Rossa156

I'm progressing well with mine. Thanks again for the instruction sheet.

Hold everything! Thanks for the timely warning about body prep. I was going to paint after washing with soap and hot water with a sanding. The bigger view of the instructions was very helpful, thx. I struggling with the livery, but I'll chose eventually.

Hi. I have this kit but no instructions, decals. I was building blind until I saw your post.

Howdy, would it be possible to get your axel measurements? I have a kit, but no instructions. Your build is very helpful to this builder.

Have fun Dad! I built models with my son and daughter AND Grankids!! Such fun to see their excitement and enthusiasm. Rossa156

This past weekend the SoCal NNL was held and there were some pretty awesome builds there. I was honored with an award for my Matra MS11 F1 from the Indy Car Modelers Forum. I went and showed all my Heller formula car builds designed and engineered by Phlippe de Lesplany...one Lotus, two McLarens, a brace of Brabhams and Matra family. Again my thanks for the kind words. Patrick aka Rossa156

Wonderful vision Ira. Such a fun build I think.

These look exactly like the tail lights on my '66 MG 1100 Sports Sedan. Patrick

JB, Outstanding to see some of Scalekraft's models being built! I had a Morris Mini Traveller, 1-1 scale, and loved it ever so much. I wish I had one of Guido's kits of the station wagon. Patrick

A Morris Mini! I wish they made a Traveller...I had one back in the '70s...simply marvelous! I could drive circles around Caddies! LOL! I like the colors you chose, too. Rossa156

An EA Safari car would look nice. Didn't Peugeot win it with a 503? What is the origin of the body?

Great job on this racer. rossa156

Excellent re-build. I saw these race at Laguna Seca, back in the day!. I always wanted one of these kits and you showed how to make a great one.

Ira, I've been watching this with envy...you bash this thing better than I can ever bash one of my race cars! Muy excelante! Patrick

I believe these also raced at Le Mans! Crazy, but then it's Le Mans. Rossa156

Very, very nice! I love it when someone builds an obscure old beastie like this. Excellent. Rossa156

I hate the wheels. Having been twice a Mini owner they are a sacrilege! As to the color...any will do for a street car. Just no flames, please. Rossa156

My thanks for all the kind words. Dave, I understand only the Honda F1 could out scream the Matra, oh and of course, the 640 is a closed wheel car. I seem to have a love affair with formula cars. Patrick

This has been a long, long time project. During 1965 through 1969 Matra Sports turned out some of the finest formula cars ever made. Heller, made the Matra MS5 F2 car... that was the first one I made back in the mid-80s, but then I built another into the MS9, the prototype F1... then I began a Matra MS10 F1 from my first Matra... as this one was being built I worked on the other Matra the MS11 F1... In between this I built a MS5 F2 again... I was lucky enough to get another Matra, so a favorite project was done, a Matra MS7 F2 car (yes, its's a biplane)... I thought that was it, but a friend gave me another one and then I saw a F3 driven by an Italian named "GEKI" and it was red! I think I did every car possible from that wonderful Heller kit. Rossa156

Great job on the rollcage!! Rossa156

All the Pokiman fans would vote for this one. Patrick

Close to being done... missing a vent screen, some decals, and mirrors (the front body needs to be glued, too)... Overall, it came out ok for a cheap piece of doo. Rossa156

I made a simple front suspension because it doesn't get seen... final assembly tomorrow! Patrick

I've been bashing this extremely simple kit for some time now and after seeing Dave's Toyota 7 I thought I'd finish the bash! There was so little to work with that I chose to use an IMC Lola T70 tub as the chassis which necessitated the lengthening of the body work about 1/8". .. Photos of the car are available. but not much of the interior so the whole chassis is yellow instead of the proper flat black...too bad! The kit had a "spring loaded motor" LOL! and there was only a plate covering the engine bay. Most was unusable except for the cam covers. I used a Mercedes V8 as the block and used cam covers from the kit to cover the big hole... so far so good... next the front end work. OH! The decals of this old kit fractured into thousands of pieces so I need 2-NGK spark plug decals and 2-Nissan word decals. The rest I can deal with. Rossa156

Dave, The Cunningham looks excellent. I saw the car at Cunningham's museum in SoCal back in the '70's and at Laguna's Historics. Paul is a friend of mine and he makes some wonderful kits that are engineered to go together so well. It is a really nice beastie! Patrick