1989 Alfa Romeo S.Z.

[1959scudetto]

In 1991 I built the aggressive-looking Zagato Coupé in commission for a hobby shop owner in Vienna. He handed me over the ultra-rare, limited edition Japanese resin kit (very few heavy resin parts,  metal axles, white metal wheels, vac-formed clear parts and a few photo-etched details like emblems and wipers). At the same time an Alfa Romeo dealer had this car in his showroom, and I was allowed to take a lot of color detail photos inside and out which was very helpful in detailing the model.

The model is long gone, a few color prints are left - I scanned them today - here they are:

[Silver Foxx]

This looks great , never seen one done as a kit before . I always like the unusual shape of these , something different  .

[cobraman]

Cool looking little car.

[Gramps46]

Very clean looking build if a rare car/model.

[bisc63]

I really like the lines of this little beast! Nice work on your kit.

[happy grumpy]

Another beautiful build Helmut. I always liked the front grille signature of Alpha Romeos. Nicely detailed and finished. I dig the color too.

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[1959scudetto]

22 hours ago, Silver Foxx said:

This looks great , never seen one done as a kit before . I always like the unusual shape of these , something different  .

 

21 hours ago, cobraman said:

Cool looking little car.

 

21 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Very clean looking build if a rare car/model.

 

18 hours ago, bisc63 said:

I really like the lines of this little beast! Nice work on your kit.

 

17 hours ago, happy grumpy said:

Another beautiful build Helmut. I always liked the front grille signature of Alpha Romeos. Nicely detailed and finished. I dig the color too.

 

2 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Looks great!

Thanks Bruce, Ray, Gary, Rusty, Mario and Larry for the compliments !

The model may be gone, but I've got a replacement:

a 1/24 die-cast from the Italian Alfa Romeo Centenary collection (2010/2011) -

with a little TLC and some detailing it won't look bad either -

here it is as it looks like out-of-its-blister-package:

[Koellefornia Kid]

Loved this car when I was a kid and it still looks cool as does your model!

[1959scudetto]

Hallo Oliver,

there is also a diecast available in 1/24 - I just started a new topic about this in the diecast section of the board.

Edited March 25, 2022 by 1959scudetto

[ATHU]

Nice work Helmut!! I have a couple of 1/43 diecast models of the SZ, always liked the design.

[slusher]

Great looking little car!

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

I do have a bad resin copy of this kit. Will get to it someday!

 

[1959scudetto]

On 3/25/2022 at 9:43 PM, ATHU said:

Nice work Helmut!! I have a couple of 1/43 diecast models of the SZ, always liked the design.

 

15 hours ago, slusher said:

Great looking little car!

 

9 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

I do have a bad resin copy of this kit. Will get to it someday!

 

Thanks Anders, Carl and Chris for your comments !

[Phildaupho]

Great to see a model of a car I always thought captured the look of a bulldog in a beautiful way.

[1959scudetto]

On 3/28/2022 at 2:52 AM, Phildaupho said:

Great to see a model of a car I always thought captured the look of a bulldog in a beautiful way.

Thank you, Phil - I have a soft spot for sportscars that are different (expecially Italians).