Tom Graham here. One member said he could not find my “Remembering Revell” on Amazon. However, it is very much still in print and can be ordered from Schifferbooks.com. And, yes, I am working on a history/kit guide to Monogram from the 1930s (Comet Model days) to 1986, when Monogram & Revell went under the same owner. The manuscript of the new book is due at Schiffer on Dec. 1. So the book should arrive some time in 2006.
(Thanks for the corrections to the errors in the Revell book.)
Best wishes,
Tom
Dr. Graham - What a pleasure to hear from you on the Forum - and what great news about the forthcoming Monogram book!
If you’ve been following the posts on the “Ships” threads you may know that I’m a big admirer of your book on Revell. The tiny quibbles I’ve noted hardly deserve to be labeled “errors.” (The Mayflower story is too complicated for me to sort out.) It’s a terrific piece of work. For the first couple of days after my copy arrived, my wife thought I’d gone out of my mind: I was so firmly glued to the book that I couldn’t carry on a conversation about anything else.
On the back cover of the Revell book you seem to be holding an old Aurora B-26. I do hope it’s sharing a booth in Plastic Valhalla with my B-29, which had that awkward whip-flying encounter with the boulder on top of the cistern.
John Tilley
Tom,
I too wish to say thank you for some OUTSTANDING work in the getting the book together. The one on Monogram should be a beauty! If you’re ever in the News Orleans area, please contact me I’ll buy you some lunch and a great cup of coffee!
Jake
…and if you’re ever in eastern North Carolina, stop in for some barbecue and/or popcorn shrimp.
Doc,
If you play this right, you might not have to worry about food for a long time! [;)]