With the UNCLE Piranha out of the way, I'm moving on to the Monkees' overpowered custom Pontiac GTO (true story! They had to put a weaker engine in to help with the road handling!)
Having got a larger Corgi version on a previous trip to Blighty, it seemed a perfect opportunity to fix up both at once.
1) The white rag top on both models was only painted in the center panel, so first up was cutting some thin strips to mask them. The open panel at the rear was especially tricky as I didn't want any paint on the interior upholstery or passengers!
2) It took a couple of passes to build up a solid enough flat white coating.
3) Touching up the red colour was also difficult as it is neither Crimson or Scarlet. After a lot of messing around, I mixed up the two and applied it by brush. Although the colour match was pretty good, the finish was flatter than the original paint which created a rather patchy effect.
4) More masking to allow a gloss overcoat and again not as plain sailing as I'd hoped. The final effect is adequate, but not the showroom shine I'd been dreaming of.
5) Some touch up work on the chrome and hubcaps and white parachute packs finally brings this song to a harmonious ending.
6) SEPARATED AT BIRTH?
Until it got heavily into research, I'd never noticed this similarity between the Monkeemobile and Captain Scarlet's SPC. The Monkeemobile is 1966, so just maybe, it might have played some influence in Mike Trim's design process? I'd love to meet him in person and ask a whole bunch of questions, modelmaker to modelmaker!
What do you think?
Looey
Oz Base
