Matt Bacon Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 This started life as the later Airfix Aston Martin DB5, which is actually the Doyusha kit that is also available in a James Bond version with all the spy gadgets. I chopped 5mm out of the roof and doors and revised the bonnet air scoop to the more aggressive style of DB4GT. I also replaced the grille with mesh for the historic racer look. It's a bit of a hybrid between a period version and a modern historic racer (I didn't want to build a roll cage, and back in the day they didn't even have seat belts!) ...and a couple with a DB5 in James Bond guise You can see how much shorter the DB4 is, and the longer bonnet intake. and finally, with its greatest track rival (which won most of the time, due to a rather lighter and handier chassis... and perhaps being driven by Stirling Moss rather than Innes Ireland...) bestest, M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Kucaba Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Very nice triplett of classic race/street cars there. Good job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter31a Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Fantastic vintage Aston. It also looks really good with it's contemporaries. Great job, Matt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Absolutely incredible build, as always from your bench. I like the over all look, everything looks very good-paintjob, details, wheels etc... Good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Very sharp... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helix Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Nicely done, good stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnS Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Another classic build, Good stuff Matt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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