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Dave, what about the Aston Martin? Did you make any progress in the meantime?

It is the perfect color for a Chaparral - IIRC, the Lotus Cortina is also painted in Ermine white.

Looking good, Mark - which color did you use (looks like a mix between pure white and racing white from Tamiya)? Where did you get the decals from? The Robert Bosch decal says "Bosh" ???

This is the finest rendition of a Freightliner Coe I've ever seen on the Internet - bravo !

My MRRN mags have been stored away since our last move 10 years ago, but IIRC you built "CUT 7" the light-weight E-type Jag at the very beginning.

Thanks, Rich - I have lots of reference material. But what about starting another topic and presenting your Fisher model on the forum so everybody can see it.

Some pre-race pictures: The stripe is not going down onto the rear panel, but it is also not exactly centered in the middle of the roof – check it with the rear window. Also most of the decals are still not applied yet. After the start on Saturday (headlights still with protective covers): On Sunday (headlight protection removed): Here are some details on the driver’s window: This is what the final model should look like: The first things are relocating the roof opening (= not in the middle) and making the roof bulge. Moreover, I had to scratchbuild one tailfin which I had lost over the years...

Thank you, Dave ! I too have collected them from the very first to the very last issue. I only contributed one time in the first season with an article about the Ferrari 250 SWB "Breadvan". The 512 S longtail will be built mostly out of the box with a few modifications and - of course - the required decals.

In 1992, I made several drawings in 1/24 scale of all different Ferrari 512 S variations in order to send any of them to Mike Quarterman for his mag Motor Racing Replica News. But I hesitated and kept them for myself. I wanted to turn the old Heller kit into the Le Mans 1970 longtail (“Coda Lunga”) version someday. In 1995, Paul Fisher released his version of the car – an excellent resin kit. Now my plan was obsolete and I ordered one of these. I wanted to turn it into the 4th place N.A.R.T. car of Sam Posey/Ronnie Bucknum. This is what my drawing looked like back then: Some of you may notice the many faults and errors – 30 years later I have lots of pics on my PC and several books that I can use for reference. The decal sources were what I had at hand back then – they are obsolete now..

Thank you for the link to Darlington '72 - I just watched it.

Very nice model, Mark - I think those days with drivers like Petty, Pearson, Allison, Yarbrough, Baker etc. was the best in NASCAR history. It is the same with all racing series, may it be F 1, sports racers or whatever: the best times are long gone and won't come back any more. The only good thing today is that the safety is very high, but the races are boring.

Very nice model of one of the all-time greats!

Excellent model of this classic Nascar racer, Yoshimi ! The first pictures let it look almost real !

Thanks, here are some answers to your questions: The 1965 Giulia Super has been made by Ixo for the "quattroruote collection" in 2008 (available only at newsstands in Italy, and later through some model car dealers via Internet) Scale is 1/24, cost were between € 20,00 and 30,00 new, depending on version (in 2010 the Alfa Romeo Centenary collection had a blood-red = very dark red version), White Box had a cherry red version, and in Italy there was also a white release in their "Auto Vintage collection about 10 years ago) - Hands off of the white release - it often suffers from "zinc pest" and the material deteriates and crumbles into small pieces (I had one - the body is gone, doors and hoods remain as do the plastic parts.) As these have long been sold out, only ebay remains as a source for these nowadays demanding high prices. (I'm glad I have bought 5 back then) Here is a link to the quattroruote collection (the light blue which also was of better quality than the later releases is #2): https://modelcardiecast.com/en/italy-quattroruote-collection/

Very intersting racer, Ken ! It has this aggressive look on its "face".

This is coming along very nice, Mark !

Very nice model of the '98 Monte Carlo winner !

Claude, your imagination and creativity seems to be endless ! Scratchbuilding is absolutely outstanding !

Thanks, guys, for all your comments !

Beautiful build, Rich ! I remember mpc kits that I bought in the 80's to be of a decent to lousy quality (lots of flash from worn-out molds, poor fitting) but your turned this into a very nice replica - with a great color choice. Hoarding parts definitely can come handy when you have to improvise a missing part or scratch something (also the chrome-trees with leftover custom parts can be helpful sometimes)

Very cool looking racer, Phil ! The Mini was a brilliant vehicle with outstanding roadholding - one of my personal favorites and all-time greats.

Thank you all, fellows, for your nice comments on this primitive kit.

Well done streamliner, Dave ! Looks like it could run about 200 - 250 mph on the salt.... (if the driver has the balls and the nerves)

Nice model of a not-easy-to-build, rare kit !

Very nice, Mark - can't wait to see it finished !