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Some red, and then some blue.
Long before Slot It did one, the only 1/