AMT Piranha Spy Car

[Yeah Nah]

I most likely wouldn't have bought this kit, but it was at a bargain price so I snapped it up. Am I glad I did! Despite the usual hassles of getting full shell bodies together, I ended up with a model that takes pride of place on the shelf.

Comes with cool 'spy' extras like cannon sticking out the front; weapons tray behind the passenger cabin; front and rear roof mounted laser weapons; the centre instrument cluster can be built 'flipped' around along with the glovebox lid displayed open to show spy stuff plus rocket launchers in the gullwing door fronts that would no doubt be a lot more effective if you remembered to open the doors out first.

BTW, the real thing was a Gene Winfield design built by AMT and NBC for the popular 60s TV series Man From Uncle starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum. Here's a link for more info:   https://www.c-we.com/piranha/page4.htm

By a sad co-incidence, a couple of days after I started construction on this, the passing of David McCallum was announced.

Thanks for looking!

 

Edited October 14, 2023 by Yeah Nah

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Rich Chernosky]

Very nice job..this is not an easy kit to get right.  You did it. 

[afx]

Nice work.

[ModelcarJR]

Nice paint colors and workmanship!  These old kits are hard to get right but you did a nice job! ??

[spencer1984]

Excellent work on this, it turned out great!

[Camaro lover]

I think this is the first time I’ve seen this kit actually built. I know a few people who started it but never got around to finishing the kit. Looks great, looks just as it should. 

[XYHARRY]

Nice Piranah Garry, I also haven't seen this kit built before. It looks alot cooler than I expected. Really well done. 

Cheers,

David.??

[bondo bill]

sharp build

[slusher]

Outstanding build!

[ewetwo]

I've never seen one of these built. Excellent.

[Jim B]

Very nice.

[Chuckyg1]

Very nice, that interior sparkles.

[SpikeSchumacher]

Very nicely done ??

[Brudda]

Great job! Since it’s amt it had to be a difficult build. Yours is super

[karbuildr]

Very cool build. I remember this TV series, we were crazy for it when I was a youngster. You did an excellent job on a tough kit. Well done.

Edited October 15, 2023 by karbuildr

[Kah puts]

My word! That looks better than the original version, congrats ?

[Yeah Nah]

8 hours ago, Brudda said:

Great job! Since it’s amt it had to be a difficult build. 

Yes. Yes it was. ?? One of those kits that seems to have hardly anything in the box but takes forever to build.

I've got the Piranha dragster/tow car double set that I was keen to start soon but I think I'll let the trials with this one fade from memory first.......