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New pictures about the Dodge Charger

   Good news, good news!!! I have found some new pictures about the "Authentics" Dodge Charger that ERTL will be release at the end of this month. Clicking on the pictures, you will see the red '68 Charger with the 440, the black '69 Charger with the Hemi (the same will be used for the new General Lee) and the purple '70 Charger with the Hemi. The final models are awesome and I'm very impatient to buy them!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Mon 11/5/2007 15:2900


A Man and His Dream

   After Halloween, a new model has arrived in my house: this time is the turn of the Tucker Torpedo (Kyosho), a particular car produced in the 1948 by Preston Tucker in only 51 items. The story of this car is incredible: Preston Tucker took a different tack, designing a safety-conscious car with innovative features and modern styling. His specifications called for a rear engine like Porsche, disc brakes, fuel injection, the location of all instruments on the steering wheel, a windshield that popped out in a collision and a padded dashboard. It featured a directional third headlight, dubbed the "Cyclops Eye", for use in turns, in a fashion similar to the prewar Czech Tatra T87 (the Tatra cars also had a rear mounted, air-cooled engine and advanced streamlining): it lit up whenever the car was steered by more than 10 degrees, a feature now known as Adaptive Headlights.
   The Tucker story and legacy were recounted in the 1988 movie, Tucker: The Man and His Dream. Starring Jeff Bridges, the film was produced by George Lucas and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who owns one of the 47 remaining Tuckers in existence (the 1003, sold at auction in September 2005 for $385,000).

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 11/9/2007 11:3400


Another Steve McQueen's car

   Finally I received one of my last purchases, the wonderful Porsche 917K used by Steve McQueen in the movie "Le Mans". This model is produced by AutoArt and the details are very high, in according with the tradition of this brand. The Porsche 917 is a racecar that gave Porsche its first overall wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1970 and 1971. Powered by the Type 912 flat-12 engine of 4.5, 4.9, or 5 litres, the long-tailed version was capable of a 0-62mph time of less than 2.5 seconds and a top speed of over 248 mph (394 km/h).
   Besides the Le Mans (film), another well-known appearance of the 917 in movies was in Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo. Driven by Bruno von Stickle (Eric Braeden), and painted in the colors of Germany's national flag, it was perhaps the most formidable entry in this fictitious Trans-France Race. The car shown in the movie was obviously not a real 917, though, but a very fine replica, the US produced Laser 917. As it is based on many components from a VW Beetle including chassis and engine, it has a stunning (for a grass roots kit) resemblance to a true 917.

Posted by: Fabiano on Tue 11/20/2007 10:2200


Herbie launch a new page on this site!

   Today, I'm very happy to show you a new page on this site called "Comparisons" (contained in the "Various" section). In this page you will find some comparative test of similar models produced by different brands. To launch this new page, I inserted a comparative test between the Herbie produced by the Johnny Lightning (the Herbie in the pictures is mine) and the Herbie produced by Burago. I would to say thanks to Paolo (PaoloTransAm on the Knight Rider Italia Forum) because he shot me a lot of pictures of his Herbie by Burago.

Posted by: Fabiano on Wed 11/21/2007 16:4200


A large meeting!

   Yesterday, I decided to clean some models and their display cases, so I took advantage from this situation and I shot some pictures with all the models arranged on the carpet in my living room. In the pictures are not displayed the last purchases but I will amend as soon as possible with another great "virtual" meeting!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 11/23/2007 15:2800


The Grease Lightning

   New week, new model!! Today, I would like to show you the Grease Lightning, alias the last car I bought some days ago: the car is very strange and it's not my preferred for the design, but it's a great movie car, so it can't miss in my "virtual" garage. However, I like very much the transparent hood with the engine on sight: a classic modification used in the '60 cars!! The real car was prepared by the great George Barris for the movie "Grease" and in the May 2005 it was sold during a cars auction.

Posted by: Fabiano on Mon 11/26/2007 11:3300


Working on the Traveller...

   Finally, after 2 months, I resumed to work on the Traveller (owned by Erik Dimitriou). The exterior now is perfect, so I'm concentrating my pains only on the interior, especially on the internal carpet: infact, using a particular pasty velvet sent me from Max (Diablo), I recreated a perfect carpet for the floor. This is the first time I use this technique, so I need to improve me, but considering the final result, I'm quite satisfy. In the next days, I will paint the seats using the correct paint and then I will try to reproduce the plaids that cover them.

Posted by: Fabiano on Wed 11/28/2007 15:1600


Sometimes they come back!

   Working on the Erik's Traveller and watching the result obtained with the interior, I decided to make the same modification on the John's Traveller... So, I cleaned-up all the floor (removing all the painted talc) and I created a "moquette" effect with the same pasty velvet: the only difference is the color, because this time I used a black velvet, like the real car.
   Clicking on the following pictures, you could watch the final result: I hope you like it!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 11/30/2007 14:2800



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