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    Matra Simca 680 1974 The MS680 was the last sports car developed by Matra. The only MS680 made was based on a modified chassis of the MS670C. Powering the car was the 3.0 L Matra V12 engine. It produced between 395–520 hp. The MS680 was used in the first pre-race tests and in the race at the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans. The car was driven by Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier. Grid: 2nd (3:36.800) – 1974. During the race Matra suffered from engine overheating problems, causing the car to break down after 104 laps of the race. Matra retired from international motor racing in late 1974 and the car was no longer used. The only example of MS680 is kept inside the Matra Museum in Romorantin-Lanthenay. The model is made by Polistil scale 1:55 and detailed by me. Enjoy the pictures.
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    1-75 story 12 Buick Y-Job 1939 –Lincoln Futura 1955 Buick Y-Job 1939 Produced by Buick in 1938, it was the auto industry's first concept car designed by Harley Earl. The car have a line 8 engine, 5247 ccm, 141 hp with a 3 speed manual gearbox and based on a lengthened 1937 Buick Century chassis. The „Y” in the name has two explanations: all experimental cars were called „X” but Earl choosed the next letter „Y”, or because in the aviation industry the „Y” was used for the most advanced prototypes. The car was driven for a number of years by Harley Earl. The model is made of wood with rubber tires and red plastic rear lights. The lenght of model is the „result” of a wrong data in a book. Lincoln Futura Concept 1955 The design is by Ford but was hand-built by Ghia in Turin - only one car . The Futura is one of the exeption between concept cars – it had a complete powertrain with a 300 HP, 6.0 L V8 engine and push-button transmission controls. The concept was a success as a show car, garnering favorable publicity for Ford. After two film roles was sold to Georg Barris. Having originally cost $250,000, for $1 only. As the showcar was not insurable, it was parked behind Barris' shop for several years. In 1966, Barris was asked to design a theme car for the Batman television series. Barris thought the Futura might work well. Its unusual winged shape would be an ideal starting point for the Batmobile. The car was full functional but had not the speed - specialy in cornering – which was required for Batmans supercar. The speed in film is a film trick. The model is made of wood with rubber tires and plastic lights. The double-bubble canopy is formed with deep drawing.
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    Lamborghini V12 Vision Gran Turismo Stefano Domenicali, Chairman and CEO of Lamborghini commented “The Lambo V12 Vision Gran Turismo is created to provide the ultimate virtual car for young fans and gamers, and also mirrors Lamborghini's push on future technologies, particularly in the arena of lightweight materials and hybridization”. The car is „instaled” with the drivetrain of the Sian FKP 37: 6,5 litre V12 785 PS + a 48 volt e-motor 34 PS, 7-speed ISR automated manual transmission. The driver enters the cabin like a jetfighter pilot, from the front of the car. The main driving controls are located in the futuristic steering wheel and all driver information is projected virtually in front of the driver. A real-life full-size model have been shown at motor shows in Japan, Canada, Germany, England, the US and Switzerland. The model made by Double Horses/China scale 1:22. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Maserati 300S #15 Le Mans 1955 The straight 6 racing engines were popular with Maserati from the early 1950s. So the 300 S was powered by a such engine with twin plugs, 245 bhp, 4-speed transaxle gearbox and the car arrived 290 km/h top speed. The aluminium body was designed by Fantuzzi. Its debut made at the 12 Hours of Sebring 1955. The best result - third place - arrived a privat driver with his 300 S. The #15 started in Le Mans 1955 but was out of competition with overheated engine. The season was full of mechanical malfunctions and development problems. After steady development the 300S won its category at the Nürburgring in 1956 and finished second overall. In the following years drivers as Stirling Moss, Jean Behra and Fangio arrived good reults. Mark Knopfler, originally of Dire Straits, is a long term owner of a 300S and has raced the car in historic competitions. Additionally he featured the lines "If I was a Maserati, A red 300s, I'd ride around to your house, baby, Give you a driving test." in the song Red Straggerwing on his 2006 album All the Roadrunning. The model made by Grani&Partner (7-Eleven) in 1:64 scale. Enjoy the pictures.
