David G. Posted May 6 Posted May 6 Hello Everybody! Here are some photos of my Monogram 1937 Cord 812 build. I was trying to replicate the box art with this photo. I forgot to tap the hood to settle it down into place before I took the photo. Left rear 3/4 view. Oops! I just noticed that the rear bumper is not quite level. I may have to look into that. That's it for this round, I have a couple more sets after this. As always, thanks for taking the time to look. Especially if you took a little extra time to leave a comment. David G. 16
NOBLNG Posted May 6 Posted May 6 That turned out fantastic David!👍 I will definitely be referring back to your build thread when I get around to building mine. Thanks for posting your efforts.🙂
papajohn97 Posted May 6 Posted May 6 (edited) Really nice job David on one of my favorite American milestones autos. That "coffin" grill is timeless and one of the best all-time front end auto designs IMO. Nice to see one in blue (vs. black/ white/ red/ yellow). Your chrome look's "toned down" and not as toy-like as I've seen on other builds of these old kits, did you re-spray the chrome parts with Dullcote or re-paint then with Alclad? Whatever you did really helps take this old kit up a notch. It's amazing how good these Monogram 1/24 classic kits are that were molded back in the 1960's/ '70's. I built and posted a '30 Packard Speedster Phaeton a few years back and enjoyed building it so much that I started buying up other kits in this series at kit swap meets and on eBay including this Cord. My local club has a "classic kit tooling (pre-'79) contest coming up next month, your Cord is inspiring me to take a crack at mine (or maybe that Lincoln Connie?) . Bravo & thanks for posting! Edited May 6 by papajohn97
carl63_99 Posted May 6 Posted May 6 VERY nice work, David. Lots of challenges to getting this model together and looking decent and you got 'er done!
David G. Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 On 5/6/2025 at 12:39 PM, NOBLNG said: That turned out fantastic David!👍 I will definitely be referring back to your build thread when I get around to building mine. Thanks for posting your efforts.🙂 Expand Thank you Greg. I'm glad to know that someone will find the information in this thread useful. On 5/6/2025 at 1:17 PM, johnyrotten said: Beautiful build. It looks absolutely gorgeous 👍. Expand Thank you John On 5/6/2025 at 2:05 PM, Mike 1017 said: Most Excellent Expand Thanks Michael. On 5/6/2025 at 3:09 PM, papajohn97 said: Really nice job David on one of my favorite American milestones autos. That "coffin" grill is timeless and one of the best all-time front end auto designs IMO. Nice to see one in blue (vs. black/ white/ red/ yellow). Your chrome look's "toned down" and not as toy-like as I've seen on other builds of these old kits, did you re-spray the chrome parts with Dullcote or re-paint then with Alclad? Whatever you did really helps take this old kit up a notch. It's amazing how good these Monogram 1/24 classic kits are that were molded back in the 1960's/ '70's. I built and posted a '30 Packard Speedster Phaeton a few years back and enjoyed building it so much that I started buying up other kits in this series at kit swap meets and on eBay including this Cord. My local club has a "classic kit tooling (pre-'79) contest coming up next month, your Cord is inspiring me to take a crack at mine (or maybe that Lincoln Connie?) . Bravo & thanks for posting! Expand Thank you John @papajohn97. Yeah, I just couldn't live with the red plastic that the kit was cast in; I thought the blue looked good and would be dark enough to sufficiently cover the red. In some form or another, I use all the methods you described for working with chromed parts. Which one I use depends largely on how the chrome looks when I pull it out of the box. For this kit, the chrome looked pretty good so I used my most basic technique wherein I spray the part with Tamiya dull coat, do my detail painting, clean up & repair any casting artifacts, etc. When that's done I hit it with Tamiya clear. This is the only kit of this series that I've had the pleasure to build and it was indeed a pleasure. The only complaint I have is the lack of locater pins for the manifold tubes. Fitting those was without question the most challenging part of the build. But yeah, if I see any other kits of this vintage from this series, I do plan on picking them up. Thank you so much for your comment. On 5/6/2025 at 4:02 PM, carl63_99 said: VERY nice work, David. Lots of challenges to getting this model together and looking decent and you got 'er done! Expand Thank you kindly Carl. On 5/6/2025 at 8:37 PM, MeatMan said: Beautifully done! Expand Thank you Dennis. On 5/6/2025 at 9:47 PM, Jim B said: Great looking Cord. Really well done. Expand Thanks Jim, I appreciate that. On 5/6/2025 at 11:18 PM, Kah puts said: Looks better than the box art, what a pearl 👍 Expand Thanks Glen, besting (or at least bettering ) the box art is always a goal of mine. On 5/6/2025 at 11:31 PM, SpikeSchumacher said: Very nice! Expand Thanks Mathias. Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful comments. David G. 1
Zippi Posted May 7 Posted May 7 That Cord is a looker there David. All the colors just pop and make it one nice looking model. The build turned out Super nice. Great job man.
