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                        Monogram Tom Daniel California Vette

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                        philo426
                        • Member since
                          March 2005
                        Monogram Tom Daniel California Vette
                        Posted by philo426 on Thursday, October 1, 2009 7:30 AM
                        I wa going through my parts stash when I found a Funky Corvette body that a previous owner had used for a paint test mule.Upon further examination I realized it was a Monogram Tom Daniel California Vette which is quite valuable.I stripped it down and found little damage so I decided to build her up.The Body wa missing the hood so I tried the hood from the AMT '70 Vette kit.The hood fit but I have to add styrene at the back.I discovered that the Revell Penske '66 Vette coulld provide the chassis,interior tub and sidepipes so i picked it up. Here are some pics.          
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                        Brizio
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                          May 2009
                        • From: Brizioland
                        Posted by Brizio on Thursday, October 1, 2009 10:01 AM
                        Nice one! I'll folow your building!
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                        EasyMike
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                          March 2008
                        • From: The Bluegrass State
                        Posted by EasyMike on Friday, October 2, 2009 7:44 AM

                         philo426 wrote:
                        ...a Monogram Tom Daniel California Vette which is quite valuable...

                        Valuable?  As in How Valuable?  I've got two or three of these down toward the bottom of my "Some Day" pile.

                        Smile [:)]

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                        philo426
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                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Friday, October 2, 2009 5:07 PM
                        Well I guess on Echo Bay they go for over 100 bucks a pop!Of course if they re-issue it like they did  Rommels Rod and the TJ Taxi values could lower dramatically!
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                        philo426
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                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Sunday, October 4, 2009 10:56 PM
                        I extended the hood to the cowl and then carved the hood louvers.i took a block of .80 styrene and carved them out using my Dremel and a set of needle files.Here is a pic of my progress.     
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                        EasyMike
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                          March 2008
                        • From: The Bluegrass State
                        Posted by EasyMike on Monday, October 5, 2009 7:44 AM

                         philo426 wrote:
                        Well I guess on Echo Bay they go for over 100 bucks a pop!

                        Jeepers.  I'm sure I didn't pay any more than $8 for them, back in the day.

                        Smile [:)]

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                        Brizio
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                          May 2009
                        • From: Brizioland
                        Posted by Brizio on Monday, October 5, 2009 8:12 AM

                        Sure "back in the days" those price were right... But now its different. :)

                        Look this one...

                        http://cgi.ebay.com/Monogram-1970-Tom-Daniels-CALIFORNIAVETTE-73-Model-KIT_W0QQitemZ190339694454QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c51213f76&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

                         

                        Nice job on the hood! 

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                        philo426
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                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Monday, October 5, 2009 9:03 AM
                        I think the reaon the prices are so high for the California Vette is the fact it has not been re-issued.Revell just re-released the Rommel's Rod and TJ Taxi so if they re-issue the  vintage '73 kit prices my fall to a substantial degree.
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                        EasyMike
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                          March 2008
                        • From: The Bluegrass State
                        Posted by EasyMike on Monday, October 5, 2009 11:04 AM

                        My two must be later issues.  I am fairly certain neither has Tom Daniels' pic on the box top.  I'll have to check the numbers.

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                        philo426
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                          March 2005
                        Posted by philo426 on Monday, October 5, 2009 10:16 PM
                        THe chassis went from white to Back in Black.          
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