1/32 Monogram Lola GT
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 11:45 amI got my first Slot car set for Christmas in 1962.....my Dad brought a VIP set back from the London toy fair, and I was the happiest kid alive !!. The track was metal with really good grip and looked great, and the cars (a F1 lotus 18 and a F1 Cooper) had steering front wheels, looked beautiful, and I thought, were the fastest things imaginable.......I ran thousands of laps, and believed I was Stirling Moss.
The next year, my uncle bought a Monogram set, and a couple of Monogram "kit" cars (the Cooper Ford and a Lola GT), and when we visited him and he showed me his track, I was amazed at the speed/handling of the Monogram cars......don't forget, all is relative as this was 1964 ;)
I never did end up owning a Monogram, as at the time, faster/better handling cars were coming out weekly. Fast forward many years, and I managed to obtain/build a few of the cars that had made an impact on me as a kid......
This is a build up of a Monogram Lola GT, incorporating many modifications that I have learned over the years.
Cheers
Chris Walker
The chassis has had extensive stiffening/strengthening (they were flimsy little buggers) using piano wire, and a .064 pan hung on the bottom (they were also quite light, and the big chunk of brass did wonders). A heavily reworked Monogram "Tiger" motor, and some original formulation Ortmann tires, and the car is a match for any of my plastic cars on a club type track.
The car has been painted to represent the Augie Pabst car from Sebring in 1964.
Getting past on the inside by Stirling Moss (lotus 19)
Just staying ahead of a Cox Cheetah, and, a Strombecker Dino.
The next year, my uncle bought a Monogram set, and a couple of Monogram "kit" cars (the Cooper Ford and a Lola GT), and when we visited him and he showed me his track, I was amazed at the speed/handling of the Monogram cars......don't forget, all is relative as this was 1964 ;)
I never did end up owning a Monogram, as at the time, faster/better handling cars were coming out weekly. Fast forward many years, and I managed to obtain/build a few of the cars that had made an impact on me as a kid......
This is a build up of a Monogram Lola GT, incorporating many modifications that I have learned over the years.
Cheers
Chris Walker
The chassis has had extensive stiffening/strengthening (they were flimsy little buggers) using piano wire, and a .064 pan hung on the bottom (they were also quite light, and the big chunk of brass did wonders). A heavily reworked Monogram "Tiger" motor, and some original formulation Ortmann tires, and the car is a match for any of my plastic cars on a club type track.
The car has been painted to represent the Augie Pabst car from Sebring in 1964.
Getting past on the inside by Stirling Moss (lotus 19)
Just staying ahead of a Cox Cheetah, and, a Strombecker Dino.