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Well, this is getting pretty esoteric and odd, but if you REALLY want to get anal about it, try this: The Italian Lamborghini cars are named after Spanish bull ranches, so here's the challenge: Pronounce the following Spanish names with an Italian accent (and no, they're not the same - you won't trill the r's the same or elide the same syllables) Miura Urraco Aventador Murcielago etc. Remember, they're Italian cars. If the Brits want to call their cars Jag-yew-ahs, shouldn't we follow suit with the manufacturer's pronunciation? (Though Jag advertising changed their approach to the American Jag-wahr version last year after trying for a while to use their version).

Your video is awesome (I have both) and I mean no disrepect (hey, I called you "estimable.")

Just because an issue is late doesn't mean you shouldn't subscribe! You'll still get all the issues you signed up for, and the magazine offers a wealth of stuff you don't get online.

I'm not trying to be scolding or patronizing, I just think if you want people to take what you say seriously about a subject, you should be informed enough to get the pronunciation right.

Actually, it's the November issue, and who knows? I have inquired and the delivery date is unknown. That's why I would be glad if Gregg omitted the month date and just put on the issue number. It's on the home page, but not in the mailbox. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/

So what? There have been several threads on this subject regarding a lot of Willys models before. It makes sense to see what the manufacturer said about it, and no one else has presented this. So. No need to get snarky, especially when you don't know what's gone before..

People like Harry P and I have tried to get our members to pronounce "Willys" properly for a long time, instead of "Willies." How about getting it right via the way the MANUFACTURER pronounced it (like, "whatcha doin,' Willis")? Even the estimable Donn Yost gets it wrong in his video (which I was just watching and inspired this post). BTW, nice Dagmars.

Never had a problem, though it can help speed things up to Empty Cache if you come back after a while. Since this forum doesn't update itself automatically like my e-mail, I have to refresh or click on a forum to get the newer posts, but that's not an issue at all.

This is terrific craftsmanship. I can hardly wait to see how you scratch build the Salma Hayek figure.

Or, if you copy them on a scanner, you can adjust the color, contrast and sharpness levels to your heart's content. Plus, you always have a digital copy to print out any time you wish without needing hard copy. Store it in a folder on your hard drive or thumb drive, or burn it.

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It gets very complicated to sort out what features belong to which year of Giulietta Spiders, since the earliest ones sold in the US were dealer-imported (mostly Max Hoffman) with some modifications for the US market. The Giulia upgrade(62-65)with 1600 engine had a cheaper vinyl interior on the dash top and seats, as opposed to the pebbly leatherette seats and crackle-finish black dash top of the earlier Giuliettas. Many more differences. But even under the best of circumstances, anyone who owned an Alfa for any length of time spent a lot on maintenance. You could expect to replace the water pump, clutch, etc at least once, plus a few valve jobs and, as I mentioned, the Veloce version dual Webers needed constant atttention. Don't know about the non-Veloce version with a single Solex carburetor. Another nice little occasional surprise...the spark plugs were mounted vertically on a horizontal plane between the cams. Splash enough water inside and you're literally dead in the water with submerged plugs.

To see Peter O'Toole onstage was to appreciate him differently. Back in the 70's, I had the extraordinary pleasure of sitting in 4th row center at the Kennedy Center in D.C. to see him in "Uncle Vanya." Before the first act, the college girls in front of me were shouting "'awrence, 'awrence," as in Lawrence of Arabia. It's hard to immerse oneself in the play when you're looking at one of the world's most legendary actors just a few feet away. He had an overbite and was prone to spitting and wiping his lips and beard as he spoke. But I will never forget this great actor's work. He made some of my most favorite movies, and always took a chance.

By the way, over the years, 1:1 Ferrari paints have been supplied by Glasurit (very expensive). You might check with them.

This is one of those infuriating quizzes where I found this car in a search to solve an earlier quiz, and I don't remember what it was. Grrr.

