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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 4:55:29 GMT -5
I have been encouraged to bring more threads over from S143 so without wishing to appear pretentious here is probably my favourite. This is the latest image of the collection. Stirling Moss
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:08:49 GMT -5
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:12:35 GMT -5
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:34:02 GMT -5
One plan is to paint the area white then draw the distinctive outline of #27 in Autocad with a surrounding border, hatch that surrounding area intensely in black leaving the number itself blank. Print that on clear decal paper and slide the decal over the white paint on the door! Plan B is to get my mate Leo the signwriter to do it by hand for the reward of a pint of draught Guinness!
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:40:01 GMT -5
Post by Jager
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:42:03 GMT -5
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:44:53 GMT -5
This is an ongoing conversion project to produce the Maserati 200S that Moss drove in the Sports Car Race at the German GP meeting in 1956. This is some background stuff on the car with chassis # 2401 Chassis: 2401 Chassis 2401 was the first 200S produced and one of only three or four that used a chassis built in-house; the subsequent chassis were built by specialists Gilco. As the model's prototype, 2401 served as a development car and a works racer. In its original form it was almost impossible to distinguish from the earlier 150S but a year later it received the very recognisable long-nose body it still wears to this day. As the car was continuously developed, it usually raced in a bare metal finish. After being damaged by Giuseppe Farina in the Gran Premio Supercortemaggiore at Monza, the car returned to the factory for repairs and the installation of a DeDion rear axle. Jean Behra was the next works driver out in 2401, scoring a victory and setting the fastest in the Bari Grand Prix. Fitted with a 1.5 litre, the car was next entered in a sports car race at the Nurburgring for Stirling Moss. He fought ferociously for the lead with Hans Hermann in a Porsche 550A but he eventually had to settle for second, despite setting the fastest lap of the race. Piero Taruffi then drove the car to a fine second in the Grand Prix di Pescara. Late in the 1956, the great Luigi Villoresi used chassis 2401 for his last ever race; the Grand Prix di Roma. Unfortunately, he left the road on the 17th lap, resulting in a premature end for his career and the race.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:46:19 GMT -5
Prescott Hill Climb Just finished this SMTS kit to add to the Moss collection, not totally happy with it especially the front grille so might rebuild it. (How many times have we said that?!)
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:47:31 GMT -5
Cheap and cheerful upgrade to the collection. I realised that my otherwise pretty good Quartzo model was incorrectly decalled and had started to look at expensive replacements. However I tried the sellotape rip and the way was clear. Job done.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:49:20 GMT -5
It was only the one on the tonneau cover that I changed the others looked OK. That came off with the sellotape rip trick so it obviously had not been lacquered over. Strange that Quartzo turned out a model so obviously wrong.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:56:33 GMT -5
Just finished the 1953 Jabekke Sunbeam Alpine car. It’s from a Promod/Somerville kit. Many thanks to CDM for advice and encouragement. Paintwork needs improving a bit, Dremel time?
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 5:57:56 GMT -5
Just revisited this website and found it had a lot of great photos of a works Alpine car. www.bonhams.com/auctions/20145/lot/157/It’s made me rethink the colour choice. My Jabekke car was actually painted Arctic Blue not Alpine Mist. I’ve now realised that they are quite a bit different so am painting a test piece to see if Alpine Mist is a better match in which case I may repaint the Alpine Rally car accordingly.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 6:50:16 GMT -5
More photos ref Moss’s Sunbeam Alpine rally car This was taken by Mark of GP Models of a restored car in Alpine Mist in Coventry on Sunday. This shows the superb Matrix model of the 1953 car with the Somerville/Promod body painted by me in Ford Arctic Blue. More Matrix photos.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 6:53:42 GMT -5
Some more photos of the superb Matrix model which accentuate Jager’s realistic prognosis on the Promod kit’s potential. The interior detail is stunning. Other stand out features are:- stoneguards, bonnet strap, wipers, open louvres, union jacks, chrome side strips, indicators, Sunbeam logos, wheels, and boot handle. I wonder what CDM made of his? I’ll now concentrate on improving the Jabekke car especially re the paintwork.
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Post by Stewart on Apr 15, 2022 6:54:49 GMT -5
The 1953 Alpines added to the collection.
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