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Nice transformation of the JB spy car, Pierre ! While the stripes and numbers are not to my taste, the model certainly is - the grille and wheels pimp it up a lot, and your interior is first class ! (You give me some inspiration for my glue-bomb Monogram DB4)

Very nice, Anders - one of my favorite Alfas ever ! The new release does have the "autodelta triangles" on the decal sheet - unfortunately these are not on the first issue (have 3 of them)

Your tasteful modifications raise the level of realism of this model, Tim! Very nice !

Willy looks very determined here, Matt - I will keep in mind the epoxy-filling goggles method. The next superb racer on your bench is approaching the finish line!

Fantastic to see another racing legend coming down the nostalgia raceway - great choice, Matt ! I will follow this one of course

Well done, Pierre - like Mark said: looks like a kit part ! 3D-printers watch out: don't underestimate oldfashioned analog builders ! ?

Good-looking trailer - fits perfectly behind those great old trucking classics !

You did it again, Dave - great looking seldom seen Ford racer !

Tim, this is as good as it gets (with that bad kit you had to start with) - I built this one in the late 80's (Union reissue) and it was the worst-fitting kit I can remember. Good choice to build it as the Sebring winner!

Very nice - looks almost like the white 1960 Le Mans participant (# 20).

Excellent build, David ! Who cares about the hinges (I broke mine on the '55 amt Nomad 40 years ago) ?

2 super nice models of some of the weirdest cars ever coming from Detroit !

I lost or damaged all of my Matchbox/Lesney cars long ago. 30 years ago I could buy an almost mint Berlinetta Lusso with a nice box and about 15 years ago the Major Pack Hendrickson double freighter that was a gift from my father almost 60 years ago (good condition with a fair/tatty box): These are my only classic Matchbox models.

Thank you all fellows for your nice comments - I will interrupt for a week now (will fly to Rome with my wife), as a gap filler a photo from the end of July for your amusement (talk about a crowded workplace) See you again soon (will be a looker in the next days with my mobile phone) !

demonstration runs on a wet track with Hans Joachim Stuck at the controls - his father Hans Stuck won several hillclimbs with such a car in 1936-37. Though this is not the original, but a faithful recreation by Crossthwaite and Gardner (UK) from the original drawings/plans commissioned by Audi.

This is the 1975 Rally Monte Carlo winning car of Sandro Munari (in 1977 it had # 1)

First trial was turning the spindles upside down for ground clearance and grind away as much material outside as possible to narrow the track width. I jacked up the car here to show the stance I'm trying to achieve. (Laid the original headlight covers in its place): and with the flashlight on (car had inboard discs at the rear):

Very impressive modelbuilding, Rich - I'm afraid I don't have this endurance to keep on processing with hundreds of tiny (photo-etched!) parts. But at least I can watch the master at work. I will stay with 1/24 scale (and a few 1/20 F1 kits and 1/18 sportsracers). But one day I may repair/rebuild my Tamiya Lotus 49 junker with the help of a 49 B gluebomb (both 1/12 scale).

Thanks, Mark - I will try my best to find a solution for these obstacles.

Apart from a few issues in painting which need some touching up, you can see the main problem here: the car sits much too high at the front (the rear is jacked up just for placing it horizontally - rear axle is not fixed in the chassis yet). Moreover, the front track width is about 4 mm too wide with those aluminium slotcar rims. Solution: Rework/revise or reconstruct the front suspension for narrowing the track and bringing the nose down at least 3 mm. Oh boy, lots of unexpected work again!

Prepared a few small parts (2 versions of the headlight covers: the originals sit IN the opening, my replacements are larger than the headlight openings, which is correct, but should sit flush with the body - see pic above... hmmm): the black panel is meant to be the inside engine cover. first shots of paint (Tamiya TS 21 gold and TS 49 bright red) and a quick mock-up:

Hi Janos, not yet, maybe later. I got this one with a 20% discount, so I ordered it (from the photos I saw on the internet I was not so convinced of its proportions first, but it is workable)

It is 1/24 scale (see headline).

During a short break from my Ford P68 WIP, I got this Welly 550 Spyder: a bit toylike, therefore a little Snake-Fu was necessary: some detail painting, home-made "Pierre leatherstraps", red flashes on the rear fenders, some period- correct decals from the spares (numbers from an old Fred Cady sheet) and a '56 Cal. license plate from the Galaxie Chevrolet - here is the result:

Phewwww- lots of work you are doing here, Pierre (who thought otherwise?) - but the stance of the body onits wheels looks perfect. You are always looking for big challenges, aren't you? If your intention was to build something in-between waiting for the missing parts for teh DB5, then you have certainly found a much bigger challenge with this one. Simply great !