I was 14ish when the Monkees hit the TV screens and loved them. So when this kit was released in the mid-60s I built one. That is long gone but I picked up another when MPC re-popped them recently. It was a fun nostalgia build and decent enough kit with good fit and finish. I know my later build was much better than my original and it shows. I used Tamiya rattle can lacquer Italian red and got a nice body finish. I also stripped the chrome parts and repainted them with Molotow chrome which give a much better simulated chrome than the kit plating. It came out nicely and I was happy to have built one again so many years later.