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of course this is the European version, as this series is being issued in France!

Exactly my thoughts... By far the best '55 Nomad I've ever seen! Amazing!

This old tanker looks great hooked to the Diamond Reo, Pavel - expecially the first pic could be taken for real! Excellent - I like it very much !

Finally, a DS 23 from 1973 is available in 1/24, if only as a die-cast but with very nice proportions - see link enclosed: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/citroen-DS-1-24-hachette-/152257149575?hash=item23733bba87:g:ghkAAOSwHoFXuIsX I have myself 2 on order from France which should arrive early next week. This is the first of a series of cars which have been popular in France by Ixo/hachette in 1/24 - some of them look to have never before seen in this scale. Their main disadvantage could as well be their main advantage: they don't have any opening features, so the awful gaps between hood, doors and other body panels can be avoided. This could fit well together with Ebbro's late `50s DS19 kit, Metro/Leo Models '63 DS Die-cast and Welly's DS convertible Die-cast.

It has nothing in common with the Tamiya version. IIRC it's proportions are rather distorted - it doesn't have a stock look (it is too wide and too low, could probably built as a custom: already chopped/channeled/sectioned) it has been planned as a motorized toy car, only about 40 parts, curbside etc. etc. Here you can see a presentation of the kit contents: http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=55736

Looks good - it only would need some P.I.E. decals !

Just my thoughts - very nice, Bo !!!

Looks great - some kind of French rat rod...

Awesome looking shortnose Brockway, Dan! I have always liked these old irons much more than today's plastic streamliners....

IIRC, there was an Indy 500 triple set by mpc, containing of Parnelli Jones '63 winner (Willard battery special), Jim Clark's runner-up Lotus from the same race and the '74 McLaren of winner Johnny Rutherford. I had this one set but sold it long ago because my interest changed to other subjects.

should mean: ... on the shore of Lago di Garda..., of course.

x 2 - except that I have 4 in my stash waiting to be built. I happened to see one of the rare originals in Italy, on the lake of Lago di Garda, about 12 years ago, in exact the very same color combination inside and out like your model - very impressive!

Very nice - the '63 to '65 Buick Riviera is one of the best looking US cars of the era!

Excellent model, Pavel ! Very nice !!!

Outstanding work on this fantastic model, Harry! Attach the leather straps, but leave the hood open - you must not hide the engine !!!

Very good looking '62 GTO ! Almost too nice to be driven around a race track !

What probably should have been a mid 60's fantasy best-of-both-world's sports car, doesn't work for me at all: a Cobra with a E-type Jaguar style front (and trunk lid), some Ferrari elements thrown in - it is just ugly, the whole proportions are not right! Why didn't they do an Apollo instead (also known as "Thorndyke Special" from Herbie, the love bug) ? This does look right and is a real car (even if built in small numbers with the Buick V8) - if it must have been an "American exotic" !

Hi Warren, the (now) ivory color suits this IH very well - looks like a typical fleet truck. I've read somewhere (don't remember where) that the bumpers have been cut back then to avoid tire damage by bent bumpers which could cut into the rubber when a truck hit a deere at highway speeds. I've got no idea if this might be a plausible explanation !? Maybe any of the truckers here on the forum knows more about this?

Very impressive Kenworth, Ken !

In my opinion, the definitive surf woody...

looks like a wolf in a sheep's cloth - the REAL sleeper !

Nice Porsche, André ! Revell Germany had "car metallics" as spray paints long ago (I still have some) to avoid this problem, but I've got no idea if they offer them still...

Great build of one of the finest-looking American car designs ever !

Very nice, Ray !!! it almost looks like it had polished aluminium body panels - so no painting does distract from the bare form - just great !!!

Great looking old iron, Lee - you really have something to be proud of - I'm sure that your truck gets a lot of admiration and attention at shows.