1959scudetto

one thing is for sure: you can't have enough GT 40 kits... some builts: a few unbuilts: and even some die-casts (in the right scale):

Very nice model, Bernard - with a lot of effort from your side - I just wish more of those were available in 1/24 for reasonable amounts of money.

Very nice model, Rich - what a sleek machine compared to those ugly racers of today (hard to believe that this is almost 40 years old...)

Thank you, Anders - I don't want to bore anyone with my old builts, but I have hardly time for building at present...

Here is another of my old builts: dates from 1988/89 - built from the 1988 "Skip's Fiesta" issue (probably because of the Olds Fiesta hubcaps ?) - therefore it could not be built strictly stock (wheels look like 1/24 - diameter a bit too large for my taste, stance also too high). The kit dates back to 1959, and it shows: multipliece body which needs careful and exact positioning and test-fitting of the body parts before gluing, then some filling and sanding before painting. Spray-painted from the can, trim is silver paint, rear lights transparent red (on chrome), license plates once again from the 1961 auto world sheet. The crude mechanism ("Fred Flintstone type") of the folding top gave me something to think about, but the problems could be solved with the help of cyanacrylat super-glue: to my surprise, it works quite well (needs careful handling, though), but leaves a noticeable gap in the roof. The photos are from 2005, but I still have this one in my collection. Pic of the kit (from ebay.com): Now the model - don't ask me about the name of the color (automotive lacquers from Duplicolor or Auto-K) - I cannot remember anymore...

Thank you, Carl !

Looks good, Ken - have these white wall tires ever be used on a working truck or just for shows? In my trucking books are some advertisements with such tires, and Tyrone Malone's KW pulling Irvy the whale had some also.

Looks good, Carl - this is the Revell kit - where are the wheels from?

Thank you Philippe - I like Le Mans racers, especially from the '50s to the '80s !

Well done, Clive -it must have been a lot of work to lturn this kit into a replica that nice.

Thank you, Anders ! Thanks, Bob - if built today, I would make the dark green version from Eastwood's movie.

Thank you, Anders! Thanks, James - the Bel Air in the background is the old (original) amt kit.

Best model of my favorite race-car !

You did it again, Tomasz -absolutely real looking, amazing build!

Danke, Dominik! Thanks, Al - I like this body style, too.

Thank you, Rich - the red one is just brushed with gloss clear...

Thank you, Bill !

perfect color for this well-built muscle car - amazing!

Very nice GTO, Robert !

Thanks, David, I cannot remember any difficulties - it went together very well.

According to Scalemates, this one dates from 1977 (very first release)

Thank you, Rob - her is a picture of the kit I built back then (from ebay.com)

Hi, Robert, yesterday I posted in the "under glass" car section some pics of the initial (Monogram) version of this kit - out-of-the-box: it was molded in red plastic, built well (I don't remember any issues) - this one has the radial tires with raised lettering - I built it in 1985, the kit was made in about 1979 - IIRC.

Just happened to see this Mk II, Chang - the interior is the best I've ever seen from this Jag - it looks like the real thing !

Don't know how I could miss this beauty - excellent !