DonW

Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!! The new 'Fiat 500's and 'Minis' are awful! If you want to build a good car then do it. If you want to cash in on a marketing opportunity, make a 'cute' 'retro' piece of wasteful recycling (the first draft was one four letter word). Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but it is very profitable. Having said that, have fun with your model, it looks challenging. The first car I ever drove was a proper Fiat 500 on the island of Minorca in about 1973, I'm 6'4" but I fitted fine and it was great!

Was it as good as it looked? I gather he sold a few, are there any left?

Are you sure it's got enough engines? Seriosusly glad to see this back, I love it!

I saw him live with Dweezil, it wasn't my cup of tea. He believed that cigarettes were food, anyone guess what he died of? Now all Chuck Berry ever wanted to do was make money! And did he influence anyone?!

Yeah I actually remember that at the time. Personally I love Street Hassle, my mum bought that for me for Christmas back in the seventies and of course she had no idea what the lyrics were like! But I reckon it did a hellofa good job in discouraging people from bothering with heroin, and it had some great music on it. Sha na na na man...

Yeah, Led Zeppelin never made it either, never troubled the singles charts over here! Seriously I have a lot of time for Lou Reed's music, that's my choice. If you don't then what are you doing on this thread? RIP Lou.

I have a framed picture on a wall of Juan Manuel Fangio holding one of these in a powerslide, and I think what progress have we made? He was the best. How about a 250F next? Lovely models.

Ha! PM sent, my life is complete, I thought I'd never get it. Thanks Ken, good one.

Yes it's beautiful - it looks Italian but it's right hand drive, or is the image reversed?! This one is really making me think.

My local mechanic, Carl, had my BMW 328i in to fix the passenger window that was stuck open. He ordered the relevent part, but ended up just cleaning everything and lubricating it, and did the same on the driver's side too. He's sent the part back and charged me half what I was expecting. Support these people!

The bonnet fit's not perfect either but it's not a trailor queen!

I absolutely love it and I'm impressed by your commitment with the headers. I The plug wires are too big, which wouldn't matter if the rest of the model wasn't so good. But I really don't think don't they spoil the overall effect and I can't wait to see more progress, sorry if I sounded mean in my inital post!

There's debate over if it had a Chyrsler or a Chevy engine, all the specs say Chrysler but all the other Iso's and Bizarrini's used Chevies and 5.4 litres sounds like a Chevy to me! http://fastestlaps.com/cars/iso_rivolta_daytona.html

So it was built primarily for racing. I can forgive it everything!

Blimey! At least I was close with the Bizzarini / Iso Grifo connection. I'll go and look it up now. Thanks, Don.

Well, it is the off-topic lounge!

Instead of old model cat boxes you mean?

Nice one Harry. But what is it? although I'd understand if those responsible prefer to remain anonymous!

Not this one I guess: This is better: The Blue Flame. This could be interesting!

I loved those old Monogram kits. Trouble with Moon discs is that your brakes overheat. But sometimes less is more!

Harry put us out of our misery please!!!

The 60's GTV Alfa Romeo is close-ish: See Mitchells excellent example On the workbench.

Thanks! Doh! the clue is in the title of this topic! Years ago I saw a Countach in Kensington, my wife is a big fan of them so we followed it for a short while. It turned off the High Street, round one of the squares (blocks) then back onto the high street the same way it had come in. Apparently the approved way to reverse a Countach is to open the door and sit on the sill so you can see behind you, so it's simpler not to bother turning one round!

Just maybe this is the best one yet, some bits look so real and some look like they need a black wash. I think the door got bent and the wheels on a real Bizzarini look just like that so I'll stick with real.

Thunderbirds are go