Tom Geiger Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) This Lindberg series is very cool because it has a lot of cars that were never done any other way. Some of them are pretty common and can be bought at shows for $10-20. Some of the others are fairly scarce and command $50 or more when found. That would include the Granada, Monarch, Cordoba and Charger. I'm sure we could add others to this list. I also like the 1/32 scale Maverick I believe is Monogram, and the Chevelle Police car. Whenever I'd list one of those Mavericks on eBay, there'd always be a bidder war and I'd wind up shipping it to Brazil. Mavericks were made much longer there and are very popular collector cars. Now the big question... is there a market for a resin caster to produce these? Or are those of us who want them few and far between? 1/32 is the big scale in slot cars, so would resin bodies be welcomed there (or would resin be too heavy?)? And it will be interesting to see if Round 2 has any of this tooling. Edited May 20, 2014 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDano85gt Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 need to be re-tooled and reissued as 1/25 scale! I would buy the heck outta them not much of a 1/32 fan or the bigger 1/20 ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 For one of the 1/32 Lindberg kits, this one is amazing! Beautiful work, Mike. Thanks Casey. need to be re-tooled and reissued as 1/25 scale! I would buy the heck outta them not much of a 1/32 fan or the bigger 1/20 ...... Neither am I, but it's fun doing something different every so often and this Monarch and the Granada - http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78643&hl=granada - were fun low pressure projects. -MJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realgone58 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 That is very nice! Great conversion work! I had a 2 door Monarch that was cream and gold two tone, straight six, mags and white letter tires, nice little car. Also had a loaded Jade green Granada 4 door sedan, 302. I liked both of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 This is impressive build. You did fantastic job with the Headlight modifications. I wouldn't have noticed that if you hadn't mentioned it, you've done it so nicely. Also I like the Landau top, even if I never liked it in 1:1 scale and that color is just perfect. Very nice build overall, it's hard to tell that it's such a small scale model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRoofNut Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 One of the best examples I have ever seen of this series. I wish I could get the Thunderbird they made. I would make my very first car, '78 Diamond Jubilee Edition in that blue/silver color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford guy Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Wow Mike, that is cool ! I never even knew they made such a kit. Great build, especially for a 1/32 scale! Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 I got lucky at a swap meet on Sunday. Crawling through a vendor's junk boxes I found three clean built ups from this series... The Olds Omega, the Datsun Z and Mercedes convt. All three for about $15 total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Nice job on this one, Mike. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) I would die if Round2 were to reissue these kits !! My parents bought a 1976 Monarch in March of '76 . It was a 2 door coupe with the 351W ; silver with cranberry red interior and a silver "quarter top" . Been looking for these Lindberg 32nd scale Monarchs for some time . Seems that I can never "win" one when they pop up on eBay My parents too bought one new in 1975. Kind of a rusty red color. Tan bucket seats, no vinyl roof. Not one of my favorite cars, but I would love it if Round 2 would repop this one. Scott Edited May 20, 2014 by unclescott58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonioseven Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Terrific build!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migace Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Wonderful Mercury! good job on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I'm just seeing this kit for the first time... now I want one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Very cool........I learn to drive with a '77 4-door, dark met. blue with a white vinyl top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w451973 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DynoMight Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Looks real, great job on the model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wytnoyz Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Love the model! I have a 1976 Mercury Monarch Ghia with an original 351w/qautomatic with power bucket driver's seat and console. I am also working on a Lindberg '76 Granada. I actually have 2 of these models I bought off of Ebay for around $50 each but one was broken when I received it. I really want a Monarch model though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 There is a Lindberg Monarch kit. Put a search agent up in eBay and you'll come across one soon enough! I had a 1977 Monarch Ghia 4 door sedan. I loved the Granada / Monarch from the moment I saw them, even painted my '66 Valiant that same silver in 1976. I guess it was 1981 that a buddy-0-mine at work had his father's Monarch for sale. His dad was working in England and didn't need the car. It needed a left front fender and I paid $600 for it. Mine was a silver 4 door with a blue bucket seat interior, complete with the same console that was in the Mustangs. I had the same console in my 1979 Capri. It had a blue vinyl roof and the trunk mounted luggage rack. I found a silver fender easily, but with that silver that flaked off those shortly after leaving the assembly line, I spent the summer sanding down and priming the car. I was afraid to repaint it silver so we did it in a very light gull gray. Then I fell in love with the new Nissan Stanza hatchback, so I sold it for $3000 and bought that Stanza as our family car for $8000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbk Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 1/32?? Very nice work! I had a 77 Granada in the same colors, & like Tom mentioned, the silver paint peeled off in a few years. I saw quite a bit of that on other silver Ford models, too. Was it water based primer that they were trying? I seem to remember someone telling me that. My dad & I repainted mine gray & then, sold it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 1/32?? Very nice work! I had a 77 Granada in the same colors, & like Tom mentioned, the silver paint peeled off in a few years. I saw quite a bit of that on other silver Ford models, too. Was it water based primer that they were trying? I seem to remember someone telling me that. My dad & I repainted mine gray & then, sold it. Exactly what I did! I painted mine dove grey and sold it. I used to call that color "Off Silver" because it came off! I think that was a period of change when the auto manufacturers were trying to follow government mandates of more enviromentally friendly paints, but no doubt without enough lead time to get it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Yes, silver on anything didn't hold up well at all in those days. And in the '60s, it seems silver was delivered dull new. Modern base/clears gave silver a whole new lease on popularity, now no one is afraid to order it on a new car. -MJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFchronos Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Nice build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRodnKustom Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Real nice work! I worked in a LM dealership in the 70's and drove many of those. Some were screwed together very well and..well...some were not. Your model is superb. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Very nice indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozono Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Awesome job......... super clean........ great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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