Product Description

1/24 scale Ford Falcon Sedan XW-GT plastic model by Australian DDA

Ford Falcon Sedan XW GT and GTHO (both are specs that can be built)
Australia naturally has a smaller population than the United States, so the practicality of a four-door car was prioritized over the demand for special muscle cars like those in the United States.
However, the reality was that there was also a high demand for a car that offered the same exciting ride quality as a muscle car like the Mustang.
Around 1965, Bill Warner (a planner with Iacocca-like leadership skills) was sent over from Ford headquarters to plan the Falcon project as a car that would meet the above conditions. He made the grille of the American Falcon sporty, equipped it with a huge V8 engine, and created a new genre of four-door muscle car from Australia. He also entered the Bathurst 500, winning with 1.2 finishes for two consecutive years.
This was the deciding factor, and this plastic model became explosively popular.
Even today, cars in good condition are traded for close to 10 million yen.
This plastic model is the XW GT and GTHO (HO is a version with strengthened suspension as a handling option, but some people say that HO has a different meaning...)
This is a plastic model that comes in two types.
The Falcon would eventually evolve to include a Mustang V8, 5.800cc OHV engine.
The 1973 Falcon was later used as an interceptor in the film Mad Max, and not only the 1973 model, but also the 1969 and 1971 models became popular.
This is a representative sports muscle car from Ford Australia, a model slightly earlier than the Falcon seen in the movie "Matt Maxwell".
This is a precision plastic model that even reproduces the engine.

Product Specifications

Car manufacturer

Ford

Item code

789758

JAN code

4562362789758

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