Monogram original sizzler

[Vettegasser]

Love going to model shows. Found this box on a vendor table. Well I opened the box and there was not one but two complete cars in there. 

[Zen]

Very nice, good score!

[SpeedShift]

A true classic...was my second model car ....after the Green Hornet.

[OldNYJim]

Man, I’m so envious!  GREAT score!

[Vettegasser]

Never had a complete kit of these. So I’m pretty impressed 

[Straightliner59]

Way cool! That's a neat old kit! I talked a guy out of one about 40 years ago. It was a bagger, but almost complete. I asked him if I could build it for him (he collected stuff, but wasn't a builder). Reluctantly, he let me have it. I cleaned it up, and put my own touch on it. I scratchbuilt the headers and made some aluminum injector stacks. I made a new seat back from balsa, 1/32" birch plywood and parchment paper, soaked with diluted white glue. The fuel tank is Detail Master. Fuel lines are MSC heater hoses. He wouldn't take it back. It, and a glue-bomb Long John fueled my love for old Monogram kits! A couple of these are double exposures I took one day, just messing around. I added the "Conrad's Engine Service" markings a couple of years ago.

Edited October 29, 2024 by Straightliner59

[Vettegasser]

That’s a very nice rescue. These two are very cleanly put together. The only thing that is kinda messed up is the front wheels the OB used too much glue but I believe I can get them apart and try and polish that out. Or at least make it look better 

[Straightliner59]

Thanks for your kind words!

That should be doable, I think. I used the front wheels from a Boot Hill Express, on mine, for the same reason, but, I didn't want to take the time. I'll be interested  in seeing it come along!

Edited October 29, 2024 by Straightliner59