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Post by reeft1 on May 7, 2024 7:04:50 GMT -5
Love a shark nose Ferrari racer
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Post by 105epaul on May 7, 2024 12:06:35 GMT -5
I do love dioramas and very much enjoy your ones Jerry. Nice 156s, a very elegant racer, I have the Corgi, Dinky and Solido version plus a smaller Matchbox. Ginther was one of those drivers who were underrated, I really should buy the book that was written about him.
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Post by Alfaholic on May 7, 2024 20:19:56 GMT -5
I do love dioramas and very much enjoy your ones Jerry. Nice 156s, a very elegant racer, I have the Corgi, Dinky and Solido version plus a smaller Matchbox. Ginther was one of those drivers who were underrated, I really should buy the book that was written about him. You should buy the book Paul. I have it and it is a good read about a very private person. Highly recommended. |
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Post by oldirish33 on May 14, 2024 17:33:26 GMT -5
Love your dioramas, they give the models lots of depth! Great to read the back stories of these two gents as well. Thanks Tom! I enjoy giving the shots with the models a little depth, a little "action" against a static car. The stories are what often make the cars most interesting. Thanks to your recent posts, I sought out and found a Toyota Celica model similar to the one I owned. US spec cars with the different bumpers like my '75 are non-existent I think and the color Turquoise Metallic as well. However, this will do as a nostalgic reminder of a car I'd love to drive again.   Cool looking model, great photos! Thanks Julio! Wonderful work. A tragic story but it's nice to see the less well-known participants getting some attention. Thanks Martin! On doing more research I found that the Ginther car is wrong. SMTS made an early version of the car and just put decals from Ginther's Monza car to get greater mileage out of the model, rather than model one of the late 1961 cars. So, I am going to convert that model to the early car Pedro Rodriguez drove in the race for Scuderia St. Ambroeus and have found a suitable model of the Ginther 156. That will make all the Ferrari's from that race to do my diorama. Your recent post of the Ferrari F126C4 set me to find one to fill the hole in my Ferrari F1 collection. Seen here. Thanks!  Love a shark nose Ferrari racer They have to be one of the more iconic designs on any F1 car, of any era. I do love dioramas and very much enjoy your ones Jerry. Nice 156s, a very elegant racer, I have the Corgi, Dinky and Solido version plus a smaller Matchbox. Ginther was one of those drivers who were underrated, I really should buy the book that was written about him. Thanks Paul. Somewhere, I think I have an old well played with Corgi version in a box. Perhaps one of the most modelled F1 cars? As Martin said, its a great book! I do love dioramas and very much enjoy your ones Jerry. Nice 156s, a very elegant racer, I have the Corgi, Dinky and Solido version plus a smaller Matchbox. Ginther was one of those drivers who were underrated, I really should buy the book that was written about him. You should buy the book Paul. I have it and it is a good read about a very private person. Highly recommended. |
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Post by reeft1 on May 14, 2024 21:48:04 GMT -5
Cracking little Celica. I do like that design
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Post by Tom on May 14, 2024 22:52:23 GMT -5
Love both the Celica and the Ferrari!
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Post by LM24HRS on May 16, 2024 5:12:09 GMT -5
Just catching up with your very enjoyable pages Jerry. We are so much on the same wave length portraying history using dioramas and associated models. You do pull it off so well, great to see.
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Post by JSB33 on May 19, 2024 5:21:02 GMT -5
Love that Celica!
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Post by oldirish33 on Jun 3, 2024 18:46:34 GMT -5
Brown's First - I think its safe to say without much argument, that if David Brown had not purchased Aston Martin and later Lagonda, in 1947, the struggling company would not have survived to become the iconic brand that it is today. We would quite possibly have been without some of our favorite race and road sportscars. Under control of David Brown Limited's Tractor Group, the first Aston to appear under the new ownership and the catalyst for all the great DB cars to come after was the 2-Litre Sports (later known referred to as the DB1). This recent release by Matrix helps fill the missing link in my Aston collection. 1949 Aston Martin 2-Litre Sports (DB1) - Le Mans 1949 - Matrix The 2-Liter Sport was the first car produced after David Brown took over Aston Martin and made its debut at the 1948 London Motor Show. It was powered by a 2.0L four-cylinder engine designed by Claude Hill and produced 90 HP for a top speed of 95 MPH.A total of fifteen cars were made with thirteen being roadsters like this one (Ch# AMC/49/5), the fifth one made and purchased by Robert Lawrie, a keen amateur sportsman who was also an accomplish mountain climber and equipment maker.  Lawrie entered Le Mans four times between 1949-52. He was joined at Le Mans in 1949 by Robert Parker and the pair finished 11th overall and 4th in class. The 2-Liter Sports later became known as the DB1 when the DB2 which succeeded it was introduced in 1950. Lawrie was one of three private entries along with the factory supported DB2 prototypes and the only other Aston Martin finisher, a DB2 prototype in 7th. Lawrie would equal his 1949 Le Mans finish in 1951, placing 11th in his Jaguar XK120.  Robert Lawrie is most certainly the only race driver in any genre that has had a glacier named after him. The climbing and mountaineering equipment his London firm produced, especially its boots, were used on numerous Antarctic and Everest expeditions. This included the successful British Everest climb in 1953, on which Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit. His equipment was also used by the military, including outfitting allied troops for cold weather operations during WWII. In 1959, the Lawrie Glacier on the west coast of Antarctica was officially named for him. He died in 1982, age 79. Aston's at Le Mans, 1949 
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jun 3, 2024 20:07:55 GMT -5
Fabulous model and definitely a great addition to your collection! |
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Post by Alfaholic on Jun 3, 2024 21:52:49 GMT -5
The model is a Gem Jerry, but what strikes me here is your wonderful photography. Your photos, and diorama, really bring the model alive.
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Post by Tom on Jun 4, 2024 0:00:23 GMT -5
What the gents above me said. Great stuff Jerry, love this one.
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Post by reeft1 on Jun 4, 2024 1:31:57 GMT -5
Simply wonderful
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Jun 4, 2024 2:41:53 GMT -5
Oh thats nice. On the list for sure As the esteemed gentlemen above have said, super photos  |
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Post by jager on Jun 4, 2024 8:14:20 GMT -5
As you say Jerry, an important missing link in the Aston line up. Mine arrived last week as well, and while its expensive for what it is, it was a must have for me as it obviously was for you as well.
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