Model car kits

Last updated on September 28, 2013

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Introduction
Model car kit builders
Model car kit manufacturers
Model car kit parts manufacturers
Model car shops
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Introduction

Most of us remember building model car kits when we were kids. I built dozens of them and still enjoy the hobby, both as a builder and a collector.

Looking back, there were a few kits I had back then that I wish I had today, like the very rare, original Lincoln Futura concept car, a model of the car George Barris later built the original Batmobile from.

My all-time favorite model kits are the Monogram 1/8-scale kits, especially the "Big Deuce" 1932 Ford roadster. This kit originally came out in 1963, in red or yellow plastic. Monogram re-released the Big Deuce kit in black plastic in 1978, renaming it the "1932 Ford Street Rod". In December of 1997, 4,000 more kits were produced, this time in white plastic, and they sold out quickly.

After searching for them, I've bought three different Big Deuce kits. In May of 2001, I found an original red one from 1963 just only had a couple of parts glued together. The hood has been split down the middle and the stock grille insert is missing, so I'd like to find those two parts for it.

The other two kits are both the black 1978 versions. One is missing a few parts, and some of the plated parts have faded. The other, which I bought in June of 2001, is still sealed in its original plastic, and for now that's the way it will stay.

Model car kit builders

Models by Eric Anderson
http://www.thefidgiter.com/

Brian's Model Cars
http://www.briansmodelcars.com/

Curtis Hilton — creative hot rod and custom car models
http://www.cjhilton.com/models/

"Yosemite Sam" Radoff — custom cars and hot rods
http://www.yosemitesams.com/

Rick's Ferrari Scale Models
http://www.ferrariscalemodels.com/

Rivers Bend Ranch
http://www.riversbendranch.net/

Scale Model Corvettes
http://www.scalecorvettes.com/

Scale Visions by Don Theune
http://www.scalevisions.com/

Weber Precision
http://www.weberprecision.com/

Model car kit manufacturers

ABC Brianza
http://www.abcbrianza.com/