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What do you guys know about UPC kits?
DerGeist
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Posted: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 11:26 AM UTC
I acquired a 1/32 UPC Bentley Blower in a trade at a hobby show back at the beginning of the year. Now being a tank guy I don't know much about the realm of car building outside of the few Porsche race cars I've built. I can't find any info on this old kit. What do you guys know about it? Is it worth building? Is it a collectors item?






Erik
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Friday, September 06, 2013 - 06:31 AM UTC
Seen the kits for years, no knowledge of general quality. From Old Model Kits.com:

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UPC stood for Universal Powermaster Corporation which was based out of New York City, NY. UPC did not cut their own molds, but bought kits already molded from other manufactures and re-boxed the kits in the USA. Scott Eidson, the famous artist best known for his artwork with Revell, also did UPC box art in the 1960s. All UPC production ended in the 1970s.


They have a couple of pages of kits with the UPC logo, they seem to be early Frog, Fujimi, Hasegawa and other molds.
Hwa-Rang
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Sunday, September 08, 2013 - 09:40 AM UTC
I must admit I know almost nothing about UPC kit's. Love the boxart though.
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