0022.jpg
Not my taste though but still bearable after some stripping and repainting...


Clear parts and rubber
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0025-1.jpg
Clear parts are good, especially for the lamps.. The signal indicator on the front lamp are separated also. The tyres are very very thin...


Interior, bumpers and bonnet...
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0020.jpg
Interior is beautifully done compared to Fujimi's and rivaled Tamiya's one.
It even have proper door panels!!

Engine and the rest....
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0017.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0018.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0019.jpg

I am shocked to find that the engine of this kit is well detailed! Maybe I can cast some parts for my future projects.. Well done by AMT!

Chassis details are good too..at least to me :)


Decals
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h57/cham2022/IMG_0023.jpg
My only complaint was only that the decals are not very good and some markings are missing like the dashboard details and some 'Evolution' markings.



I don't know about the fitments issues though. Hopefully will be less problem for me. Plastic flash in the kit is minimum and to me it's quite a good kit at a bargain price..

Again, thanks to Fabbri_Guy for the awesome trade!!!

Andrew~

I have to agree on the details being well done, but the overall presentation is quite poor. AMT should have been slapped for shaming model builders with such a disproportionate pile of plastic. From what I understand the kit goes together well with just minimal issues, and actually builds into a nice model, though more like a real-ized cartoon car.