Monogram Sport Coupe Restoration

[FordRodnKustom]

This kit has been a grail of mine for many years and recently I was able to acquire this clean builder. (thank you Steve!) 

As it arrived in my shop in NW Florida from the UK

I had to source a few rare missing parts and was glad to find them.

Finished it today, sort of a nostalgic box art type build. Straight out of 1959!

Looks great on the shelf with my other vintage Monogram builds.

 

Edited December 17, 2017 by FordRodnKustom

[retired chopper pilot]

Nice work and pleasantly retro pics.

[cobraman]

Great looking oldie !

[Terminator-Fox]

That's beautiful, love the nostalgia of it all.

[misterNNL]

Great build if a classic kit.Thanks for sharing.

[donb]

1 hour ago, Terminator-Fox said:

That's beautiful, love the nostalgia of it all.

Oh Yeah!

[Phirewriter]

Ditto on all the above complements, this has been a grail kit for me up until recently. Nice to see one finished.

[1930fordpickup]

Nice work. Nice display to go with the finished model.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[Earl Marischal]

Ron,

You have done a fantastic job. I'm happy I was able to help you out.

steve

[Janne Herajärvi]

Its nice to see that someone builds these old kits, and makes them to look like box art builds.. Making modern style street/show rod out of this kit would be so wrong... Keep up great work 

[vintagercr]

Very very nice!

[peekay]

Beautifully done, pure nostalgia.

[bbowser]

3 hours ago, Janne Herajärvi said:

Its nice to see that someone builds these old kits, and makes them to look like box art builds.. Making modern style street/show rod out of this kit would be so wrong... Keep up great work 

I agree, great job!  How long have you had that tube of glue and those Pactra bottles? 

[TooOld]

I'm really pleased to see this one finished , you really did justice to this great rare kit . . . Excellent job Ron ! 

[Pete L.]

Great job on one of my all time favorite Monogram kits !

[Greg Pugh]

Awesome!!

[dragcarz]

So cool!

[oldnslow]

wow , that is nice .

[DustyMojave]

Sweet build! I like the style of the build. I agree that you did a great job putting it together. That's a tough body shell to get right.

[HotRodaSaurus]

On 12/17/2017 at 12:49 PM, bbowser said:

I agree, great job!  How long have you had that tube of glue and those Pactra bottles? 

I have an unopened tube of the very same glue, tube is still pliable so guess that = usable or is it something for the vintage collectors on the 'Bay'

[Earl Marischal]

Ron,

It occurs to me I may have some of the original decals stashed away. Do you want me to see if I can find them?

steve

[FordRodnKustom]

On 12/17/2017 at 6:49 AM, bbowser said:

I agree, great job!  How long have you had that tube of glue and those Pactra bottles? 

Thanks. To be honest I found that stuff in various vintage kits and parts lots I acquired over the last few years.

[FordRodnKustom]

On 12/17/2017 at 3:32 AM, Earl Marischal said:

Ron,

You have done a fantastic job. I'm happy I was able to help you out.

steve

Thanks again Steve! I'm glad you like what I did with it.

[FordRodnKustom]

Thank you all! I really appreciate your good comments on this build! In this day of super detailed and accurate type builds it's great to see that this style is still appreciated in our car modeling community. Thanks again!