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Once again you turned one of Phil's printed bodies into an excellent model, Dave - very nice (you must have an awesome collection)! Interesting history of this unique piece, too - I had no idea that it was specially built for Conte Agusta with helicopter seats. I only knew that there had been once upon a time a blue version... I will repaint one of my diecasts to match this one...

A thing of the past...

I have found 2 pics of this very car in the internet (developed and built by Yamaha in 1967/68, Yamaha engine 3 l V8 for the first race):

Got a bunch of 3 (very) old junkers/built-ups today: though I was only interested in the Heller Lotus 49 (need the drivetrain and wheels for another racer), I took all 3 for 25 € including postage: 1/24 Otaki Toyota 7 and Otaki 1/20 Ferrari 275 GTB: As they are mostly complete, I will build the 2 Otakis in the future (both are motorized toys): the Ferrari will be stock/curbside : - I have it already disassembled. The Toyota seems to be the very first version with a different tail than shown on the boxlid and consists only of the body shell with seats and engine, so I will build up kind of aluminium chassis : The Lotus will be butchered:

Thanks for your comments, Tony - highly appreciated.

Chris, this is an outstanding model - if it was presented on a racing (and not a modelling) website, everybody would take it for real! F1 in the 70's had the greatest diversity : the variety of cars in that decade was special and will never be seen again - each car looked different from the others. - - - Today ? ....

Can't wait to see them , Jürgen - I have them all as 1/24 die-cast models.

Thank you, Anders - glad you like it.

You gave new life to this old kit, Bart - very nice! The first series Riviera are without doubt some of the best-looking American cars ever.

Very nice models, Mario - I wish you a speedy recovery !

Looks perfect to me !

Very nice model of a genuine sleeper, Mario - sleeping beneath a street lamp ! Thanks for the info on the necessity of widenening the track!

Fantastic build, Ken - these are the wheels that should have been included in the kit (those low-profile tires are totally wrong). The color choice similar to primrose yellow is also excellent !

Excellent truck, Brian - very well done !

Fantastic looking truck - the 2nd picture can easily be taken for real !

Beautiful model, Anders just beautiful ! I have never seen these colors on a kit, but they fit perfectly !

After a long break you finally come back to the board and present us again a marvellous model, Jürgen ! You have outdone yourself with this superb Alfa Romeo!

I have a few obskure/rare kits in my stash: Bandai 1/20 Lamborghini Marzal, Frog 1/24 Lola T70 Spyder, Nakamura 1/24 Abarth 2000 Pininfarina Prototipo, mpc 1/20 McLaren M8B but the rarest of them all is probably the Sentraru 1/24 Ford P68/3L (it is not even listed by Scalemates) = the only of these that I have built recently (see under glass racing cars):

Very impressive diorama, Jürgen - so much to see here !

Excellent, Pierre - if this model was available as a kit, I would immediately buy at least 2 - I followed your WIP and watched this marvellous racer come together.

Pierre, you did it again - you created a superb model of Dieter Quester's Le Mans racer with finesse and your usual attention to detail - simply excellent ! For me, the best looking touring sportscar ever !

Mildly happy ? I think it looks excellent - are the decals from IndyCals? (I sold mine after struggling with the J-Car and the Ford Mkl IV = the most ill-fitting kit I have ever experienced)

Pierre, you succesfully tackled the 2 biggest flaws of this kit which otherwise would totally disturb the whole picture: the wheels and the headlights. Bingo - I think I have to stock up on a few styrene profiles....

Good-looking old kit, Rich ! IIRC, in the 90's, Fujimi had a 1/16 Alfa Tipo 33 in their catalog - could this be a re-pop of the old Otaki kit? By the way, Jason Hupin (= Jack modeling) makes Alfa GTAm wheels with up to 30 mm diameter and has also fitting tires (Goodyear, Dunlop etc.) - check it out: https://www.ebay.com/itm/185976415183

Excellent model, Graham - looks much better than amt's Astro kit !