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Just finished rebuilding this old missile kit from 1958. Monogram Missile Arsenal. Originally got this on my seventh birthday. Dug it out of my old models box. It was missing a few pieces, but found them on the net and from one of the IPMS club members. Had to fix the clear stand. It was warped bad. So I used a thick sheet of plastic and made bracing. This fixed the warp problem. It also helped to hold the paper with the missile names in place. There was stain from old tape that held the paper in place, so I painted part of the clear stand. Took care of any glue stains and cracks. Model came out looking pretty good. Looks like new again. Enjoy!

Now that is cool. Never knew about this kit. Great work on it.

WOW

That turned out nice.

I am always amazed at all the cool real-space kits that are floating around out there.

Never seen this before very cool.

Yeah that's a great oldie and wish someone would re-issue it!

Great job on it too.

Carl-

Maybe the molds are in Atlantis' hands now?

Really, really nice!

Terrific vintage memory.

Love everything about this! Thanks for sharing.

Like others, I never knew this existed. Wonder what this kit cost in 1958?

Super job on the restoration - I really love this.

I can't believe the Tartar, Terrier and Sparrow missiles date that far back. The Navy was using Tartars and Terriers into the 70's and I think the Sparrow might still be around in some form. Thanks for posting this.

overspray wrote:Like others, I never knew this existed. Wonder what this kit cost in 1958?

Super job on the restoration - I really love this.

I can't believe the Tartar, Terrier and Sparrow missiles date that far back. The Navy was using Tartars and Terriers into the 70's and I think the Sparrow might still be around in some form. Thanks for posting this.

Price then? How about $2.98 !!!

Found this entry -

MODEL MISSILES

UNCLE SAM’S missile arsenal is contained in this plastic kit made by Monogram Models, Inc., of Chicago. The display boasts 31 molded plastic missile models, covering the full range of current U.S. armament. The 3/32-in. scale models are all clearly labeled and you get a 32-page Know Your Missiles booklet with $2.98 kit.

At this blog: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/model-missiles/

That's awesome - each missile was less than 10 cents!

Looks like there was a follow-up kit in 1969:
https://fantastic-plastic.com/MONOGRAM% ... 20PAGE.htm

And another iteration in 1983:
https://www.scalemodelnews.com/2013/05/ ... -cold.html

Before I started rebuilding this kit, I did a little research. I was thinking to paint each missile as how they looked in real life. Found out many of the missiles had different paint schemes. So I decided to just build the kit as I did back in ‘58, as per the instructions. Except this time I actually painted each missile, instead of leaving them built unpainted.

According to the booklet that came with the kit, the Genie missile is a “guess”. Monogram didn’t know exactly how the missile actually looked. The Genie was probably in its prototype state at the time.