Vintage 1946 Monogram streamliner kit

[Scott Colmer]

Per request here are the contents of a 1946 Monogram streamliner. Enjoy.

Edited December 15, 2018 by Scott Colmer

[Snake45]

Cool! The "jet outlet" looks like a CO2 cartridge. 

[Scott Colmer]

According to the instructions it is. Put it on a teacher and let it go!

[ZTony8]

2 hours ago, Scott Colmer said:

According to the instructions it is. Put it on a teacher and let it go!

I guess if there's a teacher you don't like...………………...

[Casey]

"The new Monogrill". Translation: eight parallel slots cut into the block of wood.  Thinking about this a little more, that was probably a big deal back then.

The guide line 'racing' thing must've been big for many years, as other, later Monogram kits included cast in guide line loops and showed how to set up a course in the instructions, too.

 

Kinda lends some credence to the "they're only toys" comments.

[berr13]

Thanks for sharing that!

[Phirewriter]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. I've got a number of Berkley balsa models. Really gives a good bit of reference to the beginnings of automotive models. They were nothing more than a couple of blocks with patterns and crude white metal parts for bumpers, vac formed windows/roofs and rubber wheels. My how far we've come in the last 60+ years. 

Edited December 15, 2018 by Phirewriter

[unclescott58]

Great to see more details. I love it. Thanks. 

[espo]

This reminds me of some of the first "models" I built as a child. Mine was supposed to be a '32 Ford roadster, but was of the same basic construction as this streamliner. At the time this was a very big deal.  

[Richard Bartrop]

makes you wonder if this got the wheels turning on a young art Arfons or Craig Breedlove.

[Scott Colmer]

16 hours ago, Scott Colmer said:

According to the instructions it is. Put it on a teacher and let it go!

Freudian typo. I'm a teacher  ; )