He worked for full size car maker General Motors, for North American on the Apollo programme, as a custom car designer, and served in the US Navy.
He then became a kit designer for Monogram, producing some of their widest model car kits in the 1960s and 1970s. His most famous model was the Red Baron, a Model T hot rod topped with a WW1 German helmet. Did you have one?
This was made in the standard 1/24th scale, a super-sized kit in 1/12th, and later as a Hot Wheels die-cast. The video shows many of his models, and a great selection of box tops.
Alas, not everything, as Tom Daniel designed around 75 models for Monogram. Even though I was never into hot rods, I really enjoyed this video. As always, Mr Max has done a great job on it.
Will you get a kit this Christmas?
(1) Tom Daniel: master kit car designer - YouTube
Paul Adams from New Zealand
I had the Matchbox version of this model. I loved it Paul!
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