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    Hi Gary, it is super ! The wheels are very fine and the shape of the car is better without opening elements. My Corvette is more toy-like with the large gaps.
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    Hi Gary, happy to be able to show you something new. I purchesed it in 1994 but there are some on Ebay still.
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    Chevrolet Stingray III Concept 1992 Designing the “next Corvette” is a never-ending job for the elite Corvette Design Department. But this Corvette was not designed in Detroit but in California at the Advanced Concept Center and so became the nickname California Corvette. John Schinella was in charge of the studio : “We had a choice of doing a truck project or a Corvette. You can imagine how difficult that decision was.” They have developed a concept with all-wheel steering and active suspension, the engine was a high-output V-6 , the seats were fixed and the steering wheel and pedals were adjustable - typical of most show cars. The left side of the dashboard articulated upwards when the driver’s door was opened, providing the car’s pilot with improved knee clearance when entering or exiting the vehicle. An in-car camera system with built-in telemetric storage was an early Performance Data Recorder. At the 1992 Detroit International Auto Show the concept car was well received by the general public and press. But GM’s engineering and managerial hierarchy argued that a V6-powered Corvette would be a „step backwards”, on the other hand the car would be too expensive for the vast majority of current Corvette owners. Today the concept car is on display at the GM Heritage Center in Sterling Heights, Michigan . The model made in China 1:24 scale and distributed by Red Box. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Marcos Mantis XP 1968 In 1968 the Adams brothers were commissioned to build a mid-engined, pure sports racing car for sister company Marcos Racing, with a view to competing in group six 3 litre GT racing and the Le Mans 24 hours. The design was typically Adams, with stunning angular lines utilising time proven Marcos engineering in the wooden chassis, fibreglass and masses of perspex. The car was initially powered by a 3 Litre Repco Brabham Formula One engine with 310 HP, and fitted with state of the art fully independent suspension. The construction included side mounted fuel tanks and radiators, the usual Marcos deep sills, semi gullwing doors and a huge perspex engine cover. The first race was the 1000 kilometer race at Spa-Francorchamps on the 26th May 1968. The wet conditions were so bad that water was getting into the cockpit and flooding the car. It was brought into the pits and holes were drilled in the floor to allow the water out. The water was out of cockpit but it oozed in the alternator and the car retired a few laps later. The Le Mans race was postponed until September and Marcos was in financial trouble. Finally the Mantis XP has found refuge in sunny California. Restored, it is one of the regular stars of major historical events. The model made by Corgi in 1:64 scale. It is custom painted and detailed in street version. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Thank you boys for the nice comments !
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    Bugatti Royale T41 Napoleon Coupe 1930 After Ettores accident with the Weyman Coupe his son – 21-22 years old - designed for his father a new body for the rebuild the damaged car. It is an extremely beautiful body, just touching to over-do it, but didn`t do. Long time it wasn`t sure that the damaged chassis was shortened or a new Royale might already have been under construction at the time of the accident. One was sure, the 41 100 number was given to this chassis too. The new car got the name Napoleon and the second prototype body is named Fiacre since then. In 2011 the recreation of the Napoleon Coupe claims to use the original chassis from the car gave the answer stating that a new chassis frame was used in the rebuild after the crash. It was the personal carriage of le Patron until his death in 1947 and remained in family`s possession until financial difficulties enforced its sale in 1963 to the brothers Schlumpf. Now the car is home in the Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse. The model is made as the other ones, built on the same short chassis as the ones after the prototypes. To make the upholstery by decal was a great fun. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Yes, it isn`t the best. Interesting, different manufacturer produce very different quality of interieurs while the outside quality is relatively uniform.
