Gramps46

Once again temptation overcame restrain and I just received the Greenlight BRE 1970 Datsun 240Z as raced by Pete Brock and driven by John Morton. Back in the day this was a very popular and successful, C Production Champion, race car and went a long way to promote the 240Z here in the states. Revell made this as a 1/25 plastic kit and I should have keep my build as it was a well done kit. The Greenlight diecast looks good to me with the 2 exceptions being the tires look too narrow and the windshield trim too wide. See the 1:1 photo below. Both could be fixed if you choose too.

There are two versions released by Monogram. The first was a slot car based simple body kit in1/24th. The second release was based upon the Aurora 1/25 very detailed kit which is pictured here.

Outstanding. Bravo!

Oh sweet and how nice you have the original.

Great kit to build, you will enjoy it. Keep sharing photos.

I bought a complete, but dirty, AMT 1963 Corvette coupe at the model club meeting for all of $5. It was as I was packing up to head home I turned it over and noticed the transmission and oil pan were different. I opened the hood and it was fuel injected and one I did not recognize. Comparing it to my own AMT coupe which is not fuel injected and neither model has the fuel injection badge on the front fender. I also compared it to a MPC 64 F.I. and they are not the same. Anybody recognize the F.I. engine. Just a bit of mystery. Update, after further research I found my new AMT purchase had a engine swap with the "64 MPC Corvette.

Thanks Tim for sharing your photos.

Congratulations Bill. Well deserved.

Very nice group of cars.

Nice collection. My favorite is the Karmann Ghia.

I have started using Gorilla clear glue available at Walmart now.

Well done. Best wishes on your new endeavors.

They look mighty fine.

After a few months of not finding anything at Rite Aid today I finally found a Welly 2017 Corvette Z06. No engine but overall it looks pretty good and is a bargain.

Good looking lift, well done.

Very well done indeed.

Wow!! Your new figure came out very realistic. Well done.

Very well done and realistic.

Super job on this build, congratulations. You really nailed it.

Great idea. Always good to have a spare chassis tub in the pits.

Cool. Nice engine choice. Kind of reminded me of a Lotus 7 phaeton.

The photos you posted since Friday are great. Truly inspirational with ideas that can be very useful.

OK, that makes perfect sense then. Please keep us posted.

Oh my! You are doing a great job with this. One question, will you be distressing the tires to match.

Looking really good. Good luck with the headlight door.