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Looks cool, Geno! 😃

Thank you, Gary! Yeah, I think these have been around for awhile. There's also a nice cream / pale yellow colored version with fairly bright green interior and wheels. That matches one of the factory offered color schemes. I'd like to get one in those colors but haven't seen anything but the silver version recently. The B24 has really nice lines. The Leo Models line in general have very crisp castings, great fit of opening doors, hoods, etc, very accurate representations of the subject matter. The chassis and suspension are quite modest, not much detail, but overall they're pretty nice. I like that they cover unusual subjects compared to domestic offerings in the US. I enjoy blowing them apart, detail painting interiors, going over silver painted trim with a Molotow pen, improving wheels and tires, etc. Occasionally I'll repaint the body too if it's not in good shape or I really want a different color. A couple times I've color sanded and polished them if the paint was too wavy or something. They're fun. 😃

Great photos, caapa! Thanks for sharing.

Helmut, thanks for sharing. I have the D50. Really nice! You're tempting me to get a Sharknose 156. I've always loved that car. I think I'd change the wheels though, probably with some of Jason's Borani prints. 😀

Great minds think alike, Helmut! 😄

1/24 Leo Models 1954 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spyder Wheels: Hatchette Pegaso Z102 narrowed, with knock-offs from a Heller Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato. Tires: Spec Cast ’32 Ford Interior: Repainted from pinkish shade of red to dark green with dark green flocked carpet. Chrome: Molotow used for the windshield frame and tail light bezels. HVAC chrome duct tape for the rocker moldings. These B24 Spyders tend to sit a little high in the nose, so I set the model’s ride height to match. The disk wheels and hub caps it came with were perfectly fine, I just like the car even more with chrome wire wheels. The knock-offs from a Heller Alfa are about the right size, and proportional to the wheels, as compared to the full size Lancia. I know, they’re BIG, just like the real thing. Enjoy!

Larry, the thing about a really nicely done model with good photographs, is that it becomes difficult to tell what scale it is. Your Alfa Romeo fits that description on both counts. Looks great!! 😃

Looking good, Helmut!

Looks very presentable, Helmut! I think any of us would be proud to have that Daytona in our collections. Great photo's too. Thanks for posting. 😀

Hey, that's a '64. 😄

Well done, Matt!

Surfing for Aston Martins this morning and came across this excellent example from 10 years back. Awesome!

Bob, this is off topic, but I noticed your pale green Chevy pickup in the background. What brand of paint and color name is that, please😃?

Tommy, your '57 is Awesome! Immediately made me think of a similar Pontiac powered '57 I saw at Famoso..... https://barnfinds.com/amazing-1957-chevy-gasser-find/

Not sure who designed those. Someone in Japan has a set for sale at a very steep price. I've pasted a link and photos from that evilbay listing below. Alternatively, sometime next year there may be a far better alternative from Jack Modelling. It's a future project on Jason's to-do list. 😃 It should be something similar to what was offered through Shapeways in the past, but at a much more realistic price. Bugatti T50 Resin Wheels Without Tires

Ken, you've set the bar really high! Amazing, beautiful work. 😃

Very nice, Mr. Gluebomber! ? Thank you for posting the pic's. Seeing yours so nicely finished convinced me to buy one just now.

Helmut, that turned out great!! Wonderful transformation. Bravo!

Amazing body of work, Gary! Most impressive. Thank you for sharing.

Helmut, and Gary~ Thank you, Guys!! You made my day. ?

Basic Model: Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour De France De Agostini Le Grandi Ferrari Collection #52 https://diecast1-24.blogspot.com/2017/04/le-grandi-ferrari-124-29-250-gt.html Interior: Repainted with artist acrylics and oils Wheels: Danbury Mint ’58 250 TR rims, Herb Deeks PE spokes Tires: Danbury Mint ’58 250 TR I really, really wanted a model of the fabulous Ferrari Tour De France, and thanks to my good friend Helmut, I was finally able to get one. (Thank you!!!) This diecast is made by Burago and marketed as the 'De Agostini Le Grandi' Ferrari Collection. Some of them are readily available in the USA. Others, not so much, outside of Europe. I love the color so didn’t need to repaint the body. The interior was a good color too, but shiny plastic. I painted the headliner with some off-white artists acrylic from Deco Art. Everything else was painted with ‘Americana Honey Brown’ first, then I went over the seats and door panels with ‘Yellow Ochre’ oil paint from Artist’s Loft. That gave a nice contrast between what is carpet versus leather. For the body, I added chrome bezels to the tail lights with a combination of BMF and Molotow. The driving lights and front turn signals were painted white then some silver over that. Added black in the hood scoop, brown for the leather straps on the hood and minor chrome details here and there. The chassis is a simple curbside rendition with no engine. The wheels and tires were nice, but I felt there was room for improvement. I decided to go with Danbury Mint 250 Testa Rossa rims and tires, but with Herb Deeks photo etched spokes. Modifying them was time consuming, removing the heavy Danbury Mint spokes and replacing them with the photo etch. The hubs are shoe eyelets from Michael’s craft store. The brake drums are aluminum discs I cut from some thin sheet. I made the axles with brass tubing. This model is fairly close in configuration to a TDF I found online, so I copied that cars license plate. And, that's about it. Thanks for looking, enjoy! ?

David, that looks fantastic! Are those 1/24 wheels and tires from Monogram? Nice upgrade.

Great work, Tim! This is something I love doing too, fixing, saving, improving die-casts. Well done.

Beautiful, Geno!