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    Bugatti Atlantic Concept 2015 The Bugatti Veyron was a great hit. Long time there was nothing to hear or see about a next Bugatti. "We were not sleeping on the horse. Starting in 2004, I was constantly giving management ideas about what we could do next to the Veyron.” said Achim Anscheidt, the head of Bugatti's design department during an interview in the factory in 2020 . He showed more design scatches and mockups of the last period. One of the most „ready” idea was the Atlantic. The car incorporates several elements of the Volkswagen Group, which would have made the car less expensive than the other Bugattis: a 4-liter V8 engine was intended with transaxle transmission to the rear wheels as well as a carbon chassis. The official launch was planned at the Geneva Motor Show in 2016 but the first presentation at Pebble Beach in 2015. So it is also nicknamed the Bugatti Pebble.The Volkswagen emissions scandal, which implicated the parent company put an end to the project. The model made by XHD/China in 1:24 scale.
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    Ferrari 312 PB 1972 Its history started in 1971 off tragically when Giunti was killed in the race 1000 km of Buenos Aires in Argentina after he hit Jean-Pierre Beltoise's Matra head-on. The car arrived no winn In this season. But in 1972, with only Alfa answering the challenge, the 312 PB was very successful and won all World Sportscar Championship races of the season in which it was entered. Ferrari simply called it the 1971 312 P officially and never used the B. Although there were differences from the 1969 -1971 P version: the engine was a 3.0 L DOHC flat-12 with 450 hp and a top speed 320 km/h. The chassis also differed in as aluminium panels were riveted to the small-diameter tubular spaceframe. Some ones said the B means Boxer but that was a mistake, the flat-12 was no boxer. The model is made by Polistil 1:55 scale and repainted and decaled. Enjoy the pictures.
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    I have a Miura red but it was a metal kit and built by my son. Head lamps, foglamps in the front grille are inserted transparent plastic . Windshield wipers are separet plastic ones. Doors and front of car to open, spare wheel in the front molded. Dashboard is detailed with some instruments stickers - as far as can be seen. The louvers above the engine compartment are opened - any engine-like is visibel. The rear lamps are coloured plastic - the yellow is a bit pale - the grid below isn`t opened. The under side of the model is simply only the bottom of engine and the exhaust pipes and drums are metalic marked. The red paintjob is high-gloss, the wheels and the sills are in metalic gold. I like this model in total.
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    Hi Helmut, I wisited the Chrome Juwels in Vienna too and made some detail photos. My son made earlier photos of Napoleon Coupe, Esders Roadster and Forsters Limousine. These were good help to modeling the Royales.
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    Bugatti Royale T41 Weinberger Cabrio 1932 This was the second Royale chassis to be sold. The buyer Dr. Fuchs of München comissioned the coachbuilder Ludwig Weinberger, to build a five-passanger cabriolet. The black car with yellow trim costed $43,000 total. The car had a really eventful fate. Dr Fuchs left Germany and moved to Trieste and via Shanghai settled in New York before the WWII. Of course he took his car with him. In the winter 1937-38 its engine block froze and ended up in a junkyard. Better said, it would have ended if Charles Chayne (later Vice President of Enginering GM) - who had already had his eye on it - hadn't bought it for $400. He let it restaurated and modified lightly by a brand-new intake manifold with four carburetors, a new paint scheme of oyster white with a dark green trim and new wheel design. He used the car more years long. In 1958 he and his wife donated the car to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan - as a sign next to the car attests - where it is still on display. The models are installed with matching wheels but the same front end and engine. So the black one is somewhat erroneous. (I bult a Lindberg 1:24 modified to the original 1932 – years later as these.) Enjoy the pictures.
