DonW

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

The plug wires would melt all over everything, but can't not like the DoH Charger!

You can never know with cats. Most of ours like chilling out in boxes or the laundry basket but we had one that always slept on the banister rail at the top of our stairwell with a 15 foot drop beneath him on one side. He never fell off, that we know of. He'd never have told us if he had - they are very proud. I like to keep old model boxes 'cos they evoke the excitement of coming home and opening them for the first time. My son likes to keep old trainer boxes which to me makes no sense at all. But I never wore trainers.

Yes sorry about your accident Ronald, hope you recover soon. What scale is the Lambo? Cheers, -Don.

I'll say Real. Looks like someones been busy melding a Bizzarini, Ferraro 250LM, AH Sprite and Lamborghine Muira - what is it?!

So it's Italian! Not known for poor carrosserie but when they get it wrong, they take no prisoners - anyone remember this one?:

Thinking on, if you want to use the Tamiya kit to replicate a standard non-Cooper car from '65 to '68, you'll certainly need to lose the wheel arch 'eyebrow' flares and get some narrower steel wheels. Later Minis, in the Seventies, all ended up with the flares, like most people at the time! -Don.

Hi Matt's pretty much spot on, although the Coopers were road cars too. They mostly came with steel wheels and chrome hubcaps like the standard version, 3.5" wide x 10" diameter! Minilites were an (expensive) option. The only things that told the Cooper cars apart were the grilles, the badges and two tone paintwork, and some early Coopers had two-tone interiors, while the later ones of the period had black. Hope this helps, -Don.

Thanks - I always thought the air went in the scoop like the TransAm shaker scoop or some tunnel ram scoops - even though they face backwards, they pick up the slow moving high pressure air between the scoop and the windscreen. :