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Super job Mario - the Countach looks best in its purest form (as the first series LP400). Very nice model in a typical Lamorghini colour !

A very nice Impala you have here Mario - excellent build as usual (I wouldn't care about those taillights - no kit is perfect).

Thanks for the nice comments, Rich. About 15 years ago I started collecting certain die-cast cars that I liked and that where either simply not available as a kit or way out of my price range (high-end resin kits). Several of these will be turned into race or rally cars in the future. Why not convert or modify a diecast? It can be as much fun as building a kit - just give it a try!

Well done Gary - certainly a welcome addition to your (still growing?) Le Mans racer collection.

After winning 1967 the 24 hrs. of Daytona and 1000 kms. Monza, Ferrari was again beaten by Ford at Le Mans, but they wanted at least win the world championship that year. So they went for full attack at Brands Hatch, the season's last race and hired future world champion Jackie Stewart to share car # 0860 with Chris Amon (Chris had already won at Monza and Daytona together with Lorenzo Bandini who tragically died after a fiery accident at the Monaco GP in May) Though the Chaparral 2 F (finally !) won a race, Amon/Stewart became 2nd in car #6, which helped Ferrari to achieve the championship with 1 single point against Porsche (Pictures from the internet) During the race, the side windows were removed : Jouef Evolution from France made a nice, plain die-cast of this legendary car, which has later been reissued under the Revell Creative Masters series and also by Danbury Mint (dressed up as the Daytona-winning car) A few weeks ago, I got a 1/24 Jouef P4 Spyder which somebody had already decorated as the #7 car of Scarfiotti/Sutcliffe (5th place). It looked like this: I removed the starting numbers and roundels, also the prancing horse decals (the #6 car did NOT have any on the sides) and made some further refinements: the co-driver seatbelts were removed, thin aluminium sheet was used to cover the underside of the “luggage” boxes and the exhaust bracket, fabricated black upholstery above the seats, black rubber straps to hold down the engine cover and cut out the BOAC logos from blue stickers (for the moment at least). The chromed and too small exhaust tips were replaced with aluminium pipes painted matt-white, with black electrical tape the windshield hoop was covered. Some issues are hard to come by, they are the result of the production process (oversized hinges and some gaps in the engine cover) – so you have to make some compromises – if you fill the gaps with putty, you would have to re-paint the whole model which was not my intention. This is why I did not close the rear 3-part-mesh under the spoiler with a thin metal sheet – my paints are not exactly matching here. Then I tried to straighten out the bent wiper (made from very strong, but extremely thin wire = horrible) as good as I could – will be replaced with a photoetched one someday. The roundels and numbers are from the spares, font and size are not exact, but close. The “Prova” decal is from the Fujimi P4 (unfortunately I positioned it a bit too low) – anyway, I’d say it’s done. At least I don’t have to cut up one of my Fujimi P4 Berlinettas. Here is what it looks now: And together with the old Heller P4s: Size comparison with the Fujimi P4 (Painted body only): Kudos go to our friend Gary/Gramps 46 for providing some pictures that were quite helpful for decal placement. Thank you, Gary !

Is this the 1/43 version?

Excellent model, Matt - it has the true Jaguar spirit!

Il have 2 in my stash: the red original from 1993 and the green reissue from 2002, will probably turn one into a shortnose D-type.

Just discovered this set incidentially on ebay Germany (pictures from ebay and Revell AG website) - another opportunity to get one of the XKSS roadsters, if you have missed the earlier releases:

MG TC (Franklin mint) came yesterday via ebay from Germany for a good price - only fault: driver side door handle missing (will improvise something here) - otherwise a nice little roadster (with too much chrome):

Looks good, Ray - I'm thinking about adding one to my stash (have already the Tamiya version with engine)

Very good resurrection of the old Heller kit - I've done that several times to my old (40 years ago) builts and it is a very rewarding experience.

Why did I miss this? Excellent modifications, Tim - wheels and stance are perfect - looks jst like the original!

Very nice replica of a car where you don't see built kits very often - one of the famous French "Grandes routières" before WW II.

Arrived yesterday:

Thanks, Don - which color is your 1:1 painted?

Thanks, Gary - my goal was to represent a typical mid-70's moving van ("bedbug hauler").

Fantastic model, Pierre - the Pennzoil livery looks great! I guarantee you, that this is not your last Tamiya kit!

Thanks, Brian !

Thanks David - one of the all-time Porsche classics.

You're in nobody's debt - it's my pleasure.

Very nice model of a not-so-easy kit (built mine around 1985, in my opinion JoHan's best and most complicated one!) - looks like the real thing ! Well done!

Tim, you are right - the red Bugatti Atlantic might have been a well-done replica, because their are only 3 (?) originals in existence. Anyway, the "Chromjuwelen" exhibition had some more highlights for me: Ferrari 250 GT/L (lusso), one of 2 MB 300 SLR "Uhlenhaut" Coupés (on loan from the Mercedes works museum), a W 196 Streamliner, a 1929 Blower Bentley, a 1930 Alfa Romeo 1750 (also on loan from the Museo Storico), the 2003 Le Mans-winning Bentley, Jochen Rindt's Jaguar E-type, a very early "Gmünd" 356 split-window Coupé and some others. You beat me also with this 6 C 2500 - I've found some more pictures I've taken back then - here they are:

Very well done with incredible detailing, Dave - the seat cushions or the spare wheel - great!

Rich, this is an excellent model - makes we want to attack mine as soon as possible (but with about 250 kits in my stash?) I especially like your "special service" for us in writing some explanations/descriptions under your photos - very much appreciated! I immediately took my kit out and checked the parts trees - I DID find sperate hubcaps, but centerlocks seem not to be included here - am I correct or did I simply oversee them? I would like to build mine with Rudge/centerlock wheels like the one I saw in Padova/Italy in 2014: black with a cream leather interior (almost like your body color):