Old Italian iron in 1/25

[1959scudetto]

Here are some italian-made Politoys models from ca. 1970: Toys back then (everything opens, working steering), but a good base for improvement: aside from the de Tomaso Mangusta which is toolong and too flat, bodies have rather good proportions.

Here are: Abarth 2000 SP (2 - ltr. sports prototype, 1968), Alfa Carabo (Bertone dream car, 1968) and de Tomaso Mangusta (model is of the 1966 prototype)

 

and the 1966 OSI Scarabeo (Alfa Romeo):

[Hoffman]

Those are cool!

[Snake45]

Sweet! I'd be happy to own any or all of them. 

[kilrathy10]

These are very nice models, Man... Very nice... I especially like the Alfa...

[1959scudetto]

On 5/7/2021 at 2:09 AM, Hoffman said:

Those are cool!

Thanks, Tim - I like them, too !

 

On 5/7/2021 at 2:43 PM, Snake45 said:

Sweet! I'd be happy to own any or all of them. 

I got them on ebay over the last few years, some very cheap: for example, I let pass an Abarth for €  20,00, because I already have 3 of them, I won a second Alfa Romeo (Bertone) Carabo for about 15 € only because of its missing windshield (I will replace this with a piece from orange or yellow tinted ski goggles). If you don't look for perfection, sometimes you can get some real bargains - and well, we are modelers, aren't we?

The OSI Alfa Romeo 1600 is missing its windshield wiper - no problem at all !

On 5/8/2021 at 1:10 AM, kilrathy10 said:

These are very nice models, Man... Very nice... I especially like the Alfa...

You are right, JT - only the De Tomaso is a bit distorted, but have already found some perfect Fujimi wheels in 1/24 with wide rubber that fit like a glove and look like the real ones - sometimes those old diecasts offer opportunities for little money. It will be redone (don't like the yellow and black paint) - when it is finished, it will look similar to this one:

 

[slusher]

They look great!

[1959scudetto]

On 6/18/2021 at 8:44 AM, slusher said:

They look great!

Well, I would say not bad for 50 yrs. old - golden oldies !

[Rich Chernosky]

Wow...didn't know there was a diecast of this car.  http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/attachments/?page=5

[1959scudetto]

10 hours ago, Rich Chernosky said:

Wow...didn't know there was a diecast of this car.  http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/attachments/?page=5

Which one did you mean, Rich? This one?

[Rich Chernosky]

13 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Which one did you mean, Rich? This one?

N o...the Scarabeo....I posted a 1/16 build of one those (see link) some time ago. I will often have models of the same car in different scales in my collection and I didn't know a smaller scale model of my Scarabeo existed.  Now to go looking for one. 

[1959scudetto]

2 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said:

N o...the Scarabeo....I posted a 1/16 build of one those (see link) some time ago. I will often have models of the same car in different scales in my collection and I didn't know a smaller scale model of my Scarabeo existed.  Now to go looking for one. 

Hi, Rich - here are some more pictures for you  : OSI Alfa Romeo 1600 (Politoys 1/25):

 

and then, I just have looked into ebay Italy - but those are rather expensive with shipping and customs/taxes, but I found also 2 sellers in the States:

Look here (unfortunately cylinder head and wheel inserts left front and spare wheel are missing): https://www.ebay.it/itm/194141439882?hash=item2d33bb478a:g:XBUAAOSwZ4lgpXtz

and the other - better - one: https://www.ebay.it/itm/164738660522?hash=item265b3078aa:g:WDsAAOSwfkNfLyYb 

it has even the often missing windshield wiper!