Slide show of potential piece of car modeling history?

[Mr. Metallic]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the rest of the story, follow the link

https://public.fotki.com/crstan/finished_models_by_me/survivors/life-cereal-faux-vi/the-con/1633718949312.html

 

[David G.]

What a cool story! ? 

Thanks for sharing it.

David G.

[Zippi]

Nice story and made for some Interesting reading material with my coffee this morning.  Thanks for sharing.  

[alan barton]

What a treasure trove!  A fantastic story and a great piece of history.  Thanks for sharing it with us.

Cheers

Alan

[Claude Thibodeau]

Hi Craig!

What an interesting history. Great that you brought it to light. 

I spent most of my professionnal life in the media, and I have developped TONS of cross-promotions with countless partners. It was proven to be a most effective way to raise awareness for all parties involved.

But from a purely rational point of view, I can understand the executives who were concerned that "hot rods" were slowly falling out of favor back then. How many times Rod&Custom magazine was pulled-out of circulation, blended with Hot Rod, ultimately reissued as a stand-alone title, pulled out again, etc. ?

We'll never know, but if the mix of subjects had been different, say, one rod, one muscle car, one commercial vehicle... Maybe they would have greenlighted the deal?

CT 

[Oldcarfan27]

On 10/9/2021 at 7:25 AM, Claude Thibodeau said:

We'll never know, but if the mix of subjects had been different, say, one rod, one muscle car, one commercial vehicle... Maybe they would have greenlighted the deal?

CT 

In the late 60's, early 70s, did Monogram have any muscle car kits? Only commercial truck I could possibly think of would be the Mack and that would've been too big and too difficult for beginners. 

Maybe they could've used some 1/32 kits. I know Monogram had a few at that time.

[OldNYJim]

"I LOVE ANAGRAMS"

 

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[OldNYJim]

Oh wait, nevermind ?

[Mr. Metallic]

I guess i forgot to update this thread like I did the other posts I made around social media. 

The story is a figment of my imagination. it was just meant as a little bit of fun, hopefully it was received that way. 

I'll be sharing each of this individual builds over the next few weeks for those of you interested in the construction of these faux-vivors

[peteski]

You sure have quite an imagination Craig.

[Mr. Metallic]

For those of you interested in the buildup's of these flights of fancy i have started posting them in the finished section. 

here's the first, the Red Beetle. More to come in the weeks to follow