It's not much effort to improve the appearance of the Bachmann UP stock car. Basically snap the sliding doors off the body and snap the body off the frame and paint the inside with a wood color paint. It makes the translucent yellow molded plastic look less "toy-like".
I had to put two coats of paint on mine to get the desired result. For an A-B comparison, I photographed my altered stock car alongside a new "straight out of the box" UP stock car.
I know it doesn't approach the quality of Accucraft stock cars, but I think this came out pretty good for $38. ($65 list price).
I had to put two coats of paint on mine to get the desired result. For an A-B comparison, I photographed my altered stock car alongside a new "straight out of the box" UP stock car.

I know it doesn't approach the quality of Accucraft stock cars, but I think this came out pretty good for $38. ($65 list price).