Since its beginning in Chicago in the 1940s, Monogram's plastic model kits for cars, ships, aircraft, and spacecraft have captured the imaginations of hobbyists everywhere. The thousands of models Monogram made from 1945 to 1986 are described in detail, shown in over 300 beautiful color photos, and given their collector's value. The popular cars range from classic hot rods and flashy custom cars to NASCAR racers. Interviews were conducted for this book with company executives, designers and model sculptors including Darryl Starbird and Tom Daniel, artists who painted the box art, and salesmen who put the kits on store shelves. Today the kits and finished models are themselves collectibles for beginning and advanced modelers alike.
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A Must-Get for the Collector,
This review is from: Monogram Models (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)
Thomas Graham scores again with a well-written and illustrated book on Monogram, in additon to his previous efforts on Revell and Aurora. A msut have for builders and collectors of kits, but also of interest to businesspeople, as there is much to be learned about how corporations grow and prosper and what happens when they get in bed with bigger corporations.
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While this book includes a great text story on the history of the company, and how it evolved through the years. It's also a great reference, with some well done photos of the many kits we all have all loved to assemble over the years.
It's a book you will pick up time after time to browse. Maybe even choose your next model project from.
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This is a fantastic book for anyone who builds plastic models. It's a great reference - but most of all, it's a wonderful trip down memory lane.
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