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Post by Adam on Mar 12, 2024 12:09:06 GMT
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Post by Adam on Mar 12, 2024 12:25:12 GMT
Here are some of my favorite models, all Brooklin. Brian got me hooked on them. 1953 Oldsmobile FiestaThis happens to be my first Brooklin. Brian recommended it to me and I jumped on it. Glad I did!  1954 Dodge Royal 500Brian gave this to me in a barter for some work I did for him.  1965 Ford Thunderbird Convertible 1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanette
I love the details on this model.  1948 Buick Roadmaster pulling 1953 Airstream Wanderer
It's a dream of my wife and I to own an Airstream, but we will probably get a modern pickup truck to pull it. After getting the second kid through college we plan to make this dream a reality.  1965 Ford Mustang Convertible
This is the classic car I would love to own one day.  |
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Post by harborbelt70 on Mar 14, 2024 11:30:41 GMT
Since I started out in scale modeling with cars it’s no surprise that I have a few, but was Brian who sparked my interest in fine die cast and resin 1/43rd scale cars. The examples shown here are not all 1/43 but those that are not were inspired by the ones that are:
Brian particularly liked Woodies including the car and trailer shown above but this resin model is my personal favorite:
This oddball resin ambulance is something I got because it has near enough SP Daylight colors. As is well-known, Brian had a great liking for yellow cars and this is the only example I have of that. The prototype must have been the only Edsel with some degree of style:
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Post by oace on Mar 16, 2024 18:29:41 GMT
For me, it would be the Monteverdi 375L - here's mine, from Corgi Toys :  And the real car - but not mine, OK ?   OACE
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Post by Adam on Mar 16, 2024 19:28:32 GMT
For me, it would be the Monteverdi 375L - here's mine, from Corgi Toys : And the real car - but not mine, OK ? OACE Beautiful! |
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Post by oace on Mar 16, 2024 20:09:02 GMT
Thanks @adam ! For those who may not know the existence of the Monteverdi cars, these were built in Switzerland, in Basel-Binningen, and the company was founded by Peter Monteverdi. Motors were the huge and prepared V8 440Ci from Chrysler, and coachwork done by Fissore in Italy. The Monteverdi High Speed 375L was their best and most representative model, produced from the late 60s to the mid 70s...  OACE |
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Mar 16, 2024 20:54:37 GMT
For those who may not know the existence of the Monteverdi cars, these were built in Switzerland, in Basel-Binningen, and the company was founded by Peter Monteverdi. Motors were the huge and prepared V8 440Ci from Chrysler, and coachwork done by Fissore in Italy. The Monteverdi High Speed 375L was their best and most representative model, produced from the late 60s to the mid 70s... Wow, that's the best detailed 1:43 car I've ever seen! It looks almost real!! 
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Post by oace on Mar 17, 2024 12:59:43 GMT
No steveoncattailcreek ! The set of pictures showing those internal details have been taken on the real Monteverdi High Speed 375L !To my knowledge, there are three 1:43e models of the Monteverdi 375L : * Dinky Toys (mine, in die-cast metal) :  * NOREV (France, made from plastic, and usually warped by time passing by, when still complete) :  * NEO , a recent edition, made from resin, I assume :  Additionally, Matchbox issued a cool miniature of the Monteverdi Hai (= Squale), which has only been built in very few units :  And I just discovered that more recently , NEO also issued the Hai in 1:43e scale :  The Real Monteverdi Hai - one of the few specimens existing :  OACE
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Mar 17, 2024 16:03:53 GMT
No steveoncattailcreek ! The set of pictures showing those internal details have been taken on the real Monteverdi High Speed 375L ! Errr . . . that was what the winky face emoji was for . . .
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Post by healey36 on Mar 21, 2024 18:29:21 GMT
The Monteverdi 375L is very reminiscent of the 1969 ISO Grifo:  I recall seeing ISO entries running at Le Mans in the mid-1960s and doing fairly well. They were beautiful automobiles. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. |
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Post by oace on Mar 23, 2024 9:38:28 GMT
The Monteverdi 375L is very reminiscent of the 1969 ISO Grifo: I recall seeing ISO entries running at Le Mans in the mid-1960s and doing fairly well. They were beautiful automobiles. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.Yes indeed, the ISO Grifo has also an absolutely stunning design - not as modern as the Monteverdi, which looks quite timeless even by today's standards - the two, side by side :  The Grifo had a 5.3L Chevrolet V8 engine, IIRC. No matter, being from Ford, Chrysler, Chevrolet : all those US engines were by far more reliable and enduring (if not more powerful when suitably prepared) that any Italian or English sport car motors ! France made some attempts to the use of US V8 motors, but they all have disappeared since long - at least inasmuch as automobile builders... The FACEL-VEGA (FACEL = Forges et Ateliers de Construction d' Eure-et- Loir) were the most notable (1939-1964), with her aluminium coachwork, tubular chassis, stainless stell trim (not chrome-plated) and Chrysler V8 engine :  The MONICA 560 (1973-1975), also with a 5.6L Chrysler V8 engine, built by CPFM ( Compagnie Française de Produits Métallurgiques) specialized in railways boxcars, gondolas cars and tank cars, and still in business today.  OACE
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Post by atsda on Apr 5, 2024 15:32:42 GMT
During our recent move, I was able to find many small cartons of my model cars, and those of my sons'. I have yet to re-explore and organize them. In the pasrt, I have had a few on the layout; most are 1/43 and I have other scales. I know that many are missing tires or have degraded tires. At some point, I will try to find generic replacements. Alfred
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