LM24HRS
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Paul - "Collecting Motorsport in Miniature; for the passion and its history".
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Post by LM24HRS on Dec 31, 2023 4:26:00 GMT -5
Well 54 pages of excellent additions Martin. Is that a record haul for one year?
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 1, 2024 6:04:39 GMT -5
I have the same model, love it. I do recall you went on a bit of a Police vehicles crusade a couple of years ago Tom. Lovely, I like Guilias and I like estates so it's all good. I can only agree here Paul I wonder if any riders were "given the business"via a billyclub on the back of one of these. I am going to have to run this sentence through Google Translate Jeff, to convert it from American English to Australian That’s an extremely cool looking model! It isn't bad at all is it Julio . Very nice for a P/W model. I liked the way they even went as far as putting the Alfa Romeo lettering on the hub caps. I haven't added any non-Alfas from this PW series Ian, but if they are all as good as these, then it would seem to be one of the better older PW series. Cool variation of the Giardinetta! It will go nicely with my Progetto K racing support vehicle Jerry! Well 54 pages of excellent additions Martin. Is that a record haul for one year? There are still a couple to go Paul, but even with the last two this will have been the lowest number of additions for at least 5 years, by at least 10%.
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 1, 2024 6:06:11 GMT -5
The last of my recent Police vehicles purchase is this one, another Giulia Super. The plinth dates the car from 1976, and its livery supports this, but the actual car is a 1972 Giulia Super. As opposed to the previous two “Carabinieri” Giulias, this model comes from a different PW series, the “Polizia Di Stato Collection”. The “Polizia Stradale” is the national highway patrol arm of the Italian State Police. They patrol Italy’s 7,000km of autostrada along with the major arterial roads outside towns. Although originally olive green, their vehicles have been in a familiar pale blue and white livery since the early 1970s. Over the years the Polizia Stradale have used a variety of vehicles, and not always Italian ones. However, one of the mainstay vehicles of the 1960s/70s was the trusty 105 Series Giulia Super. It wasn’t just nationalism that caused the Italian Police forces to use the Giulia, the car was one of the better performing everyday cars of the era. Despite its boxy looks, the car’s drag coefficient of 0.34 (the same as a Ferrari F430) meant it had surprisingly good aerodynamics. Coupled with a 1,570cc twin-cam 4-cylinder engine that put out 110hp, the long arm of the law could chase down most vehicles on the road. The model is another example of how good a humble PW can be - no basic black interior here, the model has the correct tan seats and a nicely detailed dashboard, and even the aerial is much more to scale than the broomsticks on the other two above! They have even made a reasonable attempt at the mesh that replaced the two smaller front lights in the grille – the lights were removed so that the sirens could be fitted at the front of the car. These three models have encouraged me to have another look for the other Alfas from these Collections that I don’t already have. PW – Polizia Di Stato Collection 1972 Alfa Romeo 105 Giulia 1600 Super Polizia - 1976
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Post by Tom on Jan 1, 2024 6:47:36 GMT -5
Excellent stuff Martin, I didn’t know this one even existed!
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jan 1, 2024 10:30:08 GMT -5
Great addition! I’m seriously considering to add at least one of them. Found a seller in France who has them at very good prices!
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Post by JSB33 on Jan 1, 2024 10:37:28 GMT -5
Nice group of coppers. That easily could become a theme.
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Post by jager on Jan 1, 2024 16:12:01 GMT -5
Love the group shot Martin. Three’s a treat.
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Post by reeft1 on Jan 2, 2024 1:36:35 GMT -5
Last one is my pick of a great trio
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Post by 105epaul on Jan 2, 2024 10:52:20 GMT -5
Another gem. There are quite a few clips of bad 70s Italian films on YouTube with car chases featuring and destroying these poor Guilias along with other cars.
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 3, 2024 0:49:38 GMT -5
Excellent stuff Martin, I didn’t know this one even existed! It's from a different PW series Tom, but I must admit I haven't done any research on how old it is. All three came from the same Australian seller - he had 5 Alfas in total, all from different PW series. I had two of them from a very old "Sport Collection" but the three Police vehicles were not in my collection until now. Great addition! I’m seriously considering to add at least one of them. Found a seller in France who has them at very good prices! I can only say, just go for it Julio. They are very good value for money, the detail for a PW is pretty good. Nice group of coppers. That easily could become a theme. Police Alfas has become something that I have only gotten into in the past couple of years Jeff. There are a couple more I still need to find. Love the group shot Martin. Three’s a treat. Thanks Ian. The background photo of the three Giulias comes form a gaming site I believe and was conveniently close the the three cars that had just arrived. Last one is my pick of a great trio It is an attractive livery for sure Paul. Another gem. There are quite a few clips of bad 70s Italian films on YouTube with car chases featuring and destroying these poor Guilias along with other cars.
