Today, this post will be a little bit different from the others you are used to read on this site... The 29th of January has been my birthday: 34 years old... so, to celebrate this recurrence, I bought a motorbike!!!
   However, it's not a simple bike but it's the same model of the famous bike used in the movie "Troppo Forte" (with Carlo Verdone), a 1986 Yamaha FZ 750. When I saw for the first time this movie (I was 11 years old) I fell in love of that bike, so today, after 23 years, I found (using Internet) in Turin a great model in good conditions.
   During the last weekends, I worked on it (washing every single piece!!!) and today I would like to show you some pictures about it. In the next few days, I will try to buy some new parts and then I will start the procedures to register this vehicle in the Italian bikes historycal registry. To see the pictures, click on the image on the left.
   I hope you like it even if this bike is not in 1:18th scale!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Mon 2/2/2009 17:29

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   The day before yesterday, I worked on the pre-Cooter General Lee and I created the rear seat: to do this, I used only the plasticard and when I obtained the right shape, I painted it with the grey primer and then with the usual mat black paint. During the weekend, I will paint the dashboard and the door panels. Have a nice weekend!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Fri 2/6/2009 16:14

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   Finally, during the weekend, I finished to paint the dashboard and the doors panels: now, all the interior parts have a mat black color, but to complete my customization I need to add an aged effect to these parts and to the shell.
   Moreover, during the weekend I worked on another famous model, the Nova used on "Death Proof": tomorrow, I will publish new pictures about this car, so stay tuned!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Mon 2/9/2009 12:11

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   As promised, today I will show you all the updates on the Chevy Nova used in "Death Proof": as you can see, I created the full roll cage using a lot of plastic beams. Moreover, I created the internal mechanisms to lock the doors and all the parts have painted with chromed paint and in the future I will add the rust effect. I hope you like this hellish car!!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Wed 2/11/2009 17:09

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   Starting from today, this week I will show you 3 (one per day) diecast models I bought some weeks ago from my supplier. This time, these cars are not TV/movie related, but I bought them because I like very much the original car. Today, I would like to show you the red '68 Dodge Charger R/T produced by RC2/ERTL. The model is awesome, the details are very high and the level is indentical to the Authentics General Lee I bought some months ago. In the next few days, I will show you the '69 and the '70 versions.

Posted by: Fabiano on Mon 2/16/2009 17:26

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   As announced yesterday, today I will show you the second version of the awesome Authentics Dodge Charger produced by RC2/ERTL: this time it's the turn of the famous '69 model, used to give the soul to the General Lee!!! In this case, the engine is an Hemi and it's very detailed!!! The paint job is very good: a bright black with a white R/T stripe!!! It's a great model, especially for some details, like the rims, the interior and the engine. See you tomorrow with the '70 Dodge Charger model.

Posted by: Fabiano on Tue 2/17/2009 17:50

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   Finally, today I will finish to show you the last Dodge Charger I bought, the '70 version. As you can see, this model has an unusual purple metallic paint with a black vinyl roof. Moreover, like the other models, this is a R/T version but this time it has an Hemi engine under the hood. It's an awesome model, especially for the good paint and the very detailed engine, the better mounted on these 3 Chargers.
   If you want a Charger on your diecast collection, don't buy the old models produced by ERTL or Hot Wheels: you need to buy one of these 3 Authentics Dodge Chargers!!! You will not regret this choise!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Thu 2/19/2009 17:39

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   The last year, in march, I bought the base version of the '66 Batmobile, the car used in the famous TV series. It's a good model, but it's not very detailed. So, during the last weeks, I decided to buy the Elite version, a more detailed model produced by Hot Wheels. On this model, it's possible to open the hood and the trunk, the interior is more correct (chromed parts, correct labels, phone accurate, etc.) and the front grill is pierced with transparent lights.
   If you want to buy a '66 Batmobile, this is the right choice, especially because this model has a good price/quality ratio.

Posted by: Fabiano on Thu 2/26/2009 15:55

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   Today, I decided to create a base for my DeLorean from "Back to the Future III": this is the car used in the railroad scenes, so using some papers of plasticard and some wood textures, I created a "display" railroad. So, also in my IKEA display case, this model will have a good setting. I hope you like it!!

Posted by: Fabiano on Sat 2/28/2009 17:21

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