Lincoln Continental

Oliver Not a kit for beginners! Flush, sanding, misfit: no fun. Discovered ALCLAD II chrome = superb product !

Christian Meyerhoff Well, people building Lindberg Kits fear nothing! Good luck mate!

Curtis Caden The Lincoln Continental was a level 2 and was harder to assemble than the Ford Cabriolet that was a level 3! I will admit that I had problems getting both sides of the floor pan and both sixes of the doors and both sides of the firewall spray painted in the right colors. The trunk and fenders were 3 pieces and left some nasty seems that required filler. The front fenders were each in two pieces. The alignment of all the pieces is close but not exactly right. My next model is a $54.99 ICM model of a Packard Twelve (Series 140 which should be a much better quality model. Interestingly enough this model had no chrome plated parts!

Günther Debiscop Phil, According to the book about Monogram, this is a new tool.
The artwork however is done by some-one that worked for several companies, which was normal in that time period.
Some of their earlier car kit came from Aurora molds.

Phil Marchese Ok, thanks. What does the book say on the 32nd Lola, Cooper Ford, and Ferrari LM? Those are all listed by Palmer and some by Aurora.

Günther Debiscop Phil,

I'll check tonight when I'm at home.

I'm currently adding kits basing myself on the book and with pictures sent to me from different scources. Monogram (and other companies) make it very difficult to get the correct time line as from time to time they re-used box number, but the box art is different. And without a pic of the box sides it is sometimes very difficult to assign the correct box to a specific year.

Phil Marchese Ok Thanks again. I have very few Monogram boxes.

Phil Marchese Gunther, Did you learn anything more about the Lola, Ferrari LM or Cooper-Ford? A fourth, The Porsche 904 was also an early Palmer mold , a kit also listed by Monogram in the early 60s.

Günther Debiscop Phil, According to the book these models are "new tooling". However, what is known is that Monogram had several moldings made by third-parties (in Chicago) as they didn"t had the capacity to produced them their self.

Phil Marchese OK, thanks. Too coincidental to be the whole story, however I haven t but a clue to the "true" story either.

Phil Marchese Back to the Lincoln, if the 1967 release date is accurate, perhaps a search for the instruction sheet will give insight. If it is a multi-piece body assembly matching the Pyro assembly, I would largely favor that origin as most probable given the 1:32 sports car grouping as a factor too. If one piece body (less doors and decks) then a new tool is creditable.