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Post by WallOfCars on Feb 11, 2023 11:21:30 GMT -5
Not a bad angle or curve to be found
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Post by oldirish33 on Feb 11, 2023 11:55:53 GMT -5
One of my all-time favorite GT designs. Great add!
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Post by Alfaholic on Feb 11, 2023 21:17:08 GMT -5
Very impressive model all round. It may have taken a while to get here, but the wait was worth it.
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Post by jager on Feb 12, 2023 4:44:22 GMT -5
Agreed with all of the comments above! Not a bad angle or curve to be found One of my all-time favorite GT designs. Great add! Very impressive model all round. It may have taken a while to get here, but the wait was worth it. It seems like the appeal for the Aston Martin is fairly universal. Glad you enjoyed it gents...if you're still thinking about getting one I'd highly recommend it.
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 13, 2023 6:35:37 GMT -5
Hey better later than never particularly in the case of this rather lovely Aston
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Post by jager on Feb 13, 2023 8:21:35 GMT -5
Hey better later than never particularly in the case of this rather lovely Aston Thanks Andy. With my acquisitions being three - six months behind yours, at least I can rely on your research before I receive mine .
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Post by jager on Feb 13, 2023 8:26:52 GMT -5
Further to the above, here's another that has appeared previously from the Tunbridge Well's Museum of Miniature Motorsport. If you follow Le Mans you’ll probably know the story of Mario Andretti’s 1967 Ford Mk IV already, but I thought it might be interesting to hear the story in his own words. Picking up the story at around half distance of the race as Mario and his co-driver were chasing the leading sister Ford Mk IV driven by Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt... “They were the only competition,” he remembers. “We’d gotten some way behind them, but then I had a stint in the wet, against Foyt, and it was a piece of cake, believe me. I know to this day he tells it like he won that race on his own, but I made up a whole lap on him, and then I gave the car to Bianchi.”
Mario pauses. “Lucien was, you know, a great guy, but so conservative. By now Gurney was in for Foyt again, and obviously quicker than Bianchi, but I figured, well, at least he’s got a cushion.
Then he comes in, and he starts talking to the mechanics like it’s a lunch break! It was true we had a lot of vibration, because we had these beryllium discs that would crack, but not come apart. We’d tested them, and I said, ‘It’s OK, it’s normal.’
So he goes out again, does two and then he’s back in, wanting them to change the pads. Well… while they’re doing that, I drag him out of the car, and get back in myself. We’re losing time, and now I’m pissed off.
This mechanic changes the front pads and puts them in backwards. And the discs are cracked. I come out of the pits, go over the rise, start my braking for the Esses – and it takes the wheel right out of my hands! The car had been refuelled – 80 gallons – and it was so heavy you couldn’t even lock the wheels. We just turned sharp right, straight into the bank. Big accident."“I had a steel Heuer watch, and the impact broke the bracelet in three places. It also broke three of my ribs, and I was black and blue from the belts. How in hell that thing didn’t explode, I’ll never know – if someone had hit me, I’m sure it would have.”Before Le Mans’ eerie yellow ‘accident’ lights could begin flashing, another Ford had crashed in the same spot. Roger McCluskey made out the remains of Andretti’s car, surmised that Mario might still be inside, and deliberately spun into the barrier to avoid the wreck. Nor was that the end of it. Jo Schlesser, in the Ford France entry, was next to arrive, aimed for the gap between the two wrecks, and found it narrower than his car. Within a few seconds, Henry Ford’s armada had been reduced by three, but only Andretti, fortunately, had suffered any injury. Car : 1967 #3 Ford GT40 Mk. IVTeam : Holman-Moody Drivers : Lucien Bianchi (B) & Mario Andretti (USA) Qualifying : 3rd Result : 24th (DNF – Accident) Model : Spark (S4543)
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Feb 13, 2023 8:54:47 GMT -5
Very nice!
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Post by Tom on Feb 13, 2023 9:28:30 GMT -5
Great-looking car, clean and crisp. Excellent.
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Post by reeft1 on Feb 13, 2023 12:40:48 GMT -5
Super colour
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Paul - "Collecting Motorsport in Miniature; for the passion and its history".
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Post by LM24HRS on Feb 14, 2023 2:45:36 GMT -5
Oh yes that looks very collectable Ian. Looks like a cherry red in the pic though.
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Post by Scalainjridesagain on Feb 14, 2023 3:57:20 GMT -5
Excellent Glad to see yours is now in hand Feel free on any research I've undertaken. I do the same and then re-arrange the words
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Post by JSB33 on Feb 14, 2023 5:09:10 GMT -5
This color really glows and looks great. Funny that Mario forgets to mention that he made up a lap on Foyt because Foyt was cruising, there was no need to push as he did not have laps to make up. Typical Mario.
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Post by jager on Feb 14, 2023 7:03:26 GMT -5
Very nice! It is Julio. Great-looking car, clean and crisp. Excellent. There's a lot to be said for its simplicity Tom. Thanks Paul. The interesting thing is the colour is very unique and aside from other GT40's, I can't think of any other Le Mans cars in this colour. Oh yes that looks very collectable Ian. Looks like a cherry red in the pic though. The 1:1 was definitely not cherry red Paul, but arguably the colour could be deeper. Who really knows what the colour was back in 1967. This color really glows and looks great. Funny that Mario forgets to mention that he made up a lap on Foyt because Foyt was cruising, there was no need to push as he did not have laps to make up. Typical Mario. You know the drill Jeff...don't let the facts stand in the way of a good story!
That said, its a pity we never got to see the two Fords battling it out for victory. If we did, would Leo Beebe have engineered the finish like he did the year before, and if so, who would he have favoured? I'm thinking the result would have been the same.
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Post by Alfaholic on Feb 14, 2023 22:16:32 GMT -5
Whether the colour of the 1:43 is 100% accurate or not, it is a striking vehicle.
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