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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Monogram - Rommel's Rod 1/24

Posted by StephenLawson on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:55 AM

Greetings all;
While this is a very rare rod at that can anybody tell me what happened to the mold. I have heard that they found that it was damaged and not worth repair.

Stachel...unconfirmed by Armee means unconfirmed!!!!

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gregbale

Member since
March 2003
From: Towson MD

Posted by gregbale on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:06 AM

FSM did this as a "Classic Kit" some years ago. Their write-up quoted a Monogram executive as saying the tooling had been discarded after sales ran their course

Greg

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:23 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by gregbale

FSM did this as a "Classic Kit" some years ago. Their write-up quoted a Monogram executive as saying the tooling had been discarded after sales ran their course

Sounds like their blowing smoke and flashing mirrors. the tooling disgarded? How many hundreds of thousands of dollars did a mold cost and it was disregarded? HHhhhhmmm....

Stachel...unconfirmed by Armee means unconfirmed!!!!

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gregbale

Member since
March 2003
From: Towson MD

Posted by gregbale on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 2:10 PM

Yeah, it struck me as rather unlikely as well, considering all sorts of Monogram stuff has been in either near-constant or periodic release since that same time (and before). Other than the legendary "Aurora trainwreck," it doesn't seem too many of those old tooling sets disappeared completely. And this is one I'd love to see in re-release some time.
Greg

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philp

Member since
December 2002
From: USA

Posted by philp on Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:37 AM

I also would love to get this kit again. I still have the instruction sheet and even one of the collectors cards that came out with these kits. See them on ebay every now and then but the prices they go for, even someones old build up with missing parts.

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StephenLawson

Member since
October 2004
From: Colorado

Posted by StephenLawson on Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:36 AM

Monogram Lied! Just picked up 2 kits from Squadron.

Stachel...unconfirmed by Armee means unconfirmed!!!!

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plasticjunkie

Member since
November 2008
From: Central Florida

Posted by plasticjunkie on Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:44 AM

I picked up mine last year when it was released.

Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!

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MAJ Mike

Member since
February 2011
From: San Antonio

Posted by MAJ Mike on Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:46 AM

Mega-Hobby has it for about $18 US. Seems like a bargain compared to most kit prices these days.

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invertman

Member since
January 2007
From: Cherry valley il.

Posted by invertman on Saturday, April 16, 2011 7:34 AM

monogram re released this kit,its out now on the shelves. and mail order.

if you want permission for a test flight.... the answer is "no".

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Gear Head 6

Member since
October 2009

Posted by Gear Head 6 on Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:24 AM

...........My Guess is the Rommel Rod tooling was lost. Monogram made new tooling using an original kit as a guide and a lot of computerized tool making technology. Polar Lights and Moebius have brought back a number of "lost" kits using this approach.

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p38jl

Member since
January 2003
From: Hancock, Me USA

Posted by p38jl on Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:54 AM

I have 2,, this newer kit is supposed to be "updated"....

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DrShrinker

Member since
October 2009

Posted by DrShrinker on Friday, April 29, 2011 10:17 AM

When i was little my uncle gave me two original Rommel's Rods. One i had painted but the other i kept just as he had built it when he was just a kid. Basically he just glued it together.

When it was released again i bought one in his honor and tried to make it a little cooler.

I never really finished it (even forgot to put decals on it, and no windows? duh. oh well. :( , but there was nothing updated about the kit. every thing in the box was exactly the same as the kits my uncle gave me.