Entex 1/8 McLaren WIP....

[herk56]

Let me start by telling you how I acquired my Entex 1/8 M23 and 72 D kits. Many years ago, during an unfortunate period of unemployment, my wife and I stopped at a local mall. As she shopped, I wandered into a KayBee toy store and saw a stack of probably 40 Entex 1/8 kits, about evenly divided between the 72D and M23. I knew of them but had never seen them in person before. They were on CLEARANCE for $25 each! We had no money to spend on kits so home we went. I fretted for several days and finally convinced my wife that this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, so we scrounged the $50 and back I went to get them with my fingers crossed. They still had 15 or 20 of each. So that's how I got mine, does anyone else have either? I've always thought if I could have bought them all back then and sold them now on e-Bay, wow! Anyway, I'm thinking of clearing my bench of all projects, and starting on the M23. I've recently purchased an aftermarket set of decals and I also have some vinyl painting masks that someone sold on e-Bay, there are also some really nice detail parts available, like turned aluminum stacks, plug wire boots, etc. Plus my son works in a machine shop, so who knows what I could get done. Would there be any interest in a LONG-TERM (really long, probably) WIP on this one? If anyone else has one, maybe do simultaneous builds? I'll be waiting to see the level of interest!

Brian

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I had the McLaren kit several years ago. I found in an attic of a house we changing the HVAC system. I ask the owner about the kit and it went home with me. The bad part I got strap for money and sold the kit. Out of all kits I have sold over years, I wish I had never sold that one. Buying one now the M23 or 72D would be out of the question.

[Michael Chriss]

What year was it that you wandered into the KB toys? Of course we would be interested in a WIP. I've never seen one.

What I would really be interested in would be a Delorean with a flux capacitor that requires a 2.4 gigawatt PS, so we could go back and get the rest of the Entex stack you saw there.

[Calvin]

I'd love to see a WIP. I think one of those 1/8 M23 or 72D would be a blast to put together.

[herk56]

I think it was 1981 or 1982. I'm pretty sure they had already been discontinued for a while by then.