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Very nice builds, Eric ! Applying the decals on the tictac Porsche surely has been a lot of work demanding a lot of patience.

Thank you, Bruce.

My first encounter with Paul Fisher’s model kits has been 30 years ago: I built 2 Ferrari 312 P Spiders in commission for a modeling shop in Vienna – the only thing left are some color prints (scanned 1 hour ago) and good memories of this excellent kit : easy to build, but looked great when finished (these were my very first resin kits) The kit was supposed to represent the 1969 Brands Hatch car (Chris Amon/Pedro Rodriguez) which took 4th place behind 3 Porsche 908 after several problems in the race. During the weekend, the car got spoilers and tabs applied in order to overcome aerodynamic problems. Enzo is said to have not been amused by this at all: it destroyed the clean look of the original version. As I had a free choice in building these two, I went for Brands Hatch (had to find all the necessary decals, because back then only #60 was included) and built the other as the earlier Monza car, driven by Chris Amon/Mario Andretti with # 1. Though this DNF, it shows off the beautiful uncluttered lines of the car, devoid of any fins and tabs, apart from a small lip on the rear deck (like a “Gurney flap”) It is very sad that Paul lost everything in the great fire and we will never see these again (at least I have some unbuilt Fisher racecars left in my own stash). On to the pictures (my Hasegawa 1988 Jaguar in the back is only for demonstrating almost 20 years of race car evolution): Some shots during building: a quick mock-up of the bare resin and of the primered cars before being spraypainted (auto-laquers from the can) - the background book photo shows Mario at Monza. Below, the Monza car ready for decaling and before final assembly. At last, both together. Comments, as always, welcome !

Very well built model of one of Alfa's great pre-war classics - little patina looks very realistic.

Thanks, Carl !

What I would like to see as a model kit ("All I have to do is dream..."): in 1/24 scale Ferrari 250 GT/L "Lusso" Lamborghini Espada (1st series) Lancia Aurelia B 20 Coupé Triumph TR 4 Austin Healey 100/6 or 3000 (NEW - not the old Revell 1/25 multipiece body) MGA Lotus Cortina (1st series) Volvo 122 S , P 1800 or PV 544

Sorry, Gary - I don't know : I ordered them several years ago directly from Hobby Link Japan with the intention to use them on Revell's (ESCI reissue) kit.

Today in the mail: the 1/24 White Box Ford Escort Mk II 1800RS (made by Ixo, it is the rally version - competition seats, rollcage, auxiliary lights etc. in a civilian livery) - will turn this into Ari Vatanen'S 1980 Acropolis rally winner with Studio 27 decals and a few add-ons: When completed, it will look like this:

Very nice fleet truck, backdated with the earlier grille - this has so many possibilities...

Well done Freightliner, Mario - I have built two of them back in the 80's - they can be challenging in several ways - anyway, I have trouble to keep up with your ever increasing output of beautiful builts !

Oh, Mario, what have you done to one of my all-time favorites? It breaks my heart to see a Mini in such condition. Well done, as always - perfect weathering and great background, too! By the way, did you intentionally mount the rear bumper upside down?

Excellent model of this seldom seen racer, Steve!

Beautiful, Mario - what Anders said: "pure eye candy" !

Super nice model, Trevor! The color suits it very well and the interior is awesome!

Excellent craftsmanship in creating this fine model !

Well done, Mario - I like the color, and the '64 Galaxie is one of the best looking '60s cars for me.

Very nice and clean build - I would be happy if mine will turn out half as good!

Very nice model, Warren - with these big wheels it dwarfs the Autocr dumper - a really tough, mean-looking machine !

Very well done,Mario - dust on the alujminium body, rust on the steel wheels - perfect! Appears to just have come back from a trip into the open terrain.

Thanks for all the nice comments, guys - I really appreciate that. 20 years ago, I let my two girls play with these models in order to prevent them from attacking my truck models... 3 or 4 years ago, I sold the remains off to another modeler who wanted to rebuild/restore (?) them, together with my other 1/16 cars ('55 and '57 T-Bird, '57 and '63 Corvette and Cobra 427 S/C).

Suddenly it's 1960 ! - Super model of the iconic '58 Plymouth - apart from the side trim that looks perfect now, the wide whitewalls also look much better than in the kit!

Looks like the real deal on the loaders witch chips and cuts - and the blown truck tire with the steel wires hanging out .... Simply fantastic!

Very nice, Mario - interesting to see a Nomad with blackwall tires.

Wow - very nice ! So you grafted a 1/25 roof onto an 1/24 model ? Fits perfectly !

Very nice, Michael - esopecially in this livery! These Group C sportsracers were the last really good looking ones (at least for my taste) - we would need the engine sound, too !