Plastheniker Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Hi, as an attempt to circumvent the present forum malfunction I post my pictures firsrt. If it works I will add my text in a reply separately. 16 1
happy grumpy Posted January 20 Posted January 20 Really nice Jurgen. A rare sight and beautifully executed. I dig it.
Plastheniker Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Sorry, posting a longer text as a reply seems to be impossible as well..
Rich Chernosky Posted January 20 Posted January 20 What a cool looking car and very well built. Can't wait to find out more. Who's kit, paint and build notes ??
bbowser Posted January 20 Posted January 20 11 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said: What a cool looking car and very well built. Can't wait to find out more. Who's kit, paint and build notes ?? Inquiring minds want to know! What a neat little coupe, very well done.
rrb124@sbcglobal.net Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Great Alfa! Rare to see. Big Alfa fan; have owned 6 real ones. What kit manufacturer and material and scale please.
Ace-Garageguy Posted January 21 Posted January 21 4 hours ago, Plastheniker said: Hi, as an attempt to circumvent the present forum malfunction I post my pictures first. If it works I will add my text in a reply separately... Now that you mention that, I had to do something similar several years back. There was also an issue, when we were still allowed to edit old posts (to change the title header to revive a long-dormant thread for example), when editing the header would somehow delete all the photos in the first post. Beautiful model, by the way.
1959scudetto Posted January 21 Posted January 21 (edited) Very nice, Jürgen - I would guess this is a heavy re-work of the Hachette/Ixo 1/24 die-cast with your usual striving for perfection. As I have 3 of those models, I may recognize what you have done here: blended in the 3 nose openings with putty and repainted the whole body, made new front indicators, reworked the headlight covers, added a new Alfa emblem to the nose (photo-etched?), added side windows, a new inside mirror and improved the outside one as well as the hood latches and door handles. You repainted the window surroundings and made a correct looking exhaust pipe as well as you put a jack into the spare wheel. Your dedication shows also in reworking the wheel hubs and especially in your hallmark, the highly detailed instrument panel (with steering wheel). Bravo ! Here is one of mine in comparison OOB - I only added (fictitious) decals, an exhaust pipe and 2 fog lights, but I did nothing to make it better yet: Edited January 21 by 1959scudetto
Bainford Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Beautiful little Alfa. Lovely work on such a lovely little car. Love it!
espo Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Beautiful paint finish and trim. The interior is very clean looking as well.
Plastheniker Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 Unfortunately I am still unable to post my prepared text.due to the continuous forum malfunction. I will keep on trying.
Pierre Rivard Posted January 21 Posted January 21 What a beautiful replica of... a beautiful car. Just the instrument panel and the wood steering wheel are enough to make my day! Thank you for sharing this with the whole gang!
Plastheniker Posted February 10 Author Posted February 10 For almost 4 weeks it is impossible to post more than 2 or 3 sentences. I add my missing text now as a JPG. I hope Fotki will not delete it. 1
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