Model Scarab?

Does anyone know if a company makes a model of a Scarab speed boat? I know Monogram makes one of the Scarab from Miami Vice (which is the one I want), but Mongram and I don’t really get along based on past experiences plus it is a dickens trying to find it anywhere.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have a picture of one?

M

This is one:

The Monogram kit:

Wild! Dunno why they’d name it after a beetle though…

Dumas makes several. They would be great on the river here.

http://www.dumasproducts.com/cgi-bin/dumas.storefront/43fdf55b03d3c300271e40d40968063e/Product/View/1429

http://www.dumasproducts.com/cgi-bin/dumas.storefront/43fdf55b03d3c300271e40d40968063e/Product/View/1435

I just didn’t want to pay so much for that " '38" despite how nice it looks.

Good heavens! Just a wee bit above the price range I want to pay. I guess that is what I can expect though unless I can find that old Monogram kit.

With a weed eater motor, I hear those Dumas run really well too.

However there is always e-bay.

There are two right now listed,

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=Miami+Vice+Scarab[](http://cgi.ebay.com/1986-MONOGRAM-MODEL-KIT-MIAMI-VICE-SCARAB-POWER-BOAT_W0QQitemZ6852935891QQcategoryZ4248QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Why did they name it after a beetle? They may not have known it was a beetle. They probably named it after the American version of ‘Ferrari’ of the late fifties.

A Californian rich guy, (who was also extremely bright) named Lance Reventlow (spelling?) created some incredibly potent sports racing cars in the late 50s and 60s… painted them blue and called them Scarabs. They kinda looked liked scarabs, scarabs seemed to be ‘cool’ at the time because of the popular interests in ancient Egypt at the time, and for some reason, the ancient Egyptians revered them… an aristocratic insect. And Reventlow’s cars were quick.

Now, an Arkansas rich guy named Walton owns most of them (or did a couple of years ago - I haven’t kept up) and races them in historic events.

If my memory is working right, Lance Reventlow’s racing programs ended after he tried to transfer his successful sports car technologies to formula 1 (his front engined cars couldn’t compete with the new rear engine cars) and financial ‘help’ from the IRS. I think Lance was killed shortly thereafter in an airplane crash.