1959scudetto

How could I miss one of my all-time favorites? Excellent model, Anders (as usual !)

While the first one has lost its paint and is already disassembled, ... ... the rest of the bunch is still waiting what's happening next:

I don't know if this is a real WIP (is more or less a modification of a diecast model), but as a long-time Alfa Romeo fan, I simply had to do this . You will need 3 things: a model of the 1900 (I have 5 in grey/beige and a black one), the excellent 3D-printed wheels from Jack Modelling (Jason custom-made them for me and then offered them to the public) and the superb decals from Scale Design/Tom Tanner: The car was first released in 2010 in the "Alfa Romeo 100 years" Centennial Collection: The decals show the artwork of the late Mike Quarterman and were made by Cartograf of Italy. They are the best I've ever worked with - you see here 2 works cars and a private entry (South American competitor) for the Carrera P. (I will build all three) + supplementary decals for the corrected colors of the numbers (orange and blue) as well as Mille Miglia decals (Nuvolari 1931, Fangio 1952 and Sanesi 1956) + dashboard/instrument decals for the 2900 B lungo and several chrome decals for Carozzeria touring and the Giulietta SS. Only issue is that the colors are not always correct - there are almost no color pics of these cars available (several modelmakers goofed also on that) - so some decals will have to be modified a little. Jason's wheels are perfect as always. I will keep you posted if interested.

Thank you Tim - I'm happy to have it in my collection (when it was still affordable, though almost at 5 times the price of an Italeri SWB). It belongs to my favorites.

Excellent model, Rich - I don't know how I could miss that (probably a confusion of mine with your 1/12 model). Anyway, it looks as good as the bigger one.

I had this kit and passed it on - very simplified, lacking detail in every aspect and very crude, very toylike - just look at the box picture: it says "41 pieces". That says all about it (similar to the 905 prototype).

And most important: they are true to scale !

Vehicles like these driving on their limits needs high driving skills !

Long-time project, Mark, finally reaching the finished line. I'm looking forward seeing it in the "under Glass" section.

Driving back home from our winter holiday last week, we took a 200-mile detour to Zuffenhausen for a visit of the Porsche museum which I always wanted to see. My main interest are sportsracers from the 60's and 70's and I was looking forward to seeing them in person. The only problem is that Porsche has a pool of - depending on the source - 400 (Wikipedia) to 700 (Porsche) cars , among them are about 200 race cars. In the exhibition there are between 80 and 90 cars always on display. So the objects vary from time to time, and I missed some of the cars I wanted to see: 910, 907, 908 and 936 were totally absent as well as some of the 917s. Nevertheless it was a wonderful experience as the models on display were marvellous, you could come quite near for making photos, and my personal highlights were the three 917s from the 1971 Le Mans race including the pink pig. On to the pics - here are some impressions: Pre-war and 1940's/50's: The 1960's (starting with the 911 2+2 prototype): The 1970's: The 1980's: Spectacular installation of the 956: mounted on the ceiling just to demonstrate the calculated downforce at 200 mph (= 321 kph) which is equal to the weight of the racer. Theoretically it could drive on the ceiling from that speed upwards... Look at the impressive race results... On display also was the McLaren TAG-turbo of Alain Prost from 1986 (engine constructed by Hans Mezger, Porsche's motor-genius): and finally, the 1986 Paris-Dakar desert rally participating 959 (2nd place with Jacky Ickx): and from the 1990's onwards: And finally the personal car of Ferdinand Porsche, which become a factory test-car ("Versuchswagen 141") after his death in 1951 and has about 250 000 miles on the odometer: It was a rewarding experience and is highly recommended to every gearhead !!!

A perfect out-of-the-box build can give you much satisfaction, Rich - especially when it is done in a perfect way like yours. You don't always to add bits and pieces to let a kit shine - your build is proof of that: very nice !

I found a listing of Unique Replicas on the internet: http://www.phillymint.com/diecast/unique.htm Don't know however, if it is complete or not.

It looks good even without its final color, Mark !

The same for 1/24 that are not at all 1/24 scale: For example, the Heller (and Union- or Wave-reissues) Porsche 908 LH kit is supposed to be 1/24 scale: Heller obviously modeled the very first 907 longtail (Le Mans 1967), which is defined by its high windshield: here are the doors and side windows correct, but the nose is wrong! - they then added a rear wing and called it a 908 - it has the correct nose, but windshield and doors are wrong ! So the model is a mixture of 2 originals in 4 different scales!!! The 908 LH was mainly a worked over 907 with a 3-ltr instead of the 2,2 ltr.engine. But the dimensions grew a little bit which makes the model even look smaller: In true 1/24 scale the model should have (L x W x H): Porsche 907 LH 194 x 72 x 39 mm Wheelbase 96 mm Porsche 908 LH 202 x 76 x 39 mm WB 96 mm (all dimensions from wikipedia) the Heller model has: 180 x 65 x 37 mm WB 95 mm So the dimensions vary between 1/27 and 1/28 for a 908 and around 1/26 for a 907 , the height for both is about 1/25 scale and wheelbase is almost correct in 1/24 !

Another great vintage piece of nostalgia, Matt - keep them coming !

Fantastic workmanship, Pierre ! Though I prefer postwar racecars, I can certainly appreciate one's efforts. This is an incredible transformation of the old Lindberg kit. Everybody should look into your WIP - there are so many things to discover and tips that can be used also for other models, too. Simply awesome !

Excellent as always, Mario ! Aren't you afraid that such a nice car could be stolen when parked in a shabby, dark corner of a backstreet like this? Joke aside, I always admire the realistic background in your pics.

Pierre, this is great - you never cease to amaze me ! I have tried to imitate your leatherstraps with my 550 Spyder, but could not manage to replicate those belt buckles as you do.

Well done repair, Rich - this is one of the all-time classic cars and you did it justice.

The wrapped steering wheel is the icing on the cake !

Very fine detailing on this awesome model, Michael - bravo !

I'm glad that I ordered the things I was interested in from them last year.

Your WIPs are real tutorials, Pierre - always to learn new techniques from you !

Very well done, Thomas !