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Hi again, Here is my second finished build of the year. Before the internet is inundated with everyone building the impending re-issue of Tamiya's little red rocket, I figured I would get in first with my own take on the little Alfa. Although we had a couple of GTAs racing in our improved production touring car races it wasn't eligible for the Bathurst 500 which was for locally made or assembled production cars but the GTV was eligible. I have had this one in progress for quite a while but with my new found love for designing and 3d printing my own parts I decided to finally get on with converting the race spec GTA to the road spec GTV. Here is a list of the changes. Door handles, mirror, wheels, grille, RH dash, seats, steering wheel, radiator and hose, arm rests, window cranks, engine parts to downgrade from twin spark to single spark. I stripped the chrome from the bumpers and used SMS hyperchrome. The paint is Tamiya TS-26 for the body and Vallejo red leather acrylic for the interior. I hand painted the wood grain dash and was happy with the result. Unfortunately the 27 year old Tamiya decals were no good so I had to use some spare gauge decals that I had. The car was driven by Paul Hawkins and Syd Fisher and they finished 25th after contending for the race lead early but suffered overheating during the race. I know it was a lot of effort to make something so seemingly mundane but since everyone makes a red GTA I wanted something different and I am pleased with the result. Cheers ShawnS