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C'est formidable, Jean-Jaques !!! A truly excellent model with a well deserved prize for its execution. "Eyeball time" has the meaning of very thoroughly inspection, i.e. the watchers/onlookers laid their eyes on it for a rather long time to look at every detail. I think this was meant.

Awesome paint scheme on the blue Freightliner !!! Could you please post some more pics?

Exactly my thoughts - especially the Mack Cruiseliner (even if it might be a 'phantom') and the brown KW - which bumper did you use for this? It almost looks like it could be from a Freightliner Powerliner... Keep them coming - your models look great!

Italeri will reissue this former ESCI kit in 2016 !!!

Gary, if the Miura is the ESCI reissue - which I think that it is - then beware! It is clumsy and toylike, detail is sparse, proportions are wrong. This is why I sold mine many years ago. The best Miura on the market is from Hasegawa though it is a late SV version.

I'm absolutely with you on that, Bill. Thankfully I have kept 3 original Italeri kits though I would have bought at least 2 more. The Esci (Ertl) version is awkward - I built 2 of them in the 80's, replaced the wheels with Italeri spokes and tires and tried to correct its biggest flaws - anyway, hand off of this (until you are a box art collector!).

Fantastic looking early 70's combination - very well executed - a really nice pair!

Jim, Italeri has/had several trucks with racing trailer in different liveries - some of them included a metal/plastic model of a racing bike: here is Valentino Rossi's 500 cc world championship contender from 2000/2001 (Honda NSR)

Excellent truck/trailer combo, JT - now we all know why orange has become your trademark... :-)

Amazing, job, Jürgen! It's hard to tell the model from the real one! Fascinating how you replicated all the hydraulics on this workhorse - outstanding!!!

Very good looking KW, Sean apart from the bumper it could be a late 60's/early 70's magazine truck from Owner Operator or the like.

50 years old but much better looking than today's racers....the unfortunate'65 X1 as well as the '66 Sebring winner - how did you make the windshield of this one? Great models in any case!!!

Bring back these sold out resin kits - sports cars 1963 Ferrari 250 GT/L "Lusso" (Scalecraft or new?) 1969 Lola T70 Mk III B Daytona winner Donohue/Hobbs (Mini Exotics? Fein Design?) 1949 Ferrari 166 MM Le Mans winner Chinetti/Selsdon (sold under UMi, but cast by Paul Fisher) maybe issue some new cars 1968 Renault 16 TS 1965 Lotus Cortina Mk I 1968 Lamborghini Espada or finally some (Italian) dream cars 1965 Dino 206 GT berlinetta speciale 1968 Bertone Carabo Alfa Romeo 1969 Alfa Romeo 33/2 coupé speciale 1969 Ferrari 512 prototipo pininfarina 1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero At least, dreaming is free !

do you know when this will be available ? I just read that the Revell 250 SWB will again NOT be re-issued (fortunately I have 3 original Italeri SWB's left)

exactly my words!!! I thought the stell plates were made of thin sheets of rusted steel - but cardboard??? Awesome weathering on load and trailer !!!

When I re-started building in 1982, I bought the first truck kit: amt/Matchbox Peterbilt 359 wrecker - I brush-painted it in blue and yellow and still have it today.

Adam, this old rustbucket looks that realistic, if you had not shown pics with a key, a brochure or your hand on the roof, I would have thought this model is real!!! Those rusty spots are totally convincing - the whole van is absolutely amazing !!!

Very nice model of one of the best looking rally cars ever, Adriano! Forza Italia!!!

C'était formidable !!! Very nice model, I wish I had this in my collection!

Exactly what Jim said - I especially like the grill : at first sight I thought that you have used a photo-etched piece!

Terry, you may call them junkers, but they would be the highlight of several collections - I especially like the Brockway Huskie with the set-back front axle. JT, have you left a bit of orange paint for us others? This color is definitely your trade mark, but what is that? Two non-orange rigs? Have you already run out of your favorite paint?

Very nice Coe's, Mike - especially the KW must have been a lot of work - a scratchbuilt front combined with the aerodyne cab sure requires a lot of adoptions: shortened frame, relocated exhaust pipes, scratchbuilt sun visor and handlebars etc etc. - amazing!!!

Nice conversion, gino, with the flatbed/stake behind the cab on that western long wheel base! You even lowered the headlights to the correct height - great!!!

Great, rig, James! It cries "70's" overall - it just looks period perfect! I love those 60's and 70's US trucks that showed up in several trucker movies almost 40 years ago. I have the same one waiting for a restauration. The foil on the underside of the cab used for some heat insulation is a nice idea!

Very nice,