mustang1989 Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 Just to qualify myself for the Model Car forum I have a Monogram Challenger that I built 31 years ago when I was about 14 or so that is in the middle of repairs. I built it for my little brother back then and then as years went by and he moved from home, got married and had his own family it stayed at my parents house. I took it from my parents house and cleaned it up a bit and glued some parts that fell off over the years back on and gave it back to my brother around 5 years ago as a Christmas present. Long story short it ended up in the bedroom closet covered up by clothes and other stuff and got knocked off of the top shelf by my nephew. We ended up finding the hood and a wheel/tire assy that was lost for a little bit out of the fall and I pieced it back together. It's still missing the hood scoop from the hood and the rear spoiler but I managed to glue everything back on and repair everything else that was damaged during the fall. I bought another kit in which to replace the missing parts with. I am going to put this thing back to its unmodified original condition but here she sits proudly once again. This time it aint going to be given away. Anyways I didn't paint it with anything more than a gloss coat when I originally built it and aside from the decals wrinkling a little the finish came out PERFECT! The gloss coat was applied from a can for cryin' out loud! One of my only regrets is how the decals all came out. The interior was detailed great for a 14 year old. All you have to do is put a visor on and you can read the gauges. Of course I didn't need glasses or a dang visor when I originally built it. LOL.
Scuderia Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 That looks really really good for what it's been through. Stinks your brother didn't get a case for it, but it's good that you're keeping it in its glory
mustang1989 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Posted October 19, 2013 Well I gave it to him in a case but that went south when it got knocked off of the shelf. The only reason I even knew anything happened to it was because when my wife and I went to visit I noticed the car just sitting on the bed headboard with no case or cover over it. You know that doesn't make him a bad guy. The fact is he's a one heck of a good guy. Just models aint his thing ya know? I cant get on here and have a bashing session over my brother and didn't mean to sound like I was. The point is that I was disappointed a little I guess. But the good news is that the car is safe and sound right now.
PappyD340 Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 Still looks pretty dang good to have been built that long ago, and sounds like it's in good hands, you'll have to post the rebuild when you get it done!!
mustang1989 Posted October 19, 2013 Author Posted October 19, 2013 I'll do a WIP here and retitle the title block there. Thanks Larry!!
slusher Posted October 20, 2013 Posted October 20, 2013 What a neat story to go with the model. You will have fun rebuilding it the second time. l look forward to the rebuild Joe....
mustang1989 Posted October 20, 2013 Author Posted October 20, 2013 Thanks Carl. I'm working on an SBD Dauntless right now so I'll be able to fit this in sometime around the middle of Nov to the Thanksgiving time frame.
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