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Hi, Bernard, I had the Bburago FHC 30 years ago, and sold it , but the roofline always reminds me of the Bugatti 57. IIRC, it is a bit bigger than the Monogram kit (I have the Revell o G styrene reissue in my stash and had planned wheel swapping with Tamiya*s Mk II.

Thank you all guys, for the nice comments.

You will certainly be busy for a while with thes 1/8 Monogram kits, Scott. I have E-type kits from Gunze and Airfix (= ex-Heller), will probably buy the new Revell kits, but stay in the 1/24 range (for room reasons).

Thank you, Gary.

Looks very good, Ken - I would also leave off the sleeper.

Wonderful model, Steven - excellent colors and detail. It could almost be mistaken for a real one!

Very nice model of an iconic automobile, Bernard. Your chosen color brings out those graceful lines very well. This brings me to thinking of using steel wheels and spats,too (first, I wanted to build mine with spoke wheels and without the rear wheel covers...)

This might be the reason why it is the cheapest available today, Matt.

Every boy’s dream: Jaguar E-type (XK-E in the U.S.) Every boy of my age was an admirer of this iconic British sportscar classic in the 1960’s – several nice builts of Revell’s new kits could be seen in the last weeks here on the board. Of course, an endless variety of diecast models have been made over the last 60 years in many different scales. I would like to show you 3 from my collection in 1/24 scale: Franklin Mint’s 1961 Roadster 3,8: painted in British racing green, it features excellent details for its age (from the 1980’s/90’s?) – weakest point are the wire wheels and the plastic dashboard. Anyway, I snapped this one for € 5,00 at a flea market (very dirty, but complete apart from one missing windshield wiper) – after some cleaning, it looked pretty good – only thing I added was chrome foil on the doors and a pair of license plates - some day I will rework/repaint the very toylike-looking interior of this one and add the missing wiper (or add 3 new) - photos are from 2014: Franklin Mint’s 1961 Coupé 3,8: painted in red, the same features as above – I like the lines of the coupé even better! The air filter sports no chrome, otherwise the details are mostly the same. Won from an ebay-seller in the UK (no box, but in top condition – nothing missing) – again, added different plates (photos from 2017): Hachette 1969 2 + 2 Coupé 4,2 (baseplate says 1962 which is totally wrong, model is a series II car with the 4,2 ltr. engine and the elongated wheelbase to turn this into a 2 + 2 seater)- this is from the French series (hence the LHD and French license plates), released in 2017, and I bought it immediately. I should have been more patient : now it is available in a light metallic blue with dark blue interior and nowadays also in light red (both as Whitebox re-issues, all are made by Ixo). Though nothing opens here, the proportions look correct to me, but I would have preferred the silver-blue one. Only detailing was the exhaust end pipes (steels tubes) - a further Snake-fu will be necessary... All 3 together (pics taken yesterday): you can clearly see the differences with the series II version: raised headlights without covers, wheels knockoffs without “ears”, different indicators, bumpers and rear lights – a lesson how you can make a wonderful design uglier (Mainly due to adapting the car to U.S. government regulations – the USA were the most important market for Jaguar) – anyway, still an impressive car – I saw one on the road last week: low and narrow compared with today’s machinery.

Two long gone oldies from my collection: Monogram 1/24 "Heavy Chevy" Chevelle SS454 (1985 reissue) and JoHan 1/25 Oldsmobile 442 (USA oldies series) - built ca. 1986 mostly out-of-the-box; both have been spraypainted and clear-coated with auto-laquer from the can , trim is brushed on with Humbrol silver enamel. The following pictures are from 2008 - you can clearly see the similarities as well as the differences between these two: Before selling them off with a bunch of other models in 2020, I took some single photos of each (a further 12 years later) - here we go: JoHan's Oldsmobile: Monogram's Chevrolet Chevelle:

Though not a fan of this car, the metallic blue color suits it well - very nice!

Fantastic model of one of my favorite Ferraris, Mark!

Thank you, Phil - I have a soft spot for sportscars that are different (expecially Italians).

Very nice model, Pierre - the 917 K is one of my favorites, and you nailed the look perfectly. If mine turns out as well, I would be happy. (I also have 4 of them in my stash)

Another old build from 1984/85: amt/Matchbox "Pabst" Freightliner converted into a SD version using the drive axle of "Pop's" Ford Louisville Short hauler. Due to lack of reference material (only one b/w photo), this one has a lot of mistakes - definitely a candidate for rebuilding - the weathering is bad, the putty around the headlights has shrunk over time, the wheelbase is much too long, lots of small details are wrong, etc.etc. - you name it! These photos are from 2005 (model was 20 years old back then, I still have it) A truck like this needs doubles hooked to it :

Gene, that is the real deal (in fact, it's a steal!) - very nice model! Few years ago, I happened to find a Franklin Mint dark green E-Typ roadster for € 5,- , only missing one (of three) wiper.

This is the logical explanation for the photo-etched Arizona license plates in Gunze's Cobra Daytona kit....

Thank you, guys, for me this is a typical "dolce vita" car as only the Italians could build it.

A good-looking typical British club-racer !

Excellent build of one of my favorite Ferraris! I intend to replicate this in 1/24 in grafting a modified 250 GTO-nose onto an Italeri 275 GTB/4 which also needs to be heavily modified in the back - we'll see. I'll be definitely watching your build !

Rich, I only believe that this will not be in the near future. I hardly find time for building now, maybe when I'm in my retirement which is still 3 years ahead.

Very impressive oldies, Pierre - I too have both of them in my stash.

Very well built, Rich ! Those decals wer certainly a pain to apply correctly.

Very unusual build for you, Rich ! I have the same kit in a silly fantasy"race version" (!?) This was only a styling exercise - a show car, never intended to be a racer. Only an ugly decal sheet had been added to the otherwise unchanged kit: I have won this one a few years ago for a fair price on ebay: the tires are junk, the interior leaves a lot to be desired, but the engine looks like it came from a diesel locomotive (obviously it was made that big to hide an electric engine, which was very often the case with Japanese kits 50 years ago - remember, they were made for playing, so perfect proportions were secondary.) But anyway, I think with some work, an acceptable representation can be made: the light bar on the front is rounded which was exactly the prototype at its debut in 1969. Later it has been changed and is totally straight (most pics on the Internet show the actual, restored car). Also the wheels look quite good - only the tires need replacement. My plan is as follows: Building up a realistic looking interior, replacing the engine and the tires, gluing the engine cover shut and try to achieve something similar like this - the original 1969 prototype: Here is the restored car with a few detail changes: Pics are from the internet .- the following two are from famous German racing car photographer Rainer Schlegelmilch shot in the 1990's All in all, the kit is surely workable - the engine in the above photo looks almost like the powerplant from Politoys Abarth 2000 (1/25 die-cast). I'm not sure about the scale: for me, it seems to be somewhere between 1/24 and 1/20, but I could be wrong. Nakamura kits are - - - - - , but the only alternative would be scratchbuilding. I had a 1/24 Nakamura Lola T70 Mk III which was a bad joke and I sold it very soon (clumsy and distorted - a caricature of this racer)

Great model, Mike - this one must be huge !