🚗 Build the Future Today!
The AMT Amtronic Car of the Future 1/25 Scale Model Kit is a deluxe model designed for ages 10 and up, featuring a single piece made from lightweight plastic and painted with acrylic. With a compact size of 7 x 7 x 14 inches and a weight of just 1 pound, this model kit is perfect for aspiring builders and sci-fi enthusiasts alike.
Paint Type | Acrylic |
Material Type | Plastic |
Size | 16 Count (Pack of 1434) |
Number of Pieces | 1 |
Item Weight | 1 Pounds |
Item Dimensions | 7 x 7 x 14 inches |
Style | Deluxe |
Theme | science-fiction-and-fantasy |
Color | Clear,Green,White |
W**W
You *Can* Go Home Again!
Back when I was a kid, in the 60s, I used to build model kits - cars, planes, spaceships. Now, I occasionally look back and try and recreate a few of those fond memories. It's not always easy.One of the kits I built was the AMT 'AMTronic' Car of the Future. It had everything necessary to captivate a kid with interests like mine; cool looking, futuristic, and a perfect springboard for the imagination. The kits I built back then are long gone, but I've been able to find reissues of some of my old favorites. They make great projects for cold winter days.Alas, the AMTronic seemed to be fated to remain out of my reach. I was never able to find a trace of one anywhere. The research that I was able to do showed that the kit had been reissued once or twice, but, dishearteningly, it looked as though the quality took a significant drop each time. When I finally found this one up for sale, I jumped at the chance, but was fearful for what I would receive.I needn't have worried. I received my order quickly, and it was well packaged for shipping. There was absolutely no damage. Even better, this kit is absolutely, exactly, the way I remember it. The box, the instructions, the promotional materials, the display stand, all the parts, everything is just perfect! Everything is there, in full detail. The main parts, the 'chrome plated' parts, the transparent parts in clear, red, and green - just beautiful!(I admit that some portion of my five-star rating is subjective, an emotional reaction to being able to recover this sliver of my childhood, but objectively, they earned the rating by delivering so flawlessly on the promise. This IS the genuine AMTronic!)A few words about the 'car' itself. From the perspective of 2020, looking back at a design more than half a century old now, there is much that seems prescient. The car is two vehicles in one. The front section is a small, two-seat runabout, intended as a 'city car' or commuter for short trips. For longer, touring use, such as intercity travel on interstates, a larger rear section (with gull-wing doors!) is attached which adds four more seats and more substantial engines. This 'passenger lounge' has built-in screens for information displays or entertainment.Power for the front section was exotic for the 60s; now, it would be quite at home. A small turbine engine drives an alternator, producing electricity to run the electric motor that drives the wheels. Yes, a hybrid drive train, not greatly different than the turbocharged hybrid system in the car I now drive to work every day. The rear section is similar, though on a larger scale, with two full-up turbine engines.There's a rear-facing camera, again quite '21st Century' when the kit was released, and nowadays standard equipment on a lot of cars. There's a nod to modern computer-assisted driver-assist safety systems as well, though the kit designers were looking to have 'smart roads' in widespread use in their version of the future, with the AMTronic set up to interface to the smart road expressways rather than using an assortment of on-board sensors.The designers weren't fooling with those turbine engines, either. On a limited-access superhighway, the AMTronic was capable of speeds up to 300 mph. At cruising speed, hover fans in each section kick in to provide lift, and the wheels retract behind streamlined fairings. (Even so, this one *does* need roads, though I must admit that I'd love to see an AMTronic with a Flux Capacitor.)I'm still slightly in shock at how well and how perfectly this matches a beloved piece of my childhood. Now I just need to decide what color I want to paint this one.
A**R
a nostalgic kit
Bought/built this beastie back in 1969 (maybe 1970), when it first came out. Had some futuristic ideas, but with time, I got rid of the model. Now that I have a grandson, I remembered this model, and tried to get another. I got lucky, both in finding one available, and at a low price (compared to most model kits these days). I wanted to build this for him (he'll get it eventually), to show what we thought the future of cars would be. And, the model's concept was quite accurate in many areas, some of the ideas still being hammered out. There were many "that didn't happens". But, those comments aren't with the model itself. Overall, same as the first I built, but some parts didn't fit quite right. I know I didn't have such problems with the first. Maybe because the kit is now made in China, rather than the US (like the first). Still, if you want to build an interesting concept model (even though now outdated), this would be a great one.
T**R
Very Interesting Concept Car
This model takes me back to my childhood when I put one together in the 70's. The packaging was nearly identical to the original release. It was a very interesting concept although using two small vertical axial thrust fans would never work as a hovercraft, especially without a skirt to distribute the air pressure. The intake area for the dual thrust turbine engines was also too small to be realistic. The car as a whole is a very sleek design, and the carriage portion looks strikingly similar to the one on the "Pink Panther" car. I do more collecting than assembling these days, but when I do put it together, I will probably add lights to it and levitate it with rare earth magnets.
J**R
Five Stars
Very pleased. Reissued exactly as it was almost 50 years ago.
M**N
Five Stars
lots of things to build!
C**R
Blast from the future past.
Back in the day when Americans had dreams of a future, I remember models of cars of the future being produced. The Ford antigrav coupe and this kit come to mind. Long gone is the couple, but this happily stil exists. Excellent detail with working doors and retractable wheels. The kit seems to becoming rare and expensive as it seems to be a collector's item, but a joy to own and dream of what might gave been.
W**M
Five Stars
Straight out of the 1970's!
A**O
A very interesting vehicle concept.
A very different, futuristic vehicle.I had no major fit issues with this kit but I do advise test fitting every part as I needed to sand all the openings to fit the parts correctly.I painted the interiors with Tamiya dark gray, using flat black and Tamiya metallic gray for the seats.You can see a small bit of the generator through the access panel.I painted the large clear canopy dark gray on the inside and semi-gloss black on the outside because I didn't notice it was body color.Everything on this kit that is supposed to move, does move. The nose wheels, four cabin wheels, canopy, two passenger cabin gullwing doors (tops and bottoms) and rear generator access panel all work.There are two, round clear parts that I'm guessing can be used to display the vehicle in the "wheels retracted" mode. Also included in the kit were two guide rails and mounts if you wish to build a diorama.
G**N
未来
未来Carです。 運転席部分と後部座席部分が分離できます。車輪を格納して宇宙船の様な個体に変形できます。ウインドクリアパーツがクリアとクリアグリーンの2種類から選択可能です。2種類入っている。(販売時期個体差があるかもしれません。)良きアメリカの70年80年代の未来的コンセプトカーの様な形状です。白くすればスタートレックのモノレール シャトル風です。
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