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    Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560 Super Trofeo 2009 The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo with permanent four-wheel drive was the world’s fastest one-make series. The car is only 1300 kg, and powered with the 570 hp V10 built in mid and longitudinal. Its power flows through an e.gear six-speed robotized gear box to the permanent all-wheel drive with viscous traction. Lamborghini built cars for a 30-strong grid available to individual professional and ‘gentleman’ drivers, as well as Lamborghini dealer teams. There were championships organized in Europe, North America and Asia, on different famous racetracks as Laguna Seca, Nürburgring or Fuji. One factory car was reserved for celebrity ‘guest drivers’ such as Nelson Piquet Jr. The model made by Mondo Motors 1:24 scale with a bit poor decoration. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Toyota FT-1 Concept 2014 Toyota took by storm the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. This was the result of two years work on the project by Calty Design Research in California. The price tag was 60,000 USD and the studio chief designer was saying, "It's a Toyota, it ought to be affordable.” They started with sketch ideas and different concepts. The final concept is a midengine layout infront of the driver who is positioned like an F1 racer with a unique heads-up display. Technical specs on the engine are not available. For a while it was denied that this would be the next Toyota Supra. Now we know. The model made by Jada in 1:64 scale. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti Royale T41 Esders Roadster 1932 The first Royale sold. The buyer Armand Esders a french clothing manufacturer ordered a roadster body in his favorit colouring pea-green with dark green combined. And as he never drove in darkness didn`t needed headlamps. Ettore's eldest son, Jean, fashioned for the car a dramatic two-seater open body with full-bodied wings and an additional rear seat, but no headlamps. In any case Esders got the two headlamps with the car in a box of fine wood. Once Esders sent the chauffeur with the car to pick up his soon from the school. As junior saw the astonishing crowd of students around the car desided to go trough the back gate home on foot. Later Esders sold the car and it was rebodied. But this was not the end of the roadsters story. The Schlumpf brothers so liked the original Esders body that they had a replica made of the car using original Bugatti parts . This car is existing today and resides at the Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse. The model made in two variants. The hood is removable on both car but the open version has no working doors and folded hood. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Thank you Gary for the nice comments and "likes"
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    I have it by Politoys 1:43. It seemed to be the same casting only the wheels are more "toy-like". The spare wheel also missing. Repainted and detailed a bit.
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    Lamborghini Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster 2019 Experts expected that the new hybrid Lamborghini will be unveiled at Monterey Car Week in August 2019. But instead, they got a new limited-edition Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster. Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the car factory bearing his name in 1963 and the roadster pays tribute to the year of its foundation not only in its model designation, but also in the number of units in the series. The engine is identical to the one in the SVJ Coupe and gives 770 PS. The car accelerats to 100 km/h in 2,9 sec and in a further 5,9 sec it is up to 200 km/h. The top speed is more than 350 km/h and the car stops from 100 to 31 metres. They were all sold in 2019 despite the fact that the first car could be delivered only during 2020. The model made by Miniauto/China in 1:24 scale. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Chaparral 2F 1967 The 2F was characterized by a large rear wing, fixed at 1.37 meters from the ground. The Group 6 sports prototype designed by Jim Hall and Hap Sharp. The car was powered by a Chevrolet "Porcupine" 6,997 cc V8, 533 PS, naturally aspirated. The lay out is mid-engined, longitudinally mounted and connected to a Chevrolet 3-speed automatic transaxle gearbox. This Chevrolet „conncetion” was unofficial. A GM engineer said so: "We stayed in the background because we weren't meant to be racing at the time. We never sponsored the Chaparral program with cash. We did provide bits and pieces, and they did lots of our testing, from which we both benefited." Beside the great rear wing another aerodynamic innovation was the changing of the radiator position from the front of the nose to the sides of the car. So the nose of the car could act as a miniature Venturi tunnel and this was the first use of ground effect in motorsport. The model is made by Speedy/Italy in 1:64 scale. I complimented with headlight covers and a scratchbuilt rearwing - the original was missing - and repainted, decaled. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti Royale T41 Prototype Weymann Coupe 1929 The oldfasioned bodies designed by Ettore Bugatti where no good for the Royale's image. So they need a new body of a more up-to-date design. Bugatti commisioned coachbuilder Charles T. Weymann to creat a more modern body. He signed and built a handsome 4-window coupe and fitted to the chassis in 1929. The fenders and bonnet seemed to be the same of earlier variants. The car was in Bugatti`s personal use. So much so, that on the way home from Paris after a hearty dinner, he fell asleep at the wheel and the car crashed heavily. The model is made same way as the earlier ones. It seemed the car was originaly black and yellow painted and later got a full black paint job. Altough the pictures of the wrecked car shows the car painted in full black, there are pictures thet show the brightly coloured side (only black and white photos) following the rocking lines favoured by Bugatti. Weymann probably did the combination paint job which was repainted black later. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Peugeot RC Diamond Concept 2002 The concept was introduced at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show. The car is powered by a 2.2L diesel engine, 181 bhp connected to a 6-speed manual gearbox . The car arrived a 230 km/h top speed and accelerated to 100 km/h in 6.0 seconds. The small 4-cylinder diesel engine is unusually located above the rear axle by gripping the long transmission elements. But they did not care about the disadvantage of weight distribution. Richard Hammond in the BBC Top Gear show, not known for its love of diesels, remarked that it was "possibly the first proper diesel sports car." The model is made by Motormax in 1:24 scale. Enjoy the pictures.
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    NSU Trapeze Bertone 1973 The Bertone team faced the challenging task of making a GT vehicle with driving comfort. The mid-engine was mounted length-ways, to optimise weight distribution. To get round the problem of engine-bulk in the cockpit, the seats were laid out in a trapezium formation. The two front seats set very close together, the two rear seats further apart beside the mid mounted engine. This solution allowed the passengers in the back to stretch out their legs fully in the space created between the front seats and the door. The prototype was mounted with a central NSU RO 80 Wankel engine with rotating piston. The capacity 995 ccm, producing 115 HP and the car arrived a top speed 190 km/h. The prominent bumper running round the entire vehicle was a solution taken up successively on some vehicles destined for mass production. The model is made by Buby in Argentina scale 1:64. I custom painted the little car playworn. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti Royale Type 41 Prototype Fiacre and Berline 1926 After an extensive test of the prototype with Packard body 3 different body shells have been built on the chassies. One is a coupe version, reportedly presented to the Pope too by Bugatti. The name was originally Coupe Napoleon however the last body on the prototype chassies built by Weymann inherited this name since then the earlier version has been called Fiacre. The Berline was a large limousine with a closed body. This version was presented to King Alfonso XIII of Spain too, but he found it too angular. He asked to rebuild it. In 1928, Ettore Bugatti asserted that „this year King Alfonso of Spain will receive his Royale”. But the king was deposed without taking delivery of a Royale. The models are based on the prototype chassies. The number of parts increased to 120 – 150 pc according to the different body types. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Aston Martin One-77 2009 It was planed that 77 units will be produced . During the development several test cars were built which ones had no future. But one of the development cars, VIN #10711 was sent back to Aston Martin for complete refurbishment, and now is owned under NHTSA Show and Display registration in the United States, making the actual total of cars in existence to be 78. May be where the name comes from ? The first glimpse the world got of the hypercar was a maquette at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, three quarters covered by a grey fabric cover allowed only a glimpse of the front right side peeping out. The full car was revealed at the March 2009 Geneva Motor Show, where a metallic blue mockup and rolling chassis with its 7,3 Litre V 12 powertrain were on display. The production car was the fastest-ever Aston Martin, with a top speed of 350 km/h and 3,7 sec to 100km/h acceleration. At the Concorso d'Eleganza Ville d'Este on the shores of Lake Como in 2009,was the winner of the design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes. The model made by Speedy/China in 1:24 scale. Enjoy the pictures.
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    I received these ones in the last few days: Bugatti Atlantic Concept 2015 Lamborghini Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster 2019 Mercedes AMG One 2022 Rolls Royce Dawn Speedster Silver Bullet 2022 all in 1:24 scale, Made in China.
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