retroguy Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) Has anyone any info on The Hurst Hairy Olds from Monogram? I'm thinkin of buying it... Edited July 20, 2012 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Has anyone any info on The Hurst Hairy Olds from Monogram,I'm thinkin of buying it... Hi Michael...I have an unbuilt one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroguy Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 What's your take on the kit How is detailing on the engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 Very simplified, transmissions are little more than a blob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroguy Posted April 13, 2012 Author Share Posted April 13, 2012 Sounds like the eng 's might need to be replaced with better ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 It's one of those kits that you can build straight out of the box for nostalgia but if you start adding extra detail to it it can get out of hand quickly. Once you upgrade one part of it the other issues stick out even worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 It's one of those kits that you can build straight out of the box for nostalgia but if you start adding extra detail to it it can get out of hand quickly. Once you upgrade one part of it the other issues stick out even worse. X2. I put mine back in the box and someday I will do some scratchbuilding with a Lindburg or AMT (Forget which is the right year) and some of those resin Jo-Han Toronado engines on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 Yep there right about the kit but if you built one as a kid it would be fun again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retroguy Posted April 14, 2012 Author Share Posted April 14, 2012 Well thanks guys,I guess pick one up and sit on it until... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidChampagne Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 built one straight out of box-nothing fancy but nice disply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathskull59 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 sounds like a bad kit to build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 sounds like a bad kit to build. Not at all bad. What many today probably don't realize is, this kit dates back to about 1967 or so, and as such represents the "state-of-the-art" for model car kits 45 years ago--not quite the same as we all expect from new tooling in 2012. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I saw one of these very cleanly built at the HMCA show today. As a curbside (the hood was on and I didn't pick it up) it presented it's self very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitswapper Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 It's a fairly accurate kit for being 45 years old, the hilborns are crude and the slicks have not backs on them with a few parts for the parts bin it builds up to a nice representation of the real car which still exists. It won't kit bash with the Lindberg kit as the are way off Monogram is 1/24 and Lindberg is 1/25. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 No backs on the slicks?Must be a different version than mine.The kit I have dates to 1970 and what it has are whitewall inserts for the outside of the slicks.That made me wonder if the real car ever ran with those. BTW,the kit body looks sectioned by about 2-3 inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted May 7, 2012 Share Posted May 7, 2012 Alan Raab makes the Toro trans in 25th scale, I sent him the masters an he popped a few of them for me. He still has the masters an will do them for ya if you want. They came from the old JoHan Eldorado kits(Same tranny as the Toro's) HTH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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