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 3, 2024 0:51:48 GMT -5
Another gem. There are quite a few clips of bad 70s Italian films on YouTube with car chases featuring and destroying these poor Guilias along with other cars. I always cringe when watching old movies in which dozens of old cars get executed Paul, especially if they are cars I like. I can't help but think, whey could they just not send a few of them my way, rather than scrapping them . Just remember that A.L.F.A. stands for "Always Looking For Another" .
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 3, 2024 0:53:06 GMT -5
The three Giulias posted above were to be my last additions for the year, but I had forgotten there would be one more PW F1 Collection delivery – this one. When I was a teenager, I built a model of a JPS Lotus 78. I am not a Lotus fan generally, but the 78 had a certain sharpness about it that I liked. To my eyes the only thing that could have made it better was if the black and gold livery (not a particular favourite of mine when ”classic” liveries are discussed - I realise I am in the minority here) was ditched and the car was painted red! Since the beginning of the F1 World Championship in 1950, 11 drivers from Sweden have entered GPs, from Erik Lundgren in 1951 to Marcus Ericsson whose last season was 2018. Of those, only three have won a GP and all three have had their careers cut tragically short. “Superswede” Ronnie Peterson is the most well-known, winning 10 GPs before being fatally injured in the 1978 Italian GP. Joakim Bonnier took a single GP victory with BRM at the 1959 Dutch GP but is much better known (and was more successful) as a sportscar driver, ultimately losing his life in the 1972 Le Mans 24 Hours. The third Swede to win a GP was Gunnar Nilsson. Four years younger than Peterson, Nilsson was born in Helsingborg in 1948. After spending time in the Swedish navy and then university, he ended up in the construction industry. Finding this not to his liking he set up a transportation company with a friend and continued to be involved in this business during his driving career. He began racing in Formula Vee in Sweden before progressing to Formula Super Vee in Germany with Bonnier’s team in 1973. He then spent 1974 in German F3 with fellow Swede Reine Wisell’s team. A move to British F3 in 1975 yielded the Title and a test drive in a F1 Williams. He was offered a Williams seat for 1976 but turned it down as he wanted to race in F2. However, when Peterson left Lotus after one race to join March, Nilsson took his Lotus seat. Nilsson managed two 3rd places with the difficult Lotus 76 in 1977, finishing 10th in the Drivers Title, one place ahead of Peterson but four behind his teammate Mario Andretti. Nilsson and Andretti teamed up again in 1978, this time with the much more competitive Lotus 78 – Lotus’ first ground-effect car. As was to be expected Andretti was the No.1 Driver and took four wins on his way to 3rd in the Title. Nilsson took one win, the Belgian GP, and finished the year 8th in the Driver’s standings. For the last race of the year in Japan, this striking two-tone red livery replaced the usual JPS black and gold due to sponsor’s requirements – Andretti’s car retained the JPS colours. Nilsson qualified 14th but retired after 63 of the scheduled 73 laps when his gearbox broke. By this time he had signed to drive for Arrows in 1978. In December 1977 Nilsson was undertaking a regular health check-up and it was discovered he had testicular cancer. Despite undergoing treatment, the cancer spread, and on 20 October 1978 he passed away. PW – Formula 1 The Car Collection Lotus 78 – Ford-Cosworth 3.0 Team Lotus – Gunnar Nilsson 1977 Japanese GP – DNF, GearboxThat's all for 2023 folks - See you in 2024 (even though we are already there!!).
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Post by jager on Jan 3, 2024 8:10:15 GMT -5
Another great addition Martin. I recalled that Andy posted the Reve equivalent of this model over 12 months ago and the humble PW model stacks up well, albeit with larger panel gaps between the different pieces of the casting: I wasn't aware of what had become of Gunnar Nilsson - what a tragic story.
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Post by 105epaul on Jan 3, 2024 10:59:34 GMT -5
I never knew that he raced a red 78. I was present at Zolder for his only GP win, three of us drove there in a friend's Mk1 Escort Sport. Nilsson drove very well in a race of changing conditions if I remember correctly, indeed at one stage David Purley was leading in his LEC-DFV. And Niki Lauda was behind him shaking his fist at him for not getting out of his way as he thought he was lapping him. It was very sad when he passed away, taken too soon. Very nice model.
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Post by Tom on Jan 3, 2024 13:08:06 GMT -5
I am a fan of the JPS livery, but this isn't an eyesore either. I like the car and model too, could be persuaded to add it to my collection on looks alone.
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