ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WORK!!!
KUDOS TO YOU ON A FINE JOB WELL DONE!!!
KUDOS TO YOU ON A FINE JOB WELL DONE!!!
My old "500"
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Truly Marvelous. And mind blowingly accurate. Congratulations on a model masterfully built.
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That engine and engine compartment look like the real thing, I guess, in a sense, they are! The car looks like a perfect survivor car, where outside, it's perfect, but you can see that it has been drive, and has the perfect patina that so many collectors of actual automobiles look for.
The model has sprung to life. I'd buy one of those see thru model cases that have a mirror on the bottom, and keep it in there to keep any dust or prying fingers from touching or accidentally dropping it. Some things are so irresistible, you just have to touch them!!
The model has sprung to life. I'd buy one of those see thru model cases that have a mirror on the bottom, and keep it in there to keep any dust or prying fingers from touching or accidentally dropping it. Some things are so irresistible, you just have to touch them!!
Very funny, John, this is another proof of the fact our brains work exactly in the same way!That engine and engine compartment look like the real thing, I guess, in a sense, they are! The car looks like a perfect survivor car, where outside, it's perfect, but you can see that it has been drive, and has the perfect patina that so many collectors of actual automobiles look for.
The model has sprung to life. I'd buy one of those see thru model cases that have a mirror on the bottom, and keep it in there to keep any dust or prying fingers from touching or accidentally dropping it. Some things are so irresistible, you just have to touch them!!
Regarding the finish of this model you caught exactly my original intentions. Unfortunately my little 500 is lost... so I imagined how she could be if I have her with me today. I would have restored her to shine like brand new but she would have been the same old car I learned to drive with. And with all the little signs of time. I wanted this model to be old and new in the same time. I think I succeeded according to what you say.
And regarding the case... well... you can see yourself where she is now!
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I love this. I made a model of my first car, a 66 Chevy II Nova, 327 and my grandbaby destroyed it two weeks after I finished it. But no one makes a model of the car I learned to drive in, a 79 Nova Rally Sport.
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Last sunday my little 500 had her first official debut partecipating in 22nd edition of "Modellismo che passione" a contest held by CMT (centro modellistico torinese) in Turin. My model gained the silver medal in the civilian vehicles category. Not bad as a first presentation!
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Silver, it's "Platinum" to me!! Congratulations, well deserved!
