Remember this one ?

[Greg Myers]

[Greg Myers]

[stavanzer]

I have one. Great kit. About 60% of it still exists. Wish Revell would restore it. Notgonnahappen, though.

[Draggon]

14 minutes ago, alexis said:

I have one. Great kit. About 60% of it still exists. Wish Revell would restore it. Notgonnahappen, though.

No kidding. I have a glue bomb with enough of the specific pieces to make one from the current phaeton, but I'd rather just have a new kit and leave the glue bomb alone. 

[Greg Myers]

and they pulled a few from this one too. 

[stavanzer]

All three of these kits share the Chassis, Engine and stock wheels. Monogram got a lot of use out of these tools.

[Earl Marischal]

1 hour ago, alexis said:

All three of these kits share the Chassis, Engine and stock wheels. Monogram got a lot of use out of these tools.

Very sensible of them.

Would love another Yellow Jacket...

steve

[Jantrix]

2 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

 

 

I built this one as a kid. Only the instructions are still around. I'd like to have any of these reissued.

[unclescott58]

5 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

I have no interest in this one. Even the old box art would not drag me in on this one. But then again. I buy just about any reissue with original box from the 50's and 60's. And, I even purchased and built Lindberg's '32 Ford Hot Rod. So who knows? Slowly I might be talked into it. 

[unclescott58]

3 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

and they pulled a few from this one too. 

Again, the cabriolet/coupe would interest me more. 

[PARTSMARTY]

I must be old-i remember all this stuff !!!

[ChrisBcritter]

Barely remember the original issue; I built (and later dismantled) the street rod from the Early Iron series. Currently got an original issue builtup stock kit (molded in tan and black).

The original kit's hot rod version kinda cheated on the rolling stock: they just swapped out a set of very large cone wheelcovers for the stock outer rims. It really should have had some sort of 16" rims and tires.

[Greg Myers]

[Oldcarfan27]

I love seeing all this old box art and how these kits all tie together. It's like a history lesson for me.

I want to see more, can anybody tell me how the Blue Beetle and Green Hornet kits fit into these scenarios? Any variations of the 32 Ford, 36 Ford, Little T and 40 Ford pickup kits too?

Thanks guys - Class is now in session!

[Greg Myers]

Patrick, here's a little more on the Monogram Coupe http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/116817-no-love-for-the-124th-scale-model-a-coupe/ 

Blue Beetle / Bandito http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/88494-124-monogram-blue-bandito-29-ford-street-rod/?page=3

The search button might help. I'll see what i can dig up. I've done threads on most of what you ask for. 

Anyone else want to help dig up some of these threads for Patrick ? 

Edited May 17, 2018 by Greg Myers

[Oldcarfan27]

4 hours ago, Greg Myers said:

Patrick, here's a little more on the Monogram Coupe http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/116817-no-love-for-the-124th-scale-model-a-coupe/ 

Blue Beetle / Bandito http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/88494-124-monogram-blue-bandito-29-ford-street-rod/?page=3

The search button might help. I'll see what i can dig up. I've done threads on most of what you ask for. 

Anyone else want to help dig up some of these threads for Patrick ? 

Now that's what I'm talking about!

I did read the recent post about the 30 coupe. I guess that one didn't go through all the hot rod incarnations that the others did. But it looks like parts interchangability is King with all of these kits! Was there ever a stock version of the woody? If not, it looks like it would be a snap to swap the chassis' between the coupe and the woody to make cool versions of both.

[alan barton]

Yeah Greg, I'm a big fan of all the Monogram 1/24th scale models from this era. While in Pomona about five years ago I walked into an antique shop and found the original 6 in 1 box for the Model A coupe/cabriolet.  When I opened it, the original builder must have wanted a stock Model A because all the original hot rod parts were left in the box, mostly still on the sprue!  For $10 I practically skipped out of the store!

I used an unbuilt EAarly Iron series phaeton and a gluebombed Cabriolet to build up these two versions with those fresh parts from Pomona.  I scratchbuilt the tonneau for the cabriolet style roadster body and have recently obtained an original set of decals so I hope to soon repaint and apply the decals a little more carefully and the original builder.

[alan barton]

Patrick, the biggest difference between the kits shown here and the Blue Beetle, Green Hornet and Black Widow is that they never had a stock variation of any description - they were purely a rod from the get go. The Blue Beetle is easily up to the standard of the other Model As but the Green Hornet and Black Widow are a little oversized and a little toy like in some areas.  They can still be built up into a really nice model however.  Hope that helps

Cheers

Alan

[Greg Myers]

Great photos of some great models, thanks for sharing Alan.