Monday June 28, 2004
Monogram 1/32nd Scale Figures
by Rich McMahon
A set of four drivers and a set of four crew
members have recently been released. Remember the old fashioned start at the
LeMans race when the drivers would make a mad dash across the track, hop in
their racecar, start the engine and race way? It was chaos! The drivers
include a figure that looks like he is running for his pole winning Ford GT
Mark IV. At the other extreme is another figure refreshing himself with a
cold drink or I like to think of it as a swig of victory champagne. The third
figure is fastening his helmet and the last driver is wringing his hands
anxiously awaiting the arrival of his co-driver.
The overall impression of these figures is very
good. The drivers uniforms are white or blue and have contrasting areas of
darker coloring to highlight the folds and creases. Helmets, gloves shoes,
goggles and one driver even has white sock! If you look close the eyes, lips,
eye brows and other facial features are also decorated. The four crew men
are painted in a similar fashion. I especially like the pit board.
These compare very favorably with the more expensive
Presier 1/32 scale figures. So use them to decorate your track. I'm
afraid my friends will use them as targets and they are much too good for
that. Both sets combined cost under $20.00 which I feel is a good value
compared to the time and effort it would have taken me to paint them myself.
-Rich
I
know some think that we at Home Racing World are big time slot car gurus and
we receive exciting slot car items every day from all around the world. But we
find many items in stores or on the internet. An example today was discovered
in one of my local hobby shops when I spied the Monogram 1/32 scale figures.