David G. Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 On 5/7/2025 at 11:49 AM, Zippi said: That Cord is a looker there David. All the colors just pop and make it one nice looking model. The build turned out Super nice. Great job man. Expand Thanks Bob, that's most kind of you to say. =D-
David G. Posted May 7 Author Posted May 7 On 5/7/2025 at 11:58 AM, ChrisR said: Looks great. Expand Thanks Chris. David G.
Claude Thibodeau Posted May 7 Posted May 7 Hi David! Verrrrrrry nice, and that color suits this icon very well. Bravo! CT
TonyK Posted May 7 Posted May 7 Always thought the Cord was a cool car but never built a model for some reason. Yours looks great!
89AKurt Posted May 7 Posted May 7 That came out nice! Don't you love it, only after looking at the pictures do you see......... I have this kit, wanted to do a replica of the Tom Mix (silent movie star who filmed some in my area) car that he was killed in.
Ragtop Man Posted May 7 Posted May 7 Boom! A few more like this and they might bring them back. Really nice work. I pretty much had every one of the Monogram classics, but got bogged down in one or two (pre-internet phone a friend days) and just dumped them all.
David G. Posted May 8 Author Posted May 8 (edited) On 5/7/2025 at 1:03 PM, Claude Thibodeau said: Hi David! Verrrrrrry nice, and that color suits this icon very well. Bravo! CT Expand Thank you kindly Claude. On 5/7/2025 at 1:07 PM, TonyK said: Always thought the Cord was a cool car but never built a model for some reason. Yours looks great! Expand Thanks Tony, I appreciate that. On 5/7/2025 at 1:27 PM, 89AKurt said: That came out nice! Don't you love it, only after looking at the pictures do you see......... I have this kit, wanted to do a replica of the Tom Mix (silent movie star who filmed some in my area) car that he was killed in. Expand Thank you @89AKurt Kurt. That should be an interesting build. I don't recall that anyone has ever built a replica of his car. I remember that story about Tom Mix. Back in 2015 we stopped at his memorial site in Florence, AZ on out way to the Biosphere 2. On 5/7/2025 at 3:17 PM, Ragtop Man said: Boom! A few more like this and they might bring them back. Really nice work. I pretty much had every one of the Monogram classics, but got bogged down in one or two (pre-internet phone a friend days) and just dumped them all. Expand Thank you Tom, it would be nice seeing a re-pop of this series. If the molds still exist. Tossing those out is a bit of a bummer but we've all discarded things we wish we hadn't. I guess that's why they become valuable... eventually. On 5/7/2025 at 7:10 PM, espo said: Great looking paint and the body trim and top are all cleanly done. Expand Thank you very much David. On 5/7/2025 at 10:24 PM, PappyD340 said: Super nice build, well done! Expand Thank you Larry. Thanks again to everybody who commented. David G. Edited May 8 by David G. typo 1
David G. Posted May 9 Author Posted May 9 On 5/8/2025 at 9:50 PM, Bainford said: A lovely model, David. Very nice work on this wonderful classic. Expand Thank you very much Trevor. =D-
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