Post by hobbybobby on Jan 12, 2020 16:00:20 GMT -6
Aurora released their model kit of Frankenstein's Flivver between 1965 and 1967.
This kit was patterned by Adam 'Larry' Ehling and the box art was by James Bama.
The Frankenstein's Flivver model kit showed the Monster, from above the waist, rising up out of an outrageously customized and very small automobile, playing with a yo-yo while smoke bellows out of the car's exhaust pipes on both sides, it is molded in light gray plastic.
This was one of a small series of kits from Aurora called the Monstermobiles, which combined the classic monsters with souped-up cars (two big pop culture trends of the mid-1960's).
Unfortunately, the models didn't quite appeal to either the monster fans (because the monsters weren't treated seriously enough) nor the car modelers (who just wanted cars, and not wacky monster characters - Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth's work notwithstanding).
Well, this is the 1997 Polar Lights reissue of the original Aurora Model Kit.
It was not that hard to deburr the individual parts, but to glue them together was a challenge...
... moreover, the form fit was, well, not worthy of their name, but doable, with, sanding, filling...
Somehow, I made it...
And after this compilation, it disappeared for a long time in a box...
I wanted for myself a challenge, so I have this taken out back and finished it in a few hours, as always, this is my version, hope, you like it
This kit was patterned by Adam 'Larry' Ehling and the box art was by James Bama.
The Frankenstein's Flivver model kit showed the Monster, from above the waist, rising up out of an outrageously customized and very small automobile, playing with a yo-yo while smoke bellows out of the car's exhaust pipes on both sides, it is molded in light gray plastic.
This was one of a small series of kits from Aurora called the Monstermobiles, which combined the classic monsters with souped-up cars (two big pop culture trends of the mid-1960's).
Unfortunately, the models didn't quite appeal to either the monster fans (because the monsters weren't treated seriously enough) nor the car modelers (who just wanted cars, and not wacky monster characters - Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth's work notwithstanding).
Well, this is the 1997 Polar Lights reissue of the original Aurora Model Kit.
It was not that hard to deburr the individual parts, but to glue them together was a challenge...
... moreover, the form fit was, well, not worthy of their name, but doable, with, sanding, filling...
Somehow, I made it...
And after this compilation, it disappeared for a long time in a box...
I wanted for myself a challenge, so I have this taken out back and finished it in a few hours, as always, this is my version, hope, you like it
