Hoffman
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Terry, thanks! You made me feel much better about my unfinished projects. 😀
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Very Nice!!
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4 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:
Nice model, but something looks definitely wrong for me - compared with the real car:
Body and fenders front and rear are too short (should be stretched at bit), the exhaust pipes should point backwards when leaving the hood, and the wheels are a bit too big - all together make for a toyish look which certainly was not intended - the upper doorline is also not correct in my eyes.
Helmut, I really wish you hadn't said that.......because I was thinking the same things while comparing the photos as I posted them. 😄 The replacement wheels and tires are actually smaller than the originals from CMC. I experimented with some that were smaller still, but they didn't look quite right in the wheel openings. Anyway, I agree, the proportions are slightly off. There's a 1/18 scale version of this car that looks better. The biggest difference between the two seems to be the length of the cockpit, which is proportionally longer on the 1/18 version. Now, the 1/24 car looks great on the display shelf, don't get me wrong. Parked next to a Franklin Mint SSK the wheels and tires seem about right. The wheelbases of these two 1/24 cars are different though, and they should match, as SSK's. The CMC car is shorter. Proportionally, the body length vs. height is a bit off. I think if it were stretched in a couple areas it would look better. Not gonna do that though! 😄
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7 minutes ago, keyser said:
Nice work. Tom Perkins had it quite a few years prior to RL. He had collection of supercharged 8 cyl pre war sports cars. He also had Bugatti Atlantique RL bought and overrestored 🙃. I’m unsure if RL bought the 500K special roadster Tom had, or the amazing 2900B. His Squire has disappeared as has his Bugatti 55. His favorite 57SC was the ex-Malcomb Campbell car, he kept that for awhile. Multiple Pebble Beach winners. Pretty amazing to wander in the shop.
Great commentary, thanks! I guess Tom was interviewed at his apartment in San Francisco just a month before he passed away back in June, 2013. From that article:
Our lunch is at Perkin's' newly acquired apartment in downtown San Francisco. As we take a scenic route through the pretty architecture of Pacific Heights and Nob Hill, he discusses his lifelong attraction to owning classic and performance cars. "At the height of my collection I had about 45 classic cars, each a gem," he reports. The most memorable? "My Bugatti Atlantic, built for a Mr Pope in 1935; then there was the 'Maharajah' Duesenberg Type SJ, and the streamlined Mercedes-Benz Count Trossi SSK dating from 1930, all cars of world renown." "You know," he continues, "while I owned them I really loved them, but when I sensed the bottom was about to fall out of the market, I sold them all for vast sums of money. It was a good decision, as my prediction came true. Today, I own just one classic, a 1955 'gull wing' Mercedes 300SL in perfect concours condition. I now have this Lambo and a Ferrari 599 GTO, both new cars. I just love to drive them."
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13 hours ago, Zippi said:
Really nice looking 51 Alfa Romeo. That dark blue body color goes well with the gray interior. The wheels & tires worked out nicely. Great job.
15 hours ago, rrb124@sbcglobal.net said:Beautiful!
Long time Alfa Romeo fan, have owned 5 real cars (not 1900's like this) and your Alfa has always been considered a trophy own to me.
22 hours ago, Hard_2_Handle_454 said:cool
Thank you, Man! 😃
22 hours ago, Dave B said:That's stunning Tim, tks for sharing.
Dave B
You're welcome, and thank you Dave! 🤩
23 hours ago, Kah puts said:What a well proportioned car, you're detailing has brought it to life.
Thank you, kind Sir! 😄
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7 hours ago, happy grumpy said:
Beautiful and rare. Has a Karmann ghia vibe to it, albeit more powerful.
I agree completely! It is very similar to the Karmann Ghia; the greenhouse, the fenders, emphasized horizontal line at the rockers, the triangular hood. It makes you wonder how nice a Ghia might look with some Borrani chrome wires. Not really possible with wide five Volkswagen drums, but if things were different......
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4 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:
Very nice modifications, Tim - I have 3 of these in my collection - will undergo different degrees of detailing (2 will be turned into racecars from back in the day)
Hello Helmut. Thank you so much! I thought you might like this one, and I'm not at all surprised that you have several of them. This was a great design from Alfa Romeo. 😍
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Ralph Lauren has owned this particular car for about 40 years now. CMC created a very nice 1/24 scale model of the car, depicting what it looks like today. Over the course of it's history dating back to 1930, the car has appeared differently during different era's. As an example, the wheels have been painted red at one time, covered with polished aluminum full wheel discs at another, and featured chrome wires for a long time before the current look of black painted wheels. Personally, with rare exceptions, I pretty much hate black painted wheels. So, naturally, I gravitate towards chrome wires much more readily.
