Once again, Scott McKillop of Monarch Models has given me the pleasure of sharing some progress for the new plastic-kit company. What you see below are pictures from Monarch's team in China of the parts for the company's debut kit, Nosferatu. These are the pattern pieces, which will be used to make the kit's mold. Scott hopes to have plastic test shots in March.

Monarch's Web site is taking a little longer to finalize, Scott says, "because I am being fussy."

Man, I haven't looked forward to Christmas this early in the year since I was 5.