Alfa Romeo GTA

[PatW]

On moving a few things around at home I came across Bench Racer by Andy Kellock in the June 2015 edition of Scale Auto magazine, so spurring me to do something with the Tamiya road version of this car.

Box stock bar a half roll cage, doorside 'bullet' mirror, rear boot mounted fuel filler, short exhausts and decals. Adding also Tamiya Italian Red paint work and gloss white front corner as per research of these iconic racers.

Edited September 1, 2019 by PatW

[DonW]

I like that a lot, Pat.

I remember driving my sisters 1750 GTV back in the seventies, great fun apart from the 'knees bent arms outstretched' driving position!

On hers the door handles were only held in place by the mechanism, the sheet metal around them had rusted all away...

Lovely 5-speed 'box made up for the lack of torque, and on the upside it did love to rev.

Cheers,

-Don.

[Gramps46]

Nice looking Alfa.

[PatW]

Thanks guys. Don thanks for your comments on the 1750 GTV, I saw racing versions of those too some years ago, when I was a race marshall at Silverstone. 

[GaryR]

Nice job, good looking model.

[Silver Foxx]

A real nice build , well done .

[PatW]

Thanks guys!

[Gt fan]

Pat ..looks really good. Well done. Always liked this kit

[PatW]

Thanks Tim. yes a very nice kit although when finally fitting the body over the chassis it dislodged one side of the bonnet hinge fixing bracket behind the grille!

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[ATHU]

Great looking Alfa, nice build!!

[Classicgas]

Very nice.

['70 Grande]

Love this build! Any idea if this Tamiya kit is still available out there anywhere?

[PatW]

Thanks guys, and yes I've seen this kit advertised as a new kit on ebay but in the UK.

[Jim N]

Great job Pat.  I like this a lot.

[Justin Porter]

Love the way that turned out. It's definitely a gem of a kit that I hope Tamiya reissues again.

[1959scudetto]

Very nice GTA, Pat !

[PatW]

Thanks guys, yes I seen some of the Tamiya version on sale here in the UK on ebay.

[Lyle Siemens]

Looks really nice. 

[PatW]

Cheers Lyle.

[PappyD340]

Very nice Pat!

[PatW]

Thanks Larry.

[Codi]

I always liked this particular car.  Nice to see your build of it.  Well done for sure!  cheers, tim

[PatW]

Cheers Tim, I've been watching various historic saloon car races on YouTube of Goodwood Revival meetings and seeing these flying through corners on three wheels, full beans/flat to the floor!