Monogram '70 Challenger TA Kit (of General interest)

[Snake45]

The new (September 2018) issue of Musclecar Review has a feature story on the very '70 Challenger TA that Monogram measured and used for reference, and even has a little sidebar story about that. 

Excellent reference pics, too. This is of particular interest to me because both a Welly diecast and a glue bomb "rescue" Monogram '70 TA are very, very near the top of my To Do list. 

Edited August 22, 2018 by Snake45

[1972coronet]

I just read that article ! Nice that the very car used for measurements is still around ( though I wish that its curator / owner / operator would re-add the "V1W" white vinyl roof back to its rightful spot ! ) .

I don't know how many of those kits I've built over the past 35-ish years (  the original with the Turtle Wax pouch ; the second iteration thereof ; and finally , the c.1986 issue (moulded in non-metallic light red) , the 2-in-1 version with the tunnel ram and Cragar S/ST wheels) .

I ran out of Monogram's "Big-n-Little" tyres (think : 1970 Chevelle SS-454 3-in-1 from c.1985) building so many of them !

[mk11]

That's a great article and a beautiful car. I'd have to side with the owner regarding that vinyl roof... yeccchhh   

The team, tapes, camera and carving, did an excellent job of transposing the proportions to scale.

 

mike

Edited September 3, 2018 by mk11