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Looks very presentable, Helmut! I think any of us would be proud to have that Daytona in our collections. Great photo's too. Thanks for posting. 😀

Hey, that's a '64. 😄

Well done, Matt!

Surfing for Aston Martins this morning and came across this excellent example from 10 years back. Awesome!

Bob, this is off topic, but I noticed your pale green Chevy pickup in the background. What brand of paint and color name is that, please😃?

Tommy, your '57 is Awesome! Immediately made me think of a similar Pontiac powered '57 I saw at Famoso..... https://barnfinds.com/amazing-1957-chevy-gasser-find/

Not sure who designed those. Someone in Japan has a set for sale at a very steep price. I've pasted a link and photos from that evilbay listing below. Alternatively, sometime next year there may be a far better alternative from Jack Modelling. It's a future project on Jason's to-do list. 😃 It should be something similar to what was offered through Shapeways in the past, but at a much more realistic price. Bugatti T50 Resin Wheels Without Tires

Ken, you've set the bar really high! Amazing, beautiful work. 😃

Very nice, Mr. Gluebomber! ? Thank you for posting the pic's. Seeing yours so nicely finished convinced me to buy one just now.

Helmut, that turned out great!! Wonderful transformation. Bravo!

Amazing body of work, Gary! Most impressive. Thank you for sharing.

Helmut, and Gary~ Thank you, Guys!! You made my day. ?

Basic Model: Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Tour De France De Agostini Le Grandi Ferrari Collection #52 https://diecast1-24.blogspot.com/2017/04/le-grandi-ferrari-124-29-250-gt.html Interior: Repainted with artist acrylics and oils Wheels: Danbury Mint ’58 250 TR rims, Herb Deeks PE spokes Tires: Danbury Mint ’58 250 TR I really, really wanted a model of the fabulous Ferrari Tour De France, and thanks to my good friend Helmut, I was finally able to get one. (Thank you!!!) This diecast is made by Burago and marketed as the 'De Agostini Le Grandi' Ferrari Collection. Some of them are readily available in the USA. Others, not so much, outside of Europe. I love the color so didn’t need to repaint the body. The interior was a good color too, but shiny plastic. I painted the headliner with some off-white artists acrylic from Deco Art. Everything else was painted with ‘Americana Honey Brown’ first, then I went over the seats and door panels with ‘Yellow Ochre’ oil paint from Artist’s Loft. That gave a nice contrast between what is carpet versus leather. For the body, I added chrome bezels to the tail lights with a combination of BMF and Molotow. The driving lights and front turn signals were painted white then some silver over that. Added black in the hood scoop, brown for the leather straps on the hood and minor chrome details here and there. The chassis is a simple curbside rendition with no engine. The wheels and tires were nice, but I felt there was room for improvement. I decided to go with Danbury Mint 250 Testa Rossa rims and tires, but with Herb Deeks photo etched spokes. Modifying them was time consuming, removing the heavy Danbury Mint spokes and replacing them with the photo etch. The hubs are shoe eyelets from Michael’s craft store. The brake drums are aluminum discs I cut from some thin sheet. I made the axles with brass tubing. This model is fairly close in configuration to a TDF I found online, so I copied that cars license plate. And, that's about it. Thanks for looking, enjoy! ?

David, that looks fantastic! Are those 1/24 wheels and tires from Monogram? Nice upgrade.

Great work, Tim! This is something I love doing too, fixing, saving, improving die-casts. Well done.

Beautiful, Geno!

Helmut, that looks Great!! ?

Very Cool!!

Thanks! Yeah, I know the background is real. What I was getting at is that you set up your base at just the right distance away so it looks to be in scale with your model. I'm sure having it elevated helps a lot too. Well done! ?

Beautiful! Be careful driving in the rain on the porch though......no wipers! ?

Great photography. Your blend from the base to the full size background, and the scale of the buildings and shrubs in the background ~ awesome! Looks very convincing.

Really nice foil work! ?

Thank you, Helmut! Hope you're doing well. Yeah, the DM wheels and hub caps are nice, but I didn't like the wide-white tires, not for this particular car anyway. I adapted the Revell rat-rod '29 pickup tires. They look a lot like vintage Dunlops. I used the medium white-wall inserts from a Monogram XK120, which are a good fit and actually have 'Dunlop' lettering ~ a natural!

Earl Marischal, XYHARRY, Rattlecan Dan, Hard_2_Handle_454, Ace-Garageguy, 70 Sting, H.A.K., and Can-Con……. Gentlemen, thank you so much for your kind words and compliments! Glad you like it. I'm grateful we have this forum to share our projects and finished work with one another. I really enjoy seeing all the cool cars you guys build. THANKS!!