Junkman

Today was my day! I got three parcels, from Korea, Japan, and America. A bit of 1/16 scale: and some 1/20 scale too:

And we have a winner. King-Kong has arrived.

If you got the laser, I make the plans.

Yeah, I know. But you know me. I can't help it.

The architecture of the mid to late Thirties big Mercedes Benzes was certainly different from anything else on the road back then, except for some other German high end cars, like Horch or some such. The entire layout spelled 'Autobahn'. These cars are stunning expressions of a (granted teutonic) interpretation of something, that must have had people in awe. Isn't this the very definition of the word 'awesome'? These cars and the 'Autobahn' must have been something like science fiction for the 'ordinary' man back then. Admittedly an aquired taste, I find these cars are very Art Deco in a very continental sort of way and I like them (amongst other) for their sheer peregrineness. A lot of people back then must have thought along similar brain-windings, since the overwhelming majority of these cars was exported. And you know what? Them Germans can do it today! Just look at the AMG SLS. I honestly don't want to be a fan of German cars, but do they leave me a choice?

And if you wouldn't have posted it, I would have. The Duesenberg Straight Eight is stunningly beautiful by any standard, American or not. My second choice (which is my first one now, since you beat me to the Duesy), is the Offenhauser four-banger.

It's a Citroen C4 fire engine, not a Renault. And yes, it is as elusive as most of the Heller offerings. They haven't been produced in what must be approaching a quarter century now.

That's a matter of taste. I find them stunningly beautiful.

Heller: (I include the late 20s cars) Alfa Romeo 1750 Zagato Bentley 4.5 Litre Blower BMW Dixi BMW 328 Bugatti T50 Citroen 5CV Citroen B14 Torpedo De Luxe Citroen B14 Landaulet (included a Taxi version) Citroen B14 'Normande' Citroen 15 Six Delage D8 SS Delahaye 135 Hispano-Suiza K6 Mercedes-Benz 500K Special roadster Mercedes-Benz 170V Mercedes-Benz 170V Delivery Van Renault Vivastella PG7 As well as the following commercial vehicles: Citroen C4 'Hotel Taxi' Citroen C4 'Pompiers' Citroen C4 'Waterman' van Delahaye Type 103 'Bonneville' fire engine Renault TN6C 'Bus Parisien' Italeri: 1933 Cadillac V16 Town Car (Joan Crawford's car) 1933 Cadillac V16 Phaeton (Al Jolson's car) Mercedes-Benz 540K Cabriolet B Bugatti T41 La Royale 41.150 'Berline de Voyage' (first sold to Briggs Cunningham) Bugatti T41 La Royale 'Coupe Napoleon' (Ettore Bugatti's car) Rolls Royce Phantom II #188PY All-Weather Cabriolet by Thrupp & Maberly (The Thakore Saheb Bahadur of Rajkot's car)

You know, Matt, sometimes I don't really like you that much. Naw, seriously. Congrats for the catch of the millenium!

You are absolutely right. I knew I had forgotten one. I think, now we have them all together in this thread.

Got the foil work finalized: and installed the windows: For those who have not built the kit yet, don't worry about the photoetched moldings. They are easy to apply compared with the hassle the windows will give you.

It's this kit: My guess is they wanted to do this car: Judge for yourself.

Hmmm, I only know of two Packards, a Boattail Speedster and a Phaeton. What was the third one? The Rolls Royce, a "1931" Phantom II, came in two versions, both left hand drive: A so-called 'Henley Roadster' and a 'Phaeton'. Both have Brewster-style wings. The real Henley Roadster the model was based on is still with us and belongs to a gentleman in Georgia. The Cadillac was a 1932 V16 Dual Cowl Phaeton. It is labelled new in my 1980 catalog and was indeed the last addition to the lineup so far. I know of three Duesenbergs, all SJs: A Roadster, a Dual Cowl Phaeton and a Town Car. There were two Mercedes 540K : A Cabriolet B and a 'Coupe', which imo has no real prototype. Then there was the Cord Convertible. There was also an MG TC, if you want to call it a 1930s luxury car. All these kits were excellent for their day and hold up very well even today.

It's actually part 37 that attaches to the body. This is where you can shift it up and down. With the stock engine in place, there is not much leeway to clear the bonnet. Bertoni (not Bertone) was determined to make the car as low as possible hence there is little clearance between the rocker cover and the bonnet to begin with. If you want to retain the stock engine, you may 'U' parts 23, 71 and 37 more, which will enable you to raise the entire axle unit vs. the body, while keeping the engine/gearbox unit in the stock position. The driveshafts will then simply have a different angle, but this is compensated by the joints. It would work, even on a real car.

You can bet your bloody wellies, m8! I'm in.

You know, you CAN buy and build two kits. It has been done. Honestly now.

"Well I'm back Didja miss me................?" Errrr... No.

Yep. And mint boxed today would be the downpayment on a house.

He still didn't show me how to make real leather interiors though.

I couldn't agree more.

See.

I'm 45 and made a 1/4 mile pass @ 4.93/312 last Sunday. Does this make me a drag racing legend?

There is no rule. There is the fact.

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