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Goodwood races, be it touring or GT cars, provide more action and entertainment than any F 1 race.

New to the stash: Revell's DB5 - for slightly below 18 € (= 21,00 $) shipped, I could not resist.

Your excellent detail work and convincing weathering turned this resin kit into a marvellous replica, Pierre - bravo ! You must send the pictures to Fernando!

The master has done it again - excellent weathering, Pierre, on an outstanding model ! Phill and Richie certainly would approve... Fernando too - will load your pictures up on his website.

Thanks, Mark. I too prefer modelkits in 1/24 scale (occasionally larger), but this was a must for me.

is the Matchbox Lesney # 75 "Ferrari Berlinetta" which is in fact the Ferrari 250 GT/L "Lusso". A neat little die-cast toy I had almost 60 years ago. Of course it got lost over time, but about 30 years ago I could acquire a nice, almost mint one, with a mostly intact original box: Some years ago,I happened to get another one in a play-worn condition and decided to pimp it up a bit: it was disassembled, interior got a satin black respray, the body was spray-painted with light blue metallic car-laquer (after removing those ugly molding lines with files and sandpaper), the scratched clear part was polished as good as possible. At last I sprayed bumpers and spoke wheels with Revell chrome , modified the steering wheel for 3 spokes and applied some paint detailing - with a toothpick and a fine brush: lights, indicators,steering wheel, license plate and Ferrari badge. This is what it looks like now (the green stock model will remain untouched):

Fantastic !

Very nice build !

Again it will be interesting to follow you with this one, Dave ! I remember seeing some pictures of the original several decades ago in a German car magazine (must have been late 70's/early 80's...) - it was red and had a blue California license plate, IIRC.

C'etait formidable, Pierre ! Interior (gauges, steering wheel, leather seats) looks awesome - just like real leather !

Absolutely no need for resin anxiety, Pierre ! So far I can see this will be another masterpiece from your stable (what else did we expect ?). Those solder balls look great as rivets holding the leather parts in place - fabulous!

Finally - it seems that I've been waiting endlessly for this one, Pierre. The body looks very good, and your decal troubles with the "20" could hardly be noticed if you had not pointed them out to us. I'm looking forward to the next steps.

the definitive wolf in sheepclothes...

As Rich already said, Dave: another good-looking rarity from your workshop ! Keep on building these great racers, I'm looking forward to seeing your next surprise !