My goal for this model was to bring the looks more in line with how the car was featured in Road and Track, September 1992. To do that, I replaced the wheels and tires, lowered the front end, and painted the brake drums to represent polished copper. From the CMC factory the model featured red painted drums, almost pink. No bueno! The wheels I came up with are from an unlikely source. They're actually SpecCast Model A Ford wheels, or at least that's what they intended. I modified them to shorten the center hub cap as much as possible, then add the Mercedes knockoffs in the center. The tires are from a Danbury Mint Hispano Suiza. I made a front license plate to match the one on the car when in Road and Track. That's about it. Enjoy!
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On 9/30/2022 at 8:43 AM, 1959scudetto said:
Finally, the last of my 3 remaining 1/18 race cars: Jim Hall's fantastic 2 A in its latest stage of evolution - the 1965 version which easily won the USRRC that year with Jim Hall and Hap Sharp at the controls: 15 wins at all (c. Pete Lyons) - here is a highly detailed model from AutoArt (only slight distraction comes from the door hinges):
On 9/30/2022 at 8:43 AM, 1959scudetto said:Finally, the last of my 3 remaining 1/18 race cars: Jim Hall's fantastic 2 A in its latest stage of evolution - the 1965 version which easily won the USRRC that year with Jim Hall and Hap Sharp at the controls: 15 wins at all (c. Pete Lyons) - here is a highly detailed model from AutoArt (only slight distraction comes from the door hinges):
Helmut, that's quite an incredible model! Super nice. Thanks for sharing.
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Phillipe, you really did an outstanding job with the Renault! Beautiful work. Great color choices, very good paint, super clean build. This year Renault reminds me a lot of the '32 Chrysler CH series Imperial. The coach line at the cowl is similar to a Model A Ford, but the fenders, hood sides and grille are very much like the Chrysler. Good looking car.
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20 minutes ago, cobraman said:
Great looking model.
3 minutes ago, bbowser said:Beautiful! Who makes the kit?
2 minutes ago, Classicgas said:Beautiful. What kit is it.
Ray, Bruce, Lee- Thank you guys. This is was made by Leo Models, distributed by Whitebox in England and Europe. I picked mine up from a vendor in Italy. It comes fully assembled. I took it all apart, sanded and polished the paint on the body, and repainted everything else. I lowered it 1.5mm and replaced the wheels and tires. I adapted better ones from a Danbury Mint Ferrari Testa Rossa. The brake drums are flat washers from Home Depot. The floor is carpeted with Kens Fuzzy Fur. Trimed it with a Molotow chrome pen. Engine detail painted, distributor modified to add Detail Master plug wires. Photographed outdoors in evening light, here in California.
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23 hours ago, Gramps46 said:
Good looking Ford especially after you got done with your added detail.
On 10/12/2022 at 12:32 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:Good looking model. Some of those Spec Cast and Liberty Classics pieces are really pretty nice, especially for the price.
Bill, Gary, thank you guys!! I always appreciate seeing what you're up to with your latest builds, your thoughtful posts, and kind words. Have a great weekend!
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3 hours ago, Zen said:
Looks good! Found one of these earlier this year.
Thanks, Zen! I'm tempted to do just a few more mods. I think I'll make up some 1934 license plates for it, add cowl lights, add horns, and a rear view mirror.
Changes I've made so far:
- I've gone over the grille and panel lines with black Tamiya 'Panel-Line-Accent-Color'
- Painted the bumper brackets gloss black.
- Painted the interior flat black in areas that were red; the A-pillars, door frames, headliner.
- Painted the rubber portions of the running boards flat black.
- Took apart the wheels and tires so I could paint the glossy sides walls flat black.
- Went over the wheels with black panel liner to give the spokes some depth, then re-touched them with yellow, then clear gloss.
- Put her back together and shot some pictures. The 'before' pictures at the bottom were on ebay.
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Next batch of photos are out of the box. It looked pretty good. I just gave it a little more detail. Something fun to do on a Sunday afternoon.
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Dave, your best bet to replicate a stock '29 A closed cab pick will require two kits:
1) Revell '29 A pickup
2) AMT '29 A roadster
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Very, very nice, Andrew! Great job. 🙂
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Excellent! Thanks, Robert. 😃
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Robert, beautiful work! Could you describe for us your technique for the black wash on the engine and chassis components? It's really well done, adds a lot to the depth and realism of things.
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That works really well! Great idea....
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Love the carpet treatment. I haven't had much luck sourcing embossing powders. Where did you get yours?