This was my first Monte Carlo. Actually I was building four kits at the
same time. This
one, two Tauri, and another Monte. All the lessons learned from the first
kits were
applied to these. (Narrowed track, build roll cage before painting, etc)
This one went
together rather straight forward and did not suffer the too narrow roll
cage problems of
the Tauri or the pin location problem of the Tauri or earlier Monte's. You
will note the
addition of the inner head restraint netting used on the later cars like
this one and the
Valvoline Taurus. As with all I scratchbuild my own window netting. There
will be
(maybe already) article on my site on how to do this. Although this
picture does not
show it there are a buch of rear spoiler support rods which are
scratchbuilt from thin
rod. There should be an article somewhere on this site on how to do this
also. I like the
paint scheme on this car. Testor's paint was again used. The red is a bone
of
contention. I wanted to match the kit decal side number for the rear half
of the car. I
used Italian Red and Chrome Yellow. I think the kit decal color is off and
should be more
of a Guards Red, but I think the Italian Red better matches the kit decal.
I painted the
hood white before decaling.
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