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Pierre, Gary's BMW 3,0 CSL (Tokyo Maruii) looks great, but the 3,5 CSL from ARII/Micro Ace only looks good on the box lid, but is really awful - body distorted (grill and headlights too small, front spoiler huge!, wheels too tiny, tires too fat ==> it looked like the box of the US Airfix version in your post(could have been the same kit), the decals are junk, the whole kit is a mess - so I sold it a few years ago. The Gunze 365 GTB however, is a toy and not a model kit in my eyes with a very shallow stock ( !) interior and a sheet with racing decals - the body shows similarities with the real car, the rest is totally useless (eventually for slot racing). I wanted to take some pics, but could not find it anywhere.

This looks like a well-used racer from back then - very nice details and weathering (and of course, the base-plate, too)!

Excellent manufacturing of the grille, Dave !

Similar with me: I started ca. 1969 with sailing ships and 1/72 airplanes from Airfix, moved on to their 1/32 car kits (in plastic bags!), in the mid 70's a few Matchbox 1/32 cars. I really started in 1982 with 1/25 American trucks and cars and have now moved to 1/24 (mainly) sports and race cars.

Very nice model, Rich - I was thinking the same as Gary (NO race car this time?) but I now remember other non-racers from you, f. e. the Jaguar E's and some more...

Looks good, Rex - I guess this is the tilt/Maruii kit ?

Super-clean build of anAmerican icon, Anders - excellent paint and detailing/foiling!

With your fine detailing and excellent weathering you really brought this kit to life and turned it into a remarkable model, Pierre ! Juan would be pleased to see it - very realistic !

Arrived today via mail (ebay Germany): I stumbled over this fine body kit (made in Italy by BRM, intended to become a 1/24 slot racer) with crisp details and even photo-etched parts which will be turned into a static model using the old Heller 512 S as a donor kit for chassis, drivetrain and interior: It comes with 3 different versions of rear wings and compares very well with Fisher's Sunoco 512 M:

Well done Pierre - I'm glad that I took a last look into the forum before going to sleep. This one has the definitive "end-of-race" look without being battered or damaged - the wheels turned out fantastic - did you use the kit tires (or are these amt Firestones with rubbed off side lettering) ? IIRC, Mercedes used Continental rubber back then.

Thanks, but these are not builds, but die-cast models. My only work here was taking pictures.

Excellent - a truly fantastic model - the F1 cars of the 60's and 70's had character and each one had a different look - superb !

Looks great ! More pictures, please !!!

Though I'm not a fan of these ultra-modern extreme hypercars, you have created a marvellous model here - paint finish is outstanding, too!

Thanks for reviving this old thread - If you want to see more of the California Spider, you may look here: