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    The two side panels with the ventilation grille are photoetched, glued over an opening of the vacuumformed plastic hood. Theoretically, the plates of the grille can be opened but the plate thickness and the joints of the grill plates are only 0,1 mm thick. If the two photocopies on the two sides are only 0.02 - 0.04 mm apart, the hinge points can are only 0,08 - 0,06 mm and can easily break by opening. Unfortunately this has happened a few times so there are models with no open plates.
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    Bugatti Royale Type 41 Binder Coupe de Ville 1939 The Esders Roadster was sold to the French politician Raymond Patenôtre. Another story tells that King Carol II of Romania bought the car and commisioned the coach builder Henri Binder to build this new body. But the WWII prevented his taking delivery in 1939. During the war it was hiden from the Nazis by storing it in the sewers of Paris. After some english and american owners Air Force Reserve Major General William Lyon offered the car during the 1996 Barrett-Jackson Auction with a reserve of $15 million. Mr. Otto and Lajos Haris – hungarian auto museum owners in Budapest and Las Vegas – gave a price estimate on request the auction house. The estimate was $11 million and the best offer was also $11 million only – the car was not sold. In 1999 Volkswagen AG bought the car for a reported $20 million. Now used as a Bugatti brand promotion vehicle and travels to various museums and events. The models with open and hardtop driver compartment are built the same way as the other ones. Since I exhibited the Royale chassis first time on a model collector exhibition the Haris twin brothers gave me inspiration and help to build these 17 little models. Emjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti Royale Type 41 Kellner Coach 1932 In 1931 encouraged by the Esders and Fuchs sales, Ettore prepared to penetrate the royalty-sensitive British market. To do so, he commissioned one of Paris' most distinguished coachbuilders, Kellner, to design and build for this chassis a gran tourisme which would be the last word in good taste. The presentation at London's Olympia Show the car bearing a price tag of 6,500 pounds - $32,500 of the time – it was by far the most expensive car on display at the show. It was praised for its exquisite proportions and nobility of line, but no sales took place. So this showpiece remained in the Bugatti family and later it was one of the two Royales obtained from L'Ebe Bugatti by Briggs Cunningham. I read an article on the internet about how the car from the museum was brought to life for a car show for journalists in the 21st century. Was not easy, because despite all the careful preparation, the car could not even climb the nearby hill at first. With further attempts, the car worked better and better and finally, even with 5 people loaded, it easily made it up the hill. The journalists couldn't stop marvel about its performance. The model built the same way as the other ones. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Oh yes ! This isn`t the usual design from Aston.
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    Aston Martin AMR Pro 7,0 V12 2017 Aston Martin had built and delivered the limited amount of 24 Vulcans to customers. After than they started thinking about how to make it quicker. And so the Aston Martin Vulcan AMR Pro was born. It is now a high-performance lightweight track-only car against the base Vulcan which is street legal. The AMR PRO package was unveiled at the 2017 Goodwood. Weight has been saved with optimisation of the carbon fibre lay-up and core form reducing the weight of the engine cover by 5 kg. Aerodynamic changes made at the front-end with louvred panels added above the front wheel arches to extract high pressure air and reduce aerodynamic lift. At the rear-end is a new rear wing of dual plane design: the main element of wing features a 20mm 'Gurney' flap - a simple but hugely effective upstand on the wing's trailing edge - which is supplemented by slotted wing endplates. The aero changes have also improved the aerodynamic balance of the Aston Martin Vulcan, shifting its Centre of Pressure forwards to improve traction, steering response and front-end grip. The engine is with 6,999 ccm, V 12, 811 hp, top speed 360 km/h, acceleration 0-100 km/h 3 sec. With this AMR Pro pack those 24 owners should be happier than ever. The model is made by a No-Name manufacturer in China 1:24 scale. The paintjob and the decoration of the racecar shall need some correction and completing. Enjoy the pictures.
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    BMW Turbo Prototype 1972 - 1973 Legendary designer Paul Bracq, BMW head of design from 1971 to 1974 was the creator of the iconic 1972 BMW Turbo, the first concept car in the brand’s history. That won the “Concept Car of the Year” award by the Revue Automobile Suisse that year. The car was a combination of design study and technological test laboratory and had a finely developed sense of active and passive safety. BMW presented the Turbo in 1972 as the world's first safety-oriented sports car. Only two examples were ever built in 1972 and 1973 – both at Michelotti in Turin. The first car was used mainly as show car on exhibitions. The second was the test car. The mid-engined sports car was powered by a 4-cylinder turbocharged engine with displacement of two litres. The engine developed maximum 200 to 280 hp – depending on the charge pressure of the turbocharger. Acceleration to 100 km/h in 6,6 sec, top speed 250 km/h. The Turbo saw BMW unveil the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) on one of its cars for the first time. The mid-engine concept was then taken up again in 1978 for the series-produced BMW M1. The orange coloured model made by Schuco 1:66 scale and this is the model of the first version. I searched long time this model. As I found one in perfect condition I preferred not to paint over the original transition colour version. Rather than a Majorette 1:60 got the custom paintjob which one is the second version built. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti Royale Type 41 Foster Limousine 1933 The third sold car went to Capitan C.W.Foster in 1933. He brought the naked chassis to England and ordered a body at coachbuilder Park Ward. The car got a body very similar to Rolls Royces of the time no surprise, Park Ward was the official coachbuilder of Rolls Royce. The car is an immense seven-passanger, seven-window, partitioned limousine. This is the only Royal body, out of eleven, with side-mounted spare wheels. Interesting, the pattern of upholstery is the same design as in the Napoleon Coupe but while in that it is mainly blue in Fosters Limousine mainly brown. After WW 2, this Bugatti went through stations in the UK and the USA and came into the possession of the Schlumpf brothers in 1963. Today, this vehicle is also an integral part of the Cité de l’Automobile in Mulhouse.
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    Mercedes 300 SL 1954 In 1954 the 300 SL “Gullwing” was the sensation for sports car enthusiasts with its unique design and extraordinary power. The car was developed from the 1952 W194 racing car with a mechanical direct fuel injection system that increased the power to 215 hp of the 3 litre staight-six engine. The engine was built in side moulded left at 45 degrees to make the front flatter. The 0-100 km/h 10 sec and the top speed 263 km/h – all that made the SL („super light”) the fastest production car of its time. There was built only 1400 coupes. Later about 1800 roadsters were built too. The model is made by Bburago 1:24 scale. It seemed to be an early version with everything to open. Enjoy the pictures.
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    caapa replied to Gramps46's topic in Diecast Corner

    My condolences to his family and friends. I have missed his comments but we will meet in another world "keyser". János
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    Adams Probe 16 M-505 1969 Designers Dennis and Peter Adams designed the Probe in 1969 as 'an investigation into extremes of styling'. The brothers were, prior to Probe 16, well established with respect to 'futuristic' car construction, based on their contributions to the design and racing success of the Marcos car series. The car is powered by a mid-mounted tuned Austin 1800 engine, transversely mounted and is 86 cm in height, top speed 110 mph. It has 10" wheels on the front and 13" wheels on the back. Entry is via a sliding glass roof. The Probe 16 achieved a certain level of notoriety through its use in Stanley Kubrick's cult film " Clockwork Orange " from 1971. Only three were ever produced and still exist today. The model made by Yatming/Hongkong in 3” size. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti Berline de Voyage 1931 The Berline de Voyage is chassis no.41150 and was the sixth Royale built. The Royale was one of the longest, heaviest cars produced, and is about 20 percent longer and 25 percent heavier than a modern Rolls-Royce Phantom. This car served the Bugatti family as a private vehicle and was used by Ettore’s widow Barbara Maria Giuseppina until 1950. Then the Berline de Voyage and Coupé Napoleon were sold to Briggs Cunningham. He paid just $600 for each. The deal was sweetened with two General Electric refrigerators, which were difficult luxuries to find in post-war France. The cars were restaurated in France. Following its arrival in the US, the Berline de Voyage passed through the hands of numerous collectors over the decades. The last owner was the Blackhawk Collection. They sold it on an unnamed buyer in 2021. A person involved in the sale says is the most ever paid for a pre-war automobile. The model is built with closed and open top of cocpit too. I found ref-pics with open ragtop of passanger compartment nowhere . Enjoy the pictures.
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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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