Alberto de Oliveira scratch-built cars

[sjordan2]

Alberto de Oliveira, a Portuguese modeler who passed away last year at 85, specialized in large-scale Mercedes (typically 1/8) and he was building until the end. Everything was scratch-built using wooden bucks and metal, some of it simply upsized from existing kits, and he had a friend with Mercedes who supplied him with vast amounts of reference. He also was a collector of zillions of Mercedes diecasts. The web pages are in Portuguese, but you can see his accomplishments in the images.

http://alberto-de-ol...a.blogspot.com/

Construction process:

http://alberto-de-ol...i.blogspot.com/

Galleries:

http://alberto-de-ol...s.blogspot.com/

Edited June 14, 2012 by sjordan2

[hvymtl]

He has some awesome work , i have a hardbound book from my old elementary school

about modeling (aquired legally ) that has a bunch of stuff from the 60's and he is mentioned

in one of the chapters on scratchbuilding

Michael

[Joker]

The door detail on the 36 Benz is amazing !