I think you could say that HobbyTown USA counts as local hobbyshop, since each one is a proprietor-owned and operated franchise. Their overall operation seems to have been pretty stagnant in the last few years, and they have pretty sophisticated resources, but the service quality and inventory vary widely from store to store. Franchise Units YEAR U.S. COMPANY OWNED (0) CANADIAN / INTERNATIONAL (0) 2013 156 2012 150 2011 147 2010 151

You nailed the color of the vinyl "Mercedes-Tex" part of the seats. I wish I could find it in a spray can. Glad to see the plaid printed out so well at that scale, since I've only done it for 1/12 and 1/16.

Great job. I would give anything to have my '59 Giulietta Spider Veloce back. It was a Hoffman-prepared short wheelbase version. But the Webers were a bear to keep tuned. I had to keep a couple of spare grilles around because parallel parking seemed to invite people to back into it. And you're right about the downhill slide of Alfa quality -- I had 4 of them, and the worst was the '77 GT Sprint, the only one I bought new. This Protar kit can't be a '55. It has vent windows on the doors, and a later steering wheel and taillights -- probably a '62 transitional version just before the Giulia appeared.

Anyone seen this Hennessy commercial? Superb. Custom recreation of The Bluebird. Commercial.. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048531/ Behind the scenes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ8937mC4P4

One I haven't seen in decades but remember is the 1955 Kirk Douglas Grand Prix movie, "The Racers." (only available on VHS) This review is interesting, and takes more than a few swipes at Grand Prix movies, especially, "Le Mans." http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048531/

Great work. The low-gloss paint really makes it look authentic.

I don't know why we have this new topic while there's another current one, but... Haven't seen "Rush" yet, but the video should arrive shortly. Even though I don't like "Le Mans" because I think it's a lousy movie in terms of drama, I occasionally watch it for the racing part. I think it was a write-off tax deal for McQueen to follow his racing star. The documentary "Senna" is the best racing movie in history; if it doesn't move you, you have a heart of stone. "Grand Prix" can't be beat for visual and multichannel sound greatness (in 70 mm curved-screen Cinerama, pretty much the same as IMAX) made in 1967, with remote-control, car-mounted cameras, set the standard for the car cameras we can enjoy today in live races. Another good one is "A Man and a Woman," a 1960's French movie about a Ford of Europe test driver, mostly heavy on romance but with some cool race and driving stuff, plus a GT40 at Le Mans. I will agree that, having attended the 1968 British and French Grand Prix races, most movies don't capture the high-pitched, ear-splitting scream of those cars.

The Gauloises story is widely accepted, but the shades varied over the years, even from the factory. This is from a Bugatti owner: #041 (5/6-1998): Marco Bertazzoni writes: ---quote:--- As I know there never existed a proper Bugatti blue. The blue color got in the years darker and darker. The early Lyon cars had after the common opinions a verry light blue like the Gauloises cigarette boxes, and in the following years up to T 59 they got verry dark. Interesting is, that the T 59 G cars had a twotone paint of light and dark blue. As I restored my car (a Type 51 -Ed.) I found 3 different blue tones plus some red paint rests. The blue colors went from a light baby blue, over a blue like you can find on a Renault 8 Gordini to a nearly night blue. I decided to paint my car in the color the Schlumpf cars have. Because after Mr. Garnier, the director of the Muse National at Mulhouse, Fritz Schlumpf took the color that the Bugatti factory used in the post-war time. It is RAL 5119. http://www.bugattipage.com/jacob/infohunt/q-085.html A few years ago, I asked one of our members to scan and break down an image of a vintage Gauloises pack in printer's CMYK format. C=cyan. M=magenta. Y-yellow. K-black. Here are the percentages if anyone wants to try to mix them using paint: "I get slightly different results depending on exactly where on the pack I sample the color. Some results: 67-31-18-0 64-29-17-0 66-38-17-0 68-33-18-0 About the ony constant is 0% K, but these should get you a pretty close match. I guess if you average it out it would be 66-31-17-0." BTW, my local smoke shop says Gauloises can't be imported any more, and the package colors have changed substantially over the years. Anyway, I won't hijack the Ferrari subject anymore.

Just nominated for Best Picture at the Golden Globes. I should be receiving my pre-order soon from Amazon.

You'll see some excellent examples of the kind of work these guys do in other genres if you scroll down to the All the Rest forum. Amazing stuff there.