1959scudetto

Excellent engine plate, Pierre - it raises the bar very high and brings this model to a whole new level !

Thanks, Gary - I just realised that the Peterbilt (snap) doesn't belong here - it is 1/25.

While these are long gone, here are a few that I still keep in my possession:

excellent models, Gary - my favorite has to be the 1965 (?) GT 40 Roadster !

In the mid 80's I built about 20 Monogram kits - many of them already shown here, some not:

I saw it here in Austria today for € 25,00 a piece. May give it a try.

Gary, look what I found yesterday (!) on pinterest: exactly this car in a really bright red - as you can see, my red is much too dark:

Once again a fantastic model, Pierre - with your usual marvellous paint and incredible attention to the finest detail !

Thanks, Tom, David, Bob and Anders for the comments.

Fantastic build and great photography of an incomparable, unique car, Jason ! Some pictures could definitely come from a sales brochure ! I remember some short trips 50 years ago in a DS21 Break (station wagon) that the mother of one of my schoolmates had - a very smooth gliding...

Creativity and a well-sorted spareparts box is an unbeatable combination as you demonstrate us again, Pierre - very good solution for the rear wheels !

Excellent detailing, Pierre!

Might have been a crazy idea - but perfectly executed!

Excellent model, Mario (as usual) - finally a stock build with blackwall tires !

Well done classic British roadster with steelies instead of the ever-present wire wheels !

The Revell AG is a Fujimi reissue, albeit molded in white instead of red like the Fujimi (I now have both in my stash)

2 more classic racing cars via ebay: a 250 LM from France and a 917 K from Austria:

Cool car, great imagaination: the stretched front ent gives it "the look" - standing beside the Torino Cobra lets it look even more aggressive, very nice !

Thank you Anders, this conversion is pure fantasy - I had the Marreau R 4 decals for some years but had no intention to replicate their R 4. The Dacia/R 12 got its wheels from Ixo's Alpine A 110 + roll cage, fire extinguisher and some other parts from the spares, aluminium tube for the roof-mounted exhaust pipe. I did not even have the correct color - only Tamiya camel yellow - so I masked the upper part of the body (including window surrounds) and sprayed the rest with this paint (additional lights were even taken from Italeri's truck accessories !)

The realism of your dioramas always makes me speechless, Charles - but this one, especially the night shots with lights on... Marvellous!

Seems like you had to struggle a long time until you came to the final steps, Rich - but the result is a very good representation of this F1 car. Assembling that front wing and suspension parts would be a nightmare for me, that is why I prefer sports racers and older F1 cars. (Only the builder himself knows the weak points and issues that his model might have, the onlookers would not notice them unless they are pointed out !)

Another classic Ferrari from Revell Germany (= Italeri reissue with expanded decal sheet) came today ...

Sometimes they did: Toyota Celica (Safari rally 1993) - from the rallyewebshop.com site:

Very nice model of the dusty car, Chad - you only have to add the license plates. (Were mandatory, as the cars were driven in normal traffic on public roads during the connection stages between the special ones). I will keep your pictures for my buidling own version (in my stash) - especially for the Safari rally there are 3 possiblities: Clean (before the start), dusty or heavily mud-covered if you goofed with paint and/or the livery :-)

Thank you Bruce, Mike, Larry, Chris and Carl for your kind comments.