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Excellent - a truly fantastic model - the F1 cars of the 60's and 70's had character and each one had a different look - superb !

Looks great ! More pictures, please !!!

Though I'm not a fan of these ultra-modern extreme hypercars, you have created a marvellous model here - paint finish is outstanding, too!

Thanks for reviving this old thread - If you want to see more of the California Spider, you may look here:

Thanks, Noel - yes, they are all 1/24 scale - the Simca has been released about 15 years ago in the Italian Quattroruote newsstand series with opening hood, doors and trunk. It has been reissued several times in different series (all made by Ixo) but without opning panels. For instance,Modelissimo (Germany) has it for € 17,96 (stock version) and for € 19,95 (rally 2) - click on the following link : https://www.modelissimo.eu/ and then choose scale 1/24 and "Fabbri Editori" for the stock and "White Box" for the rally 2 .

Fishing for compliments, Steven ? I would say, this Dodge is as good as it gets - excellent model !

That is one tough workhorse - excellent weathering !

Very nice transformation of the 007 car into a normal street version, Mario, with your usual great photography. I will pass this on and wait for the standard version (I'm sure this one will follow sooner or later)

Excellent models - the Ferrari looks like it was a bigger scale with its very fine details.

Jason did it again - these will be the icing on the cake of your model, Pierre! I will order also several sets of these.

I'm with you, Pierre - after the GTO and the Lancia turbo which gave me more headaches than expected, I need a simple one in between.

Is this the Jägermeister 934 from Tamiya or Revell in the background?

Just in from the mail (e-bay Germany): another 512 S (ex-Heller) and yet another Fujimi 246GT:

Excellent weathering, Pierre - just the right amount of road dust and grime, especially the soot behind the side exhaust!

Very nice as usual Gary - the 906 ("Carrera 6") is also one of my favorites since I had the _Corgi diecast as a schoolboy back in the day.

Don't know why I missed this one, Charles - outstanding weathering again which is your trademark anyway. What impresses me most here is the crumpled and smashed glass of the rear door, almost falling out of its frame - how did you replicate that?

Excellent, Louis - you are one of the very few who manages to let plastic look like metal. Very nice your spoke wheels and the rope-covered steering wheel. You captured the atmosphere of the original very well - here are some pics taken in 2008 in Vienna's technical museum (Special exhibition "Chromjuwelen") - unfortunately it was situated on a rotating turntable together with a Bugatti Type 35 and an Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato and sharp pics could only be taken with flash ---

Anders, this is just perfect - the paint finish, the detailing and your presentation: show-room quality! I have bult this one also back in the 80's (kit had no stock hubcaps) - not easy but the roof mechanism though crude as it is, does work indeed (albeit the roof shows a kink when closed)

I'm with you, Bill - as a kid growing up in the 60's, I could tell any car from the others (sometimes even when hearing the noise) - each body had its own character and distinctive features. Time (and evolution) has smoothed all corners and edges which resulted in the cars we have now : very much alike - sometimes I can only differentiate them when looking at the company logo...

The Giulia may be the iconic Alfa Romeo, built from 1962 up to 1977 in the company's best of times - its derivatives are all classics themselves (4 cyl. engines with 1300 and 1600 ccm delivered between 87 and 112 hp, in its final years a small number got a 1800 cc Perkins diesel engine - but only for Italy - which brought 50 hp but was no success). From the mid-70's Alfa Romeo was on a steady decline which resulted in the FIAT takeover in 1986. Alfa Romeo revived the old name: 2015 a new Giulia was presented, again with RWD, but with engines from 136 up to 210 hp (2200 cc, Diesel, 4 cyl. turbo) and 200 up to 280 hp (2000 cc, 4 cyl., turbo, Gasoline) - the strongest versions had 4WD. Production started in 2016. To top all this, the Quadrifoglio got the 2,9 ltr. Biturbo V6 engine with 510 hp (the GTA version even 540 hp) with RWD only. Interesting comparison between the old and the new - 50 years: Ixo made a light-blue 1965 Giulia Super in the Italian Quattroruote newsstand series for Leo Models (later reissued in red, white and dark red) - Bburago released the modern counterpart in deep metallic red and dark metallic blue: Note: Back in 1965, outside rearview mirrors were not yet mandatory in Italy !

BBurago's new Alfa Romeo Giulia (2016) - my first modern model car for a long time:

Always interesting to follow your WIP's Gary - the GT40 roadster is a missing link in the plastic kit history which we will never see as a kit (not even a Fujimi curbside - sigh!)

I very much appreciate that you are showing us more progress on this iconic racer, Pierre. It will look awesome again: very nice details abound !

Excellent diorama, Harald - would like to see this in person. I have admired your WIP over the last months. Here is a short video of the 1937 season (AVUS-Rennen from 0:37 to 1:03)

Very nice Gary - just in time for the race !