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Artistic license or not - it is great what you are doing with these vintage kits, Matt. I surely will follow your WIP !

Awesome stuff, Pierre ! Pic # 2 shows the 1931 Mille Miglia winning car of Rudolf Caracciola. I really like what you are doing here with the fenders.

Very nice, Jürgen - I would guess this is a heavy re-work of the Hachette/Ixo 1/24 die-cast with your usual striving for perfection. As I have 3 of those models, I may recognize what you have done here: blended in the 3 nose openings with putty and repainted the whole body, made new front indicators, reworked the headlight covers, added a new Alfa emblem to the nose (photo-etched?), added side windows, a new inside mirror and improved the outside one as well as the hood latches and door handles. You repainted the window surroundings and made a correct looking exhaust pipe as well as you put a jack into the spare wheel. Your dedication shows also in reworking the wheel hubs and especially in your hallmark, the highly detailed instrument panel (with steering wheel). Bravo ! Here is one of mine in comparison OOB - I only added (fictitious) decals, an exhaust pipe and 2 fog lights, but I did nothing to make it better yet:

Great news for 1/24 rally car builders - lots of different versions possible !

Excellent models and presentation, Matt - can't wait for the next one !

Simply over-the-top, Steve ! Photos look like pictures from the Boulevard Photographic studios - see my book:

Matt, this is great - Graham looks very real, too. I followed your WIP and liked what you did. Will be there more in your Roy Cross tribute series?

Sorry for mixing things up - but this is the Airfix reboxing of the Heller kit (for some time the mother company was Heller-Humbrol). I too have several Airfix versions of Heller kits (Alfa Romeo 1750, Ferrari Dino 206 S, Jaguar E racing...)

Very good looking Chevy, Mario - your model bases/photo backdrops are very cool as well and add very much to the presentation of your wonderful models.

Same here - just took note that I had answered on Jan. 3, 2016...

This is the best model of that kit that I've ever seen ! Small mistake at the rear: the lights should have been flush with the body - mounted from the outside (but Heller's instructions are not always clear, leave always some room for interpretation ...) - other than that: very cool !

Thank you. Samuel.

Quite a good solution with these wheels, Pierre (Jason always delivers).

Thank you, Carl !

Very nice model,Misha - I followed your WIP last year. I wish you a healthy New Year and that you will overcome your health issues !

Well done, Bruce - especially the Surtees Honda F1 - even not historically correct - is awesome !!!

George, I think the model was first released in 1972/73 as the 1972 Monte Carlo winner (1967 was the first appearance of the real Fulvia HF) - Polistil was not existant then - Politoys was the predecessor in the late 60's/early 70's.

This is the Polistil 1/25 fictitious polar expedition version: https://www.carmodel.com/politoys-polistil/s19/1-25/lancia/fulvia-1600-hf-spedizione-polare/10927 For all 1/24 fans: Hachette released in Italy few years ago a fantastic, highly detailed diecast version of Sandro Munari's 1972 Monte Carlo rally winning car in their WRC series collection (made by Ixo):

No race car this time, Rich ? Anyway, pedal to the metal: just a week of 2025 and you take the chequered flag already. Looks good with your signature steering wheels. I thought this is a Monogram kit (or is it a Revell reissue?)

That is true craftsmanship Donald - turning this awkward kit into a model that does really look like a 356 Speedster! Awesome lighting, too !

I re-entered the hobby in 1982 (after a long break during my teenage years). My first model was amt's Peterbilt 359 Wrecker - here is what it looks like today ( I only re-glued a few fallen off pieces 3 years ago - my oldest surviving build therefore is a truck):

Many thanks for the nice comments, guys - I wish you all a happy and prosperous year 2025 !

You maybe right, Peter - on bare metal I would also use primer first. My next project will be a Alfa 1900 Carrera Panamericana made from a die-cast - has already been stripped to bare metal = ready for priming.

Bill, I will use a Fujimi 356 for the Abarth-Carrera (have several kits + 2 junkers), the Abarth 205 Vignale will be built curbside with a scratch bare racing interior (for chassis # 102, see pic below) and wheels from Jack modeling: For the Pegaso I have the idea of turning it into the Z 102 Thrill of 1953 ( I have 4 diecast Z102S for interior/chassis etc.): But this will not be done in the immediate future, I just wanted to secure the bodies for me - a German slotracer was selling off part of his collection ...

Plastic looking like metal - fantastic, Pierre !