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Attention, you serious modelers and collectors out there - I have also been tempted by the 1/24 TinTin series and ordered myself the Lancia Aurelia B20 coupé more than 2 years ago via ebay from France for about 50$ + shipping. Whereas the original is one of the all-time classic GT cars, the model is a bad joke - I sold it off 2 years ago - but before I wrote a small description about this on the FerrariChat site and posted a few photos (in comparison with my excellent 1/24 Quattroruote/Hachette/Ixo B24 spiders) Here it is - FYI: Unfortunately the Lancia B20 coupe scales out in most dimensions more to 1/22 scale than 1/24, and the wheelbase is also not correct for neither scale. I wanted to turn it into a Carrera Panamericana race car with Pattos decals but this would result in a lot of work: chopping the top, making the roof more round (is much too flat !) correcting the wheelbase and reworking the hood. For a size comparison see my pic with Leo models' 1/24 B24 Spider! A bad surprise came as soon as I disassembled it: there are no holes in the hood for fixing the guy but 2 metal tubes protruding from it which are cast with the body ! How silly is that? Moreover, I took some shots showing the difference in size compared with the wonderful Metro/Ixo Aurelia B 24 Spider from the Quattroruote series which has a perfectly proportioned body and is true to 1/24 scale, the coupè looks like a truck (this time both models without the base-plate) - final result: body needs a lot of work - interior is almost useless as are the generic wheels... Don't say you have not been warned - I also took pics from the dasboard and the sparse interior as well as the bottom plate - but see yourself!

Thanks, Gary - the main issue of this model is the wheels - spoke wheels aside, the tires look too fat for 1950, although they have a nice tread. But the tire lettering is definitely NOT period correct - way too large!

From the Italian 1/24 Hachette F1 collection: the winner of the very first F1 GP with the 1950 World Champion at the wheel: Nino Farina's Alfa Romeo Alfetta tipo 158 from the British GP at Silverstone, May 1950:

Great looking racer, David !

Fantastic collection, Rich - for me one of the all-time highlights on the board since I entered . Hard to pick a favorite, but the 2F, Sunoco 512M and the 512 longtail are my favorites here (Probably because I have them in my own stash... :-)

Superb model of this awesome one-off sculpture of a car!

Wow, that is looking good - I have a X-EL promo (former JoHan) that I bought in the 80's and detailed and repainted it, but this doesn't come any close to your model!

Good looking conversion, Mario!

Very nice build, Gary ! (My only - built - Fisher kits to date were the 312 P Spiders shown in another thread)

Fantastic build !!!

Well done, Bill - this turned a toy into a model!

Very attractive model of this British classic - did you have any issues with the transkit (I have it also in my stash)?

Very nice Mini Cooper - one of my all-time favorites!

Very nice work on a rather complex looking model, Rich.

I read the same thing, Ray - a cheap part prevented Parnelli Jones from winning his second Indy 500. Todd, what about showing some more pics? And the completed model - it looks great from what I can see...

Very impressive conversion, Brian !

Very nice Mack!

Thank you Chris, Ray, Kurt, Rich, Larry, _Carl, Dave nd Gary for your nice comments on these two builds. Well, they may have been gone, but at least I had the fun of building and I got a total amount $ 170,00 back then for my efforts.

Aoshima first released the kit (New tool) in 1993, followed by three other versions. 1995 it was reissued by Revell AG, 2001 by Airfix. In 2018, Aoshima itself reissued it (3 versions).

Congrats, Gary - this has been # 5 of the Alfa Centenary collection and is definitely one of their best:

Thanks, CL - we need a lot of others, too.

Why am I not really surprised about this? I knew you would like the orange one, JT.

Awesome rig with beautiful detailing and nice weathering !

Very nice build - I imagine myself a white "Bekins Van Lines" tractor.

Good - looking Transatr !