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Great looking model of this racing machine in classic BMW motorsports works colors, Rich - I suppose applying the decals was a demanding part of the work. These came in a variety of different sponsor liveries.

x 2: Very rare model of a seldom seen truck (I had this one as a Matchbox toy 55 years ago).

Very nice build, James - gives me an idea what to do with mine (I just disassembled my old glue-bomb) - will turn it also into a club racer or historic racecar.

Very impressive model of this outrageous one-off Ghia-styled Ferrari, looks very American with its huge tailfins, exzessive chrome decoration/bumpers and wraparound windshield. I would be proud to have this one in my model collection.

Nice model, Rich, of a Ferrari that is raced in a series of rich amateur racers (in the 50's you would have probably called them gentlemen racers).

Again a few old builts in-between: 2 scanned photos from 1987: The 55 Bel air coupé was my very fist "real" car model, bought in 1982 immediately after the Peterbilt wrecker. The others followed shortly afterwards. Back then our hobbyshops had the Matchbox/amt kits only both as Nomads, the 55 as a coupe and the 57 as a hardtop. So I bought 2 each, cut the roof off the 55 and glued it onto the 57 and vice versa - voilà: 3 body versions ! Here are the 55's (the first pic is from 1983, coupé is brush-painted, the 2 others from 1985, spraypainted with auto-laquers). Now the `57's: Photos from 1985 - all spraypainted with auto-laquers (the convertible = my 2nd of the series - was brush-painted 2 times, and finally oversprayed in a dark metallic blue). No puttying, no polishing, no bare metal foil, trim brushed silver (Humbrol) - only a little parts-swapping (the blower on the Nomad is from mpc's 1/16 1963 Sting Ray). They are all gone now, I only kept the '55 Bel Air coupé for sentimental reasons (disassembled, paint removed) - this will be restored some time.

x 2: excellent als always, Mario - and Danny DeVito as a grumpy driver of the yellow cab would be the icing on the cake :-)

This fabulous tanker - gleaming in the sun - a real eye-catcher. Pete suits well !

Thank you. Lucas !

Nice build, Mario - are these the kit decals?

Very nice model, Gary - I would really like to see all of your old racecars! A new 1/24 plastic model kit of an MGA, Triumph TR 4 or Austin Healey 100/4 (or 3000) would be great, too !

Finally I received the still missing racecar of my favorite driver: Jim Clark's 1965 Lotus 33 + a few Tamiya paints.

Beautiful model with nice colors, Pierre!

Looks good in this color-combination.

Nice build, Alex, with the stretched frame - I will either stretch mine too or I will leave off the sleeper (kit frame is too short for a sleeper)

Great subject - nice model, Chris !

Very nice build !

Very interesting story, Gary - I've got no idea that Bill Mitchell got the inspiration for the Corvette SS and Sting Ray from an earlier trip to Italy!

Thanks, Anton !

Very nice, Tom - looks like the pride and joy of a 70's owner-operator.

Thanks, Mario and Doug - well, amt's instructions sometimes were like a crossword puzzle (at least for the very first truck kit, 25 trucks later these don't matter anymore). The wrecker had spent 30 years in a display cabinet and the last 10 years in a sturdy cardboard box (after 2 movings).

Very nice model with perfect colors, Mario - this 2nd generation Corvair has a certain "European touch".

That's what I would call a very productive year, Dan - and they look great, too !

Whereas Lamborghini created the word "Supercar" with its Miura in 1966, they were also responsible for the ultimate supercar - the Countach. Presented by Bertone in 1971, production started finally in 1974 with the LP400. But the LP 400 S (1978 - 1982) put the term Ultimate Supercar to another level: different suspension geometry, ultra-wide wheels which required those characteristic wheel wells - the typical poster car for the 80's: Here are 2 versions of this one: the red one is from Fabbri's Quattroruote collection (2007), the same car was re-issued again in the 2013 Vintage Auto collection (this time in a metallic orange color) - both made by Ixo:

... or at least only for outrageous prices - resin kits that are way beyond my wallet... Therefore I have collected more than 260 die-casts within the last 15 years - many of them will be modified or turned into race or rally cars. Certainly most of them will never be available as plastic kits : Among those there are almost 80 Alfa Romeos: