TonyW Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Here's my take on the Monogram Hurst Hairy Olds. Not a show only car, the real thing ran on US Dragstrips in the sixties. Two blown big block Olds motors got it down the track, right up until it inevitably crashed. It was the sixties man... The Hairy bit in the title comes from a bit of period American slang, hairy meaning terrifying. Quite appropriate in this case. Hurst were an aftermarket company probably most famous for their Hurst Shifters, nice tight action gearsticks and linkages. They hooked up with Oldsmobile for a few promotional escapades, the Hurst edition Olds 442 street car being one. Linda Vaughn was the front for the Hurst aftermarket ad campaigns, in more ways than one. There's a couple of Oldsmobile models available with figures of Linda included. The build is straight out the box, nothing added. The Store Display type base was made using the box the kit came in, cut about and added to a bit of yellow card. The orange stripes on the card are Tamiya masking tape. The box was a recent repro one so no collectable kits were harmed in the making of this model! Tony. Edited October 30, 2019 by TonyW 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 The display and the car look great. Can we see some more pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: The display and the car look great. Can we see some more pictures? I only took a couple, I'll take a few more and add them ASAP. The card base is propped up with a stand glued to the back. It all folds flat for storage. The black background is a square of black perspex I use for pictures. It works well. Edited October 29, 2019 by TonyW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 That looks a really good build, the paint in particular looking very good. But is it wrong that I opened this thread expecting to see a hairy car such as the "Dumb & Dumber" van ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 29, 2019 Author Share Posted October 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Spiny said: That looks a really good build, the paint in particular looking very good. But is it wrong that I opened this thread expecting to see a hairy car such as the "Dumb & Dumber" van ? The Cheech and Chong dope van would fit in that mindset as well. Not to worry, a twin engined, four slicked, 60's coupe is just as bizzare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) A couple more shots were requested, who am I to argue with a chance to show off? I jazzed the base up a bit with some black card added as I quite liked the look with a black background, it brings the colours of the base out even more. Sat on a mirror shows the underside a bit. There's not too much to see there as it's a straight out the box build. And finally, a bit of cushion padding provides the tire smoke this thing could generate in copious amounts. No sound effects unfortunately, think stupid loud and double that would be about right. Tony. Edited October 30, 2019 by TonyW 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Nice smoke effects! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 Lovely job,the burnout photo's are fantastic.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy J Posted November 1, 2019 Share Posted November 1, 2019 That looks awesome fantastic job on this one more please ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 One for the kit historians, the first issue Olds, the Monogram/Mattel issue and the Street Machine version. The Hurst licence must have run out at this point, the real car was long gone at that point as well. Not one of Monograms finer moments, but these things happen when companies get taken over. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Hope you don't mind me putting this on Tony (didn't go as planned),also had a look for 'Street Freak' but nothing.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 Wow! I've not seen that clip before, thanks for the link. I guess making a car uncontrolable at both ends is never going to end well. Looking at the after crash shots I see I've got the paint stripe dip by the door wrong on mine, not enough of a tail on it. I'll take a look in the morning to see if I can correct that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Very cool looking build. Don't see these built very often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old John Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 That's a great build of a good looking car. Love the original display too. Wonderful work. Thanks for sharing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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