Happy Father's Day, fellas. I wasn't going to post anything on this for a bit until my wife just made a comment as I was taking a break from sanding: "You aren't purposely building a junker, are you?". Uh, no, but that made me laugh. I just bought this reissue through ebay. If I had gotten it as a 9 year old I'd have given up in frustration, as I was one of the kids in the neighborhood that didn't have three hands to hold the two separate sides, dash and seats together while trying to get everything straight. Then finding out I'd have to shave down the sides of the floor pan to slip it into the body, after molding in the seams. This thing is so devoid of detail it's laughable. I guess I'll be laughing through this build.
The bones are good just have to put a detailed tri carb flathead and good suspension components and you will realky have something.I am thinking jet black with flames,red steelies with chrome dig dish hub caps!
I always appreciate suggestions. I'll have to scrounge through the few extra parts I have. This came with no chrome and no windshield. Monogram shouldn't have charged for these. They should have been free to those purchasing a regular Monogram offering. I'm laughing at myself again. Listen to me bitch about a slab of plastic when rodders rebuild bullet ridden hulks with nothing but rust below the belt line.
Here's one I'm working on. It's a highly modified Revell Club De Mer dream car body with a Moebius 1961 Pontiac Ventura frame (modified to fit), suspension and engine. My story is that Pontiac wanted a custom rod to appeal to the youth market at car shows and for possible use in movies. They were working hard to overcome their fuddy-duddy image by heavy participation in stock car racing but wanted to be a part of the teen market, too, in the early '60s.
Good luck with this one, don't give up! I got one of these too. Not the best kit I have ever seen and came close to inserting it into the wall from 10ft away with a very hard throw, but played with it a little. Made a Duval style windscreen and some headers. Was a fun-ish quick build. Doc.
I built a couple of those Monogram 32 roadsters and have a original that my dad built and probably ruined it soaking it to remove the paint,did not know it was a different kind of plastic. It looks like I have no pics of the last one I built.
I took a quick picture of the one I built a few years ago,did not have any tires so I found some that would work.
I'm digging your version, Doc. I want mine to have the look (somewhat) of it being built in 1959, with out glue fingerprints. Junkyardjeff mentioned the different type of plastic. That's a fact. I found that while sanding edges the material builds up and has to be scraped off just by using a fingernail. Jeff's photo, just like Doc's, shows that these simple kits can be fun to build (after they're built).
I shrunk the original version soaking it in brake fluid and probably junk now,it really softened up that plastic.
I've seen some 1:1 builds (ancient fiberglass '32 body J.C. Whitney used to advertise, remember the one with the 2 big sprues below the trunk that looked like bases for huge truck accessory turn signal/taillights?) But that could be fun. Just set this body on a much detailed Revell '32 frame with split wishbones, Cad or Olds engine. A 'period' channeled street roadster. Only nicely finished. Like an early 'glass car!
I remember that 54 Chevy panel truck!We tried to replicate the red ,white,and blue box art,but we kids did not have the skills in the 70s!
I put the interior door panels into the body and carefully applied cement to the edges.Then I closed the doors and applied a clamp.Ensures that the doors will open properly.
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