Round 2 has brought back the MPC 1/25 scale Ramchargers Challenger Funny Car plastic model kit with updated decals representing the car as it ran at the 1970 NHRA U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana. Campaigned by Leroy Goldstein, aka “The Israeli Rocket,” it was the first Funny Car to run a sub-7-second elapsed time.
MPC’s kit is molded in white and black styrene and has a one-piece glass insert, pad-printed vinyl slicks, and Denman front rubber. Many of the parts are chrome plated and should be stripped and repainted for a more accurate model. As a bonus, there are two open parachutes. The basic 13-step instructions offer paint suggestions, and the last two steps explain decal placement and rigging the chutes.