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I think lee is correct. San Antonio is the key.

Thank you for sharing the eulogy with us. Your dad had many friends here.

I learn something new every day. I did not know that Fujimi reissued the Modellers 2D kit till Pierre mentioned it above. Thanks for the enlightenment Pierre.

OK, I am really impressed with what you have done Phil and am really glad you shared them with us.

It has taken me a few days to accept that Snake has left us. We were friends.

This just in. It is a Franklin Mint 1935 Mercedes Benz 500K Roadster Special. It came clean and with the tag, card, and brochure. What is special about this is it is dated 1983 and is the first Franklin Mint model car. It also appears to have an autograph on the bottom but no serial number. The real surprise was the eBay price of $9.99 with $12 shipping. What led me to it is there is a new 1936 500K being sold from China on the Bay but is shown as being 1/28 scale. I think I got lucky today even if my home air conditioning system bit the dust and is having to be replaced tomorrow.

Excellent!

Good job on the Astro. Your Sputofuoco Astro II in 1:43 scale resembles the Chaparral 2D in the same time period. Hmm?

Super nice build. Gary

Rob, thank you for posting the photo and link to your review. I really wanted a model of this Le Mans winner and had gotten the Black Box kit but was disappointed with it and ordered the NuNu kit and now see it has problems too. I have always respected your analysis and reviews. Gary

The Cadillac was one of my holy grails as I am working on building as many of the Cunningham cars as I can. I recently got a Profil24 C4RK coupe to build and have the 1950 Cadillac Le Monstre on preorder.

Allan, this is a Modelhaus resin kit but unfortunately, they are out of production now. The decal is from LEMANS Decals.

Here goes left to right: Porsche 935-78 Tamiya BMW 3.00 CSL Tokyo Marui - one of my all-time favorites, the kit just fell together. Includes a driver figure. Porsche 935 TT BBurago - Ferrari 356 BB Entex Corvette Greenwood US Airfix

WOW!

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The Group 5 era was a great time for both the racing and the models offered. These were my builds at the time but unfortunately, they are now yellowing and the decals are starting to flake off. Fortunately there are a lot more Group 5 ish kits in the stash.

Thank you CAAPA for sharing this one with us. It is the first time I have seen one.

I have been fascinated by the wheels and tires on the 1:1 winner. The #2 car started the race on Firestones (Amon and McLaren were contracted to Firestone) and finished on Goodyears and the color of the wheels varied as well. The reason was rain. I have read that Shelby decided that Goodyear had a better rain tire and had the #2 switched over to the Goodyear rain tires during the race.

You have a very creative imagination. Thank you for sharing.

Very well done Rex. Seldom see built ups so this is a real treat.

Congratulations on bringing this model to an outstanding conclusion. Sharing your techniques and progress was certainly appreciated.

Very authentic looking in appearance. Now just dab a few drops of oil underneath and you will have the smell too for a truly accurate experience.

Now that is a good-looking body kit. I am impressed with how smooth and shiny the body is. Thanks for sharing.

When you moved did you lose your number and sponsor decals? Just kidding Rich. You almost slipped this one right by me and it is a beautiful build.

FYI - Cal Metal Shaping