My rare auto models

[caapa]

Rolls Royce Wright Coupe 2013

Its makers describe the Wraith as ‘the evil Rolls-Royce’, probably thanks to how much more powerful it is as every other production Rolls ever made. The body style is a two-door pillar-less coupe with iconic suicide doors and based on the chassis of the Rolls-Royce Ghost. The engine is a direct-injection 6.6-litre twin-turbo V12, power is 624 bhp. The Wraith is easily the quickest Rolls-Royce ever put into production: 0-60 time of 4.4 sec and a top speed electronically limited to 155 mph. The ride is pillowy-soft and so silent is it inside the cabin that it would be easy to mistake the Wraith for being electrically. But as the car relentlessly gathers speed, a hard-edged snarl fills the cabin - hardly a familiar sound to previous Rolls owners. But then no other Rolls has ever offered its owners well in excess of 600 bhp. Prices start at a chunky $270,000.

The model is made by Double Horses/China 1:24 scale. There is the umbrella in the door too.

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[Gramps46]

I like it.

[caapa]

Bugatti Royale Type 41 Prototype #41100 1926

Ettore Bugatti built the chassis of the never seen greatest luxury car but coming soon clear that the production equipment was not suitable and the personnel had not the know-how to produce a such large body. He was forced to buy a Packard Torpedo formally for testing and study. The bodywork locksmiths installed the driver- and passenger compartment on the chassis in a week. Engine house and fenders were made by the factory. The „Patron” went to a abundant test by himself in the mountain regions of the Vogesen, Alps and Pyrenees. Only little modifications on car were necessary to do. One day he invited 3 of his friends to a little excursion to show the qualities of the car. They were raptured by the car, it was comfortable, it was silent, it was vibration-proof even at 140 km/h and in the  straights arrived 200 km/h.

The models are based on the earlier shown chassis. The body parts are vakuum formed by a familiar company. Some photo-etched parts – as steering wheel, dashboard, grid on the fenders, door handles, bumpers, etc. -  made by an other modeler fellow. My favourite PE parts are the engine house side panels with „openable” vents and the elephant figurine glued together from 2 side and 1 middle layer.

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[keyser]

Fun. Don’t recall a rep of the Packard body proto ever. Superb effort as always. 👍🏼🏆💪🏼

[Gramps46]

Truly amazing models of the prototype.  I had not heard of it before and had to look it up.

[caapa]

Red Bull X2014 Concept 2014

The Red Bull X2014 Fan car is a hypothetical concept car produced by Gran Turismo in partnership with Red Bull Racing. So you can't never drive it in reality because

1) its reserved for the roads and tracks of Gran Turismo 6, and

2) you're not good enough to cope with the sheer speed of this thing.

The concept is designed by Red Bull chief scribe Adrian Newey and there's the massive fan at the rear of the car - long a dream for Newey - creating huge downforce that sucks the car to the floor. Sebastian Vettel „drived” the car with Gran Turismo 6 on the Nurburgring  30 sec quicklier as he done with his F-1 car.

The model is made by Grani & Partner as a 1:64 scale model but seemed larger. (there is no dimension data known)

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[Gramps46]

OMG - I am speechless!!!

 

[keyser]

Cool. 
Newey and Seb. Good pair. 

[caapa]

On 1/26/2023 at 10:38 PM, Gramps46 said:

OMG - I am speechless!!!

 

Oh yes, I was speechless too when I found it on Ebay in 2018. There was a listing of a set of vehicles with Red Bull livery from Taiwan. I ordered immediatelly this and the RB 13 F 1 car. The other ones weren`t interesting. (aeroplan, motobike, etc if I remember well)

[caapa]

Aston Martin One-77 2009

It was planed that 77 units will be produced . During the development  several test cars were built which ones had no future. But one of the development cars, VIN #10711 was sent back to Aston Martin for complete refurbishment, and now is owned under NHTSA Show and Display registration in the United States, making the actual total of cars in existence to be 78. May be where the name comes from ? The first glimpse the world got of the hypercar was a maquette at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, three quarters covered by a grey fabric cover allowed only a glimpse of the front right side peeping out. The full car was revealed at the March 2009 Geneva Motor Show, where a metallic blue mockup and rolling chassis with its 7,3 Litre V 12 powertrain were on display. The production car was the fastest-ever Aston Martin, with a top speed of 350 km/h and  3,7 sec to 100km/h acceleration.  At the Concorso d'Eleganza Ville d'Este on the shores of Lake Como in 2009,was the winner of the design Award for Concept Cars and Prototypes.

The model made by Speedy/China in 1:24 scale.

