1959scudetto

When Cisitalia almost went bankrupt due to financial exhaustion caused by the development of the Porsche-Cisitalia 360 racecar in 1949, Carlo Abarth left the company and founded his own enterprise. He got 2 racecars plus several tools and spare parts as financial settlement and founded his own race team "Squadra Abarth" (the 204 A was also called Cisitalia-Abarth). The 205 A was his first own creation, partially using drivetrain and other parts of the 204, but with a new box frame and an aluminium coupe body designed by Giovanni Michelotti and made by Carozzeria Vignale (where Michelotti was chief designer back then). With its wide track and low, aggressive stance it looked very similar to the Ferrari 166 (also with body by Vignale) and was often seen as "poor man's Ferrari" and was almost as expensive though it was driven by a 1200 cc, 4-cyl. engine with 65 hp (in race trim - higher compression - 1100 cc with 83 hp). This is certainly the reason why there were only 3 cars built - all of them exist today (after long restaurations): https://www.supercars.net/blog/1951→1951-abarth-205/ A 4th chassis was delivered to Ghia who created a unique piece. In the actual running Italian newsstand 1/24 Abarth series by Hachette (models made by Ixo) this is # 7 - highly recommended (the release of 66 cars is being planned) ! Earlier in spring, I have already ordered Jack modelling's outlace wire wheels for a resin body of this car that I acquired almost a year ago... Thinking about what do with that body now...

Fresh in from Italy: the 1950 Abarth 205 A "Berlinetta Monza" (# 7 in the actual Abarth series by Hachette/Ixo) in 1/24 scale: More will follow soon ...

Another SWB for the stash (the 5th one): front and rear panel have already been glued to the body, otherwise unstarted. But who cares, when you pay € 9,00 for it (4 incomplete trees from an Italeri Daytona Racing kit are additionally in the box) ?

Hello Anders, good to hear everything is ok with you.

Super heavy-duty truck!

This is good news, Chaves Pah - did you order via ebay or with a direct email? (I did send him an e-mail 2 weeks ago and got no reply yet)

you should post this under your thread about Jack Modelling so that much more people will take notice:

That is good news !

Superb build ! Looks great !

Probably you mean Togi (Italian manufacturer since 1957 which produces lots of Alfa Romeo die-cast models in the unique 1/23 scale, but i don't know if they sold also kits of these cars) - here is a link mid-60's Giulia Berlina: https://www.carmodel.com/togi/7-63/1-23/alfa-romeo/giulia-ti/13344

This Hans Stuck-driven BMW is the car which was runner-up in the 1980 DRM behind Hans Heyer's Lancia Beta Montecarlo turbo.

I like it and will get me at least 2, but they did make a mistake in their instructions as they took the restored car from the museum and therefore the Monte Carlo number plate is mounted in the wrong position: it should not be on the trunklid, but in the right corner of the rear window! Here you can see photos from the 1972 rally Monte Carlo: http://rallyemontecarlo1972.unblog.fr/ The back side looked like this (different wheels and tires were used, depending on the road surface: tarmac, snow or gravel):

My greatest respect for you, Rich ! I had built the Union reissue almost 40 years ago, and in my opinion it was one of the most ill-fitting pieces of junk I ever laid my hands on. But you showed here that - with lots of work and loads of patience - a decent model can be achieved. Bravo ! I sold mine to a guy who uses it as decoration for his slotracing track and have instead acquired some years ago the fine resin kit from Le Mans models.

Looks fantastic !

Don't know how I could miss this excellent GT 40 build !

Fresh from the Italian newsstand Hachette Abarth series (1/24, made by Ixo): model represents the 2nd place car (sports car class winner) at the 1969 Trento-Bondone race (European hillclimb championship) driven by (then worksdriver) Arturo Merzario. I only added the rear number, license plate and the Abarth letters on the front (all from the superb decalsheet by Tiptoys/Italy) : The next picture shows the new model together with 2 old 1/25 scale very heavy die-cast toys from ca. 1969 (made in Italy by Politoys: everything opens, wheels steer, working suspensions wiith spiral springs). They represent the 1968 model year (without front spoilers): # 94 was a junker, missing rollbar, wiper and side windows - I added these from the scrapbox and installed 4 headlight lenses - car has been repainted and some typical decals from the era added (no specific car) # 7 was in almost mint condition - I only removed its ugly vinyl stickers, cleaned it and added race numbers from an old UMi decal sheet - works driver Johannes Ortner was runner-up at the 500 km Nürburgring 1968 (European 2 ltr. sportscar championship), this time with a 1600 cc - 4 cyl. engine: this was a 1 - 2 - 3 for Abarth: Peter Schetty 1. - Johannes Ortner 2. - Arturo Merzario 3. On to the pics:

Very nice model, Tim ! I have the same though I had to replace both bumpers, wipers and shifter (was a junker, parts were all missing), but who can complain for about € 10,00? Unfortunately, the roof is missing which shows off the fixing holes in the body.

VERY nice - I love it !

Excellent photo, Mark ! Those wheels and the side scoops make the difference !

Outstanding model - super scratchbuilding and flawless paint ! Simply fantastic !

Very well done needle-nose Pete (my favorite American trucks) !

Very convincing fleet truck, Brian - looks exactly like the workhorses in my truck books (or on the former Hank Suderman website)

Excellent - what Lucas said: nobody would guess that this started as a snap-kit.

Before Jason printed these wheels for me, I thought of making a mold from the spare wheel (as it is without its chrome wheel cover) and casting the rims needed for this conversion.

I will use them with the kit tires (Fujimi 330 P 4)