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    1-75 story 11 Ferrari Mythos Concept 1989 The Pininfarina Ferrari Mythos Concept is one sexy car. The car is based on theTesta Rossa with the engine 390 hp, 4.9-liter flat-12. Top speed is 290 km/h, acceleration to 100 km/h 6.2 sec. The body panels are built in carbon fiber, the dashboard, instrument panel, door panels and seat shells are covered in leather. The five-spoke rims are exclusively designed for Mythos. The integrated active rear spoiler was a very unusual and high-tech feature in 1989. It had the ability to raise and tilt 12° to front, offering extra downforce when needed. Pininfarina tested the Mythos in a wind-tunnel where it performed better than the Testarossa. Although not intended to be sold to the public, the current Sultan of Brunei is known to have commissioned two Mythos, one in red and the other in turquoise. Mc Laren F1 Coupe 1992 The F1 sport coupe was the world fastest road car 12 years long. The legendary Gordon Muray designed the car with the 6.1 L BMW V12 . The engine gave 618 hp for the 1138 kg car. The result is a top speed 391 km/h and the acceleration is 3.2 sec for 0-100 km/h. The car is a 3 seater, midst the driver and the two other slightly back. Niki Lauda joked: Very practical, you can take your wife and girl friend too. Only 64 road-going examples were made. Not much of a sooooo practical car. The models are curved from wood, wheels are with rubber tyres and the lights are inserted plastic ones. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Nissan GT-R50 2018 The Nissan GT-R marks its 50th anniversary this year, so the Japanese automaker decided to celebrate in style. Nissan teamed up with legendary design firm Italdesign — which also celebrates its 50th anniversary this year — to create a one-off custom GT-R, appropriately named GT-R50. The handbuilt car based on the GT-R Nismo with its 3.8 litre twin-turbocharged V6 but now produces 710 horsepower. Unveiled at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed in England. The car made other appearances around the world. Reaction from the public was so positive that Nissan and Italdesign decided to put the GT-R50 into production. Price was $1.1 million. The price tag is around 10 times the price of a base GT-R. The little model made by Tomica in 1:63, the greater is 1:24 made by Miniauto, China. The front wheels are positionable, the caliper and breakdisc don`t turn with the wheels, the side mirrors are foldable. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Maserati Levante 2016 Italian sports car makers aren’t famed for their SUVs. The first was Maserati to bring one to market while Ferrari has committed to never building a jacked-up 488 GTB. But there was an Alfa Romeo around the corner and Lamborghini is worked too. The Maserati Levante is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV based on the Kubang concept carthat debuted at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The Levante featured Ferrari's 3.0L V6 twin turbo 350 PS engine, in two states of tune. A diesel model is also offered for RHD market. It has an undeniable charm that other SUVs don`t have in this market segment. Despite its bulky body, this is a car that has Italian DNA in its veins, and is pleasingly agile given its size. The model made by Grani&Partner (7-Eleven) in 1:64 scale. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Hi John, I don`t know about any other scale model in plastic but I can show you my one-off Sabres in 1:75. You can find more about these and a diecast Franklin Mint 1:25 in My Rare Auto Models post in the Diecast Corner Forum. Enjoy the pictures.
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    1-75 story 10 Lotec C 1000 1995 A United Arab Emirates citizen want to own the fastest, individually owned car in the world in 1994. He contracted Mercedes which in turn also contacted Lotec for the body design. The car was powered by the 5.6 liter V-8 Mercedes engine, with Garrett twin turbo chargers and 1000 hp. The „C” in the name is for the Lotec body material, carbon fiber and completed in 1995. The car accelerated in 3.2 s 0-60 mph and 8.08 s 0-125 mph and arrived 268 mph top speed. The total production cost was over $2,200,000 but the final price was around $3.4 million. In 2013 the car was sold on an auction in the United States for $650,000. the odometer was showing merely 1,600 miles on the clock. Lotec – Colani Testa d`Oro 1992 There have been many speed record attempts in a Ferrari at the Bonneville Salt Flats, but none of tham was as stricking as the Lotec-Colani Testa d`Oro. Colani and his team brought the Testa d`Oro, along with three other cars, to Bonneville in 1991 to compete in the Speed Week. The project based on a Ferrari Testa Rossa 1984 with a cooperation the two of tham. The car was fitted with a Colani-designed body. The Ferrari Twin Turbo Flat 12 engine with 4942 cc displacement was tuned to 750 bhp. The car arrived 351 km/h that time a record of a modified production car. Later was equipped with a more radical Colani body and sold in 2015 for $1.7 million. The models are made of wood with rubber tyres, head and rear lights are inserted or painted. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Lamborghini Essenza SC V12 2020 Automobili Lamborghini presents the Essenza SC V12, the track-only hypercar in a limited edition of 40 units. Developed by Lamborghini Squadra Corse and designed by Lamborghini Centro Stile. The 6.5 litre V12 engine without catalysts can deliver 830 hp, top speed is over 340 km/h. The power is handled by a new X-trac sequential 6-speed gearbox, situated transversely at the rear and combined with rear-wheel drive. The aerodynamic shape of the Essenza creates 1,200 kg of downforce at 250 km/h, that’s more than the current GT3 cars. The body is a unique carbon-fiber tub without integrated roll cage developed with FIA prototype safety rules in mind. The price is $2.4 million. The model is made by Jiglifang/China 1:24 scale. The engine compartment is decorated highly but has very few analogy to 1:1. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Maserati Alfieri Concept 2014 Maserati unveiled the Alfieri, a 2+2 concept car to celebrate the Maserati ’s centenary at the Geneva Palexpo. The name of Alfieri, the most prominent of the Maserati brothers, and the engineering genius who founded “Officine Alfieri Maserati” in Bologna a century ago. The full functioning concept was powered by a 4691 cc, 450 bhp engine, connected transaxle to a ZF 6-Speed automatic gearbox. According to Lorenzo Ramaciotti, Group Chief of Design at Fiat: ”I sincerely can’t say that we’ll see this car in production in two years-time, but I’m certain we’ll see something very similar.” Alas the car didn`t went in production. The model is made by Grani & Partner (7 Eleven) 1:64 in the Maserati line. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Hi Zenon, use cotton stick with nail polish remover. First test the base colour on a not exponated area. If one - two light wipes don`t solve the colour you can go to the tampo-print. Again with light wipes you can remove it. Possibly you will need to correct the shine of the area.
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    1-75 story 09 Cizeta-Moroder V16T Concept 1988 Claudio Zampolli ( his monogram CZ – pronounced in Italian: chizeta ) - an automotiv engineer - built the conceptcar in a joint venture with music composer Giorgio Moroder. The front part of body is designed by Marcello Gandini after dislike the blunt Diablo in his prefered style. The rear section is by Zampolli. The car was developed by Zampolli and a group of ex-Lamborghini employees and introduced in Los Angeles in December 1988. The car was powered by a V16 engine which based on 2 integrated Lamborghini Urraco 90° V8 in line and a single output in the center of the 2 engines to the five-speed transaxle box. Vector W2 Concept 1978 Jerry Wiegert a young engineer presumed to dream big. He designed a car; the body,the chassis, the instrumentation, even the paint. Everyting state of the art and high tech.. He said in 1977 to his W2 as a GT. It was powered by twin-turbocharged 5.7 litre Chevrolet V8 engine with more than 600 hp. The car was claimed to arrive 389 km/h top speed. There was built totally 19 pc lightly modified and named W8. Wiegert said 40 years later it was the world’s first supercar. They are all hidden in garages, polished and well-maintained, always driven as antique pieces of art. The models are made „traditionally” from wood. Enjoy the pictures.
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    General Motors LeSabre Concept 1951 The model is made from a GlenCoe Models kit 1:72 scale. The colour is the same as the prototype was painted in the workshop and never showed publicly. The kit needed some correction at the rear and a transparent windshield in place of the solid plastic block.
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    Thank you guys the nice comments.
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    Bugatti Bolide 2019 Bugatti said the Bolide was a one-off experimental study. But the original show car is fully functional and is powered by the 8.0-liter W16. In this form, the engine gives 1,824 hp. And take into account that the whole car weighs just 1,240 kg. Bugatti said the Bolide could hit 100 km/h in 2.17 seconds and 500 km/h in 20.16 seconds. Given the great demand for high-end hypercars, it was no surprise when in August 2021, Bugatti confirmed that the Bolide would hit the production line and be capped at just 40 units worldwide. But Bugatti will turn things down a notch for the production model, capping power to 1,578 hp and the production Bolide will also be quite a bit heavier - 1,450 kg. The price is about $4 million and Jan 2022 all was sold out. The first Bolides are expected to reach the hands of customers in 2024. The model made by XHD/China scale 1:24. There are some details to add or modifie later. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Hi Claude, thank you for the nice comment. I`m happy you are inspired by my work. I`m look forward your experince about the quality of kit.
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    I made a few modification beyond opening doors and hood to see on next photos: BMW logos on the wheels and front & rear. steering wheel, BMW kidneys, new headlight group, detailed rearlight with BMF behind, drilled the holes on breakdisks. Some detail photos:
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    Hi cobraman, there is an Alfa Romeo BAT 5 or 7 on the 3th picture. What kind of kit is it ? And which scale ?
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    Maserati Boomerang Concept 1972 The Boomerang was the non-plus-ultra edge-car in 1971. The car was designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro and produced by Italdesign. It was first revealed at the Turin Motor Show as a non-functional model, but by the time of the 1972 Geneva Auto Show it was based on Maserati Bora chassis as a one-off. The car is powered by the Boras 4.7L V8 engine producing 310 hp and the top speed is believed to be about 280 kmh. It was never tested, Maserati used it as a showcar only. In 1972 the Boomerang was auctioned for about $3.8 million for a private person. After some further owners, restauration and repair it was in 2015 auctioned by Bonhams in France, and sold for $3.7 million. An one-of-a-kind prototype or concept car in private hands are rare, and fully functional examples like the Boomerang are rarer. The model is made by Grani & Partner (7 Eleven) 1:64 in the Maserati line. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Sure, the Treser Coupe isn`t a beauty. In its time its retractable roof was unic. In the cutaway drawing good visible the place for the top turned back behind the seats.
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    Hi Rusty, thank you for the nice comment. The bad panel fitments are mainly my failure but I can`t imagine why: during the dry fitting tests all was much better. But during cementation the panels didn`t go to right position anymore. I needed to sand a lot from the inside of the upper edge of rear bumper to get functioning the engine hood. There were 2 - 2 pc positioning pins at the front and rear on hood: the two ones in front positioned the hood by holes but the fitment was even wronger. The two at rear had no function - there was no holes for position the rear bumper right. It seemed they were there for glueing the hood closed. So I removed the pins.
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    Italdesign Nazca M12 Concept 1991 Italdesign has always been known for supercar designs seemingly too far ahead of its own time. It is sure true for the debut creation of Fabrizio Giugiaro – son of the designhouse founder Giorgetto - only 26 years old when he conjured up the breathtaking form of this stunning prototype, the Nazca M12. The car has under its carbon-fiber body the 300 hp 5 litre 12-cylinder engine from BMW. Unfortunately seemed BMW didn’t want to go through an another hassle like the M1, so the M12 or the succeeder C2 never reached regular production. The model is built from the Revel 1:24 kit Skill Level 3. Well, it was not a simple work but some quality flaws made some vaguenesses. For example the square positioning holes were too great to the pins and so it was immpossible to connect safely correct. Enjoy the pictures. Some detail photo will follow.
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    1-75 story 08 Treser T1 Coupe/Cabrio 1987 In 1987 Walter Treser – the owner of a tuning company - had enough of "only" converting Audis. He constructed a small-production car: the Treser Roadster T1 with retractable roof. „We designed the car around the roof”, said Treser. The hardtop on the roadster slips into the gap between the seats and the engine compartment at the push of a button.The mid-engined cars main components came from the VW Golf GTI 16V with 130 hp and arrived 209 km/h top speed. Its plastic body is based on a welded, glued and riveted aluminum composite sandwich on a construction similar to Audis aluminium space frame. Difficulties in production and the high price tag led to the end of one of the most innovative tuners and manufacturers of Germany. There was built 25 pc totaly. Lancia Rally 037 Stradale 1983 The car was developed in collaboration between Pininfarina, Abarth and Dallara. First was built 200 street cars to correspond the FIA regulations. The first versions of 037s had a 2.0-litre 4-cylinder supercharged engine. Power was quoted at 265 hp, the last version had 325 hp due to a displacement increase to 2.1 L. The rallye team won the Word Championship in 1983, second in 1984 and third in 1985. It was the last rear-wheel drive title winning car. The models are made as usually from wood with rubber tyres. Some pictures are show the process of making a little model. Enjoy the pictures.
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    Bugatti la Voiture Noir 2019 This one-off car was built to celebrate Bugatti's 110-year anniversary, as well as in a homage to the second of the four Type 57SCs—the original "la Voiture Noire,"- driven by Jean Bugatti himself. After 2 years of development was ready the car which is not a hyper sports car like the Chiron, but instead a grand tourer now. The engine is 8 litre, quad-turbo 16-cylinder , 1,500 hp. The acceleration is 2.4 seconds to 62 mph. The body design has some new elements. The headlights are with an insect-like light pattern, the rear light is a wavy line of leds and there are 6 exhaust pipes. Like the Type 57SC that inspired the 6 pipes, the car has a central spine that runs nearly the entire length of the car, with the windshield wiper standing upright while at rest. The Noire had been purchased by an unnamed buyer who is "fascinated" by the Type 57SC Atlantic Coupe, for the highest new-car price ever — $ 18,905,235.- The great Interest in the Bugatti La Voiture Noire was so intense following the concept reveal in early 2019 that Bugatti decided to make 20 “budget” Noire versions. Based on the Bugatti Chiron model, they’re priced at $3.3 million each. The model made by a chinese manufacturer 1:24 scale. The ammount of gold decoration is a bit too much for my taste. Alas I saw only newly an other exemplar in more identical trim. Enjoy the pictures.
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