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[Gramps46]

I was pretty excited when I saw your pictures. Then decided I better look to see what I already had and I do have a 2007 Vanquish and then I looked online and I can barely tell late Astons apart.  They are as bad as late model Ferraris, (but I still buy those).

Don't get me wrong, I do appreciate your photos a lot.

[caapa]

Bugatti Royale Type 41 Prototype Fiacre and Berline 1926

After an extensive test of the prototype with Packard body 3 different body shells have been built on the chassies. One is a coupe version, reportedly presented to the Pope too by Bugatti. The name was originally Coupe Napoleon however the last body on the prototype chassies built by Weymann inherited this name since then the earlier version has been called Fiacre.

The Berline was a large limousine with a closed body. This version was presented to King Alfonso XIII of Spain too, but he found it too angular. He asked to rebuild it. In 1928, Ettore Bugatti asserted that „this year King Alfonso of Spain will receive his Royale”. But the king was deposed without taking delivery of a Royale.

The models are based on the prototype chassies. The number of parts increased  to 120 – 150 pc according to the different  body types.

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[caapa]

NSU Trapeze Bertone 1973

The Bertone team faced the challenging task of making a GT vehicle with driving comfort. The mid-engine was mounted length-ways, to optimise weight distribution. To get round the problem of engine-bulk in the cockpit, the seats were laid out in a trapezium formation. The two front seats set very close together, the two rear seats  further apart beside the mid mounted engine. This solution allowed the passengers in the back to stretch out their legs fully in the space created between the front seats and the door. The prototype was mounted with a central NSU RO 80 Wankel engine with rotating piston. The capacity 995 ccm, producing 115 HP and the car arrived a top speed 190 km/h. The prominent bumper running round the entire vehicle was a solution taken up successively on some vehicles destined for mass production.

The model is made by Buby in Argentina scale 1:64. I custom painted the little car playworn.

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[caapa]

Peugeot RC Diamond Concept  2002

The concept was introduced at the 2002 Geneva Motor Show. The car is powered  by a 2.2L diesel engine, 181 bhp connected to a 6-speed manual gearbox .  The car arrived a 230 km/h top speed and accelerated to 100 km/h in 6.0 seconds.  The small 4-cylinder diesel engine is unusually located above the rear axle by gripping the long transmission elements. But they did not care about the disadvantage of weight distribution. Richard Hammond in the BBC Top Gear show,  not known for its love of diesels, remarked that it was "possibly the first proper diesel sports car."

The model is made by Motormax in 1:24 scale.

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[Gramps46]

Now that is a good looking model Peugeot.  Motormax has been doing some interesting things lately.

[caapa]

Bugatti Royale T41 Prototype Weymann Coupe 1929

The oldfasioned bodies designed by Ettore Bugatti where no good for the Royale's image.  So they need a new body of a more up-to-date design. Bugatti commisioned coachbuilder Charles T. Weymann to creat a more modern body. He signed and built a handsome 4-window coupe and fitted to the chassis in 1929. The fenders and bonnet seemed to be the same of earlier variants. The car was in Bugatti`s personal use. So much so, that on the way home from Paris after a hearty dinner, he fell asleep at the wheel and the car crashed heavily.   

The model is made same way as the earlier ones. It seemed the car was originaly  black and yellow painted and later got a full black paint job. Altough the pictures of the wrecked car shows the car painted in full black, there are pictures thet show the brightly coloured side (only black and white photos) following the rocking lines favoured by Bugatti. Weymann probably did the combination paint job which was repainted black later. 

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[caapa]

Chaparral 2F 1967

The 2F was characterized by a large rear wing, fixed at 1.37 meters from the ground. The  Group 6 sports prototype designed by Jim Hall and Hap Sharp. The car was powered by a Chevrolet "Porcupine" 6,997 cc V8, 533 PS, naturally aspirated. The lay out is mid-engined, longitudinally mounted and connected to a Chevrolet 3-speed automatic transaxle gearbox. This Chevrolet „conncetion” was unofficial.  A GM engineer said so: "We stayed in the background because we weren't meant to be racing at the time. We never sponsored the Chaparral program with cash. We did provide bits and pieces, and they did lots of our testing, from which we both benefited." Beside the great rear wing another aerodynamic  innovation was the changing of the radiator position from the front of the nose to the sides of the car. So the nose of the car could act as a miniature Venturi tunnel and this was the first use of ground effect in motorsport.

The model is made by Speedy/Italy in 1:64 scale. I complimented with headlight covers and a scratchbuilt rearwing - the original was missing - and repainted, decaled.

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[caapa]

Lamborghini  Aventador  SVJ 63 Roadster 2019

Experts expected that the new hybrid Lamborghini will be unveiled at Monterey Car Week in August 2019. But instead, they got a new limited-edition Aventador SVJ 63 Roadster.  Ferruccio Lamborghini founded the car factory bearing his name in 1963 and the roadster pays tribute to the year of its foundation not only in its model designation, but also in the number of units in the series.  The engine is identical to the one in the SVJ Coupe and gives 770 PS. The car accelerats to 100 km/h in 2,9 sec and in a further 5,9 sec it is up to 200 km/h. The top speed is more than 350 km/h and the car stops from 100 to 31 metres. They were all sold in 2019 despite the fact that the first car could be delivered only during 2020.

The model made by Miniauto/China in 1:24 scale.

Enjoy the pictures.

[Gramps46]

Very impressive model.  Thanks for sharing it.

[caapa]

On 3/17/2023 at 4:27 PM, Gramps46 said:

Very impressive model.  Thanks for sharing it.

Thank you Gary for the nice comments and "likes"

[caapa]

Bugatti Royale T41 Esders Roadster  1932

The first Royale sold. The buyer Armand Esders a french clothing manufacturer ordered a roadster body in his favorit colouring pea-green with dark green combined. And as he never drove in darkness didn`t needed headlamps.  Ettore's eldest son, Jean, fashioned for the car a dramatic two-seater open body with full-bodied wings and an additional  rear seat, but no headlamps. In any case Esders got the two headlamps with the car in a box of fine wood. Once Esders sent the chauffeur with the car to pick up his soon from the school. As junior saw the astonishing crowd of students around the car desided to go trough the back gate home on foot. Later Esders sold the car and it was rebodied.  But this was not the end of the roadsters story. The Schlumpf brothers so liked the original Esders body that they had a replica made of the car using original Bugatti parts . This car is existing today and resides at the Musée National de l'Automobile de Mulhouse.

The model made in two variants. The hood is removable on both car but the open version has no working doors and folded hood.

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[caapa]

Toyota FT-1 Concept 2014

Toyota took by storm the 2014 Detroit Auto Show. This was the result of two years work on the project by Calty Design Research in California.  The price tag was 60,000 USD and the studio chief designer  was saying, "It's a Toyota, it ought to be affordable.”  They started with sketch ideas and different concepts. The final concept is a midengine layout infront of the driver who is positioned like an F1 racer with a unique heads-up display. Technical specs on the engine are not available. For a while it was denied that this would be the next Toyota Supra. Now we know.

The model made by Jada in 1:64 scale.

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[caapa]

Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560 Super Trofeo 2009

The Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo with permanent four-wheel drive was the world’s fastest one-make series. The car is only 1300 kg, and powered with the 570 hp V10 built in mid and  longitudinal. Its power flows through an e.gear six-speed robotized gear box to the permanent all-wheel drive with viscous traction. Lamborghini built cars for a 30-strong grid  available to individual professional and ‘gentleman’ drivers, as well as Lamborghini dealer teams. There were championships organized in Europe, North America and Asia, on different famous racetracks as Laguna Seca, Nürburgring or Fuji.  One factory car was reserved for celebrity ‘guest drivers’ such as Nelson Piquet Jr.

The model made by Mondo Motors 1:24 scale with a bit poor decoration.

Enjoy the pictures.

 

[Gramps46]

I had not seen one of these before so thanks for sharing.  The blacked-out windows are understandable for low volume production but are disappointing to me.  I did check on eBay for Mondo Motors and they have some interesting diecasts, especially Lambos and modern Maseratis.

Edited April 8, 2023 by Gramps46

[caapa]

Bugatti Royale T41 Weinberger Cabrio 1932

This was the second Royale chassis to be sold. The buyer Dr. Fuchs of München  comissioned  the coachbuilder Ludwig Weinberger, to build a five-passanger cabriolet. The black car with yellow trim  costed $43,000 total. The car had a really eventful fate. Dr Fuchs left Germany and  moved to Trieste and via Shanghai  settled in New York before the WWII.  Of course he took his car with him. In the winter 1937-38 its engine block froze and  ended up in a junkyard. Better said, it would have ended if  Charles Chayne (later Vice President of Enginering GM) - who had already had his eye on it - hadn't bought it for $400. He let it restaurated and modified  lightly by a brand-new intake manifold with four carburetors, a new paint scheme of oyster white with a dark green trim and new wheel design. He used the car more years long. In 1958 he and his wife donated the car to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan - as a sign next to the car attests -  where it is still on display.

The models are installed with matching wheels but the same front end and engine. So the black one is somewhat erroneous. (I bult a Lindberg 1:24 modified to the original 1932 – years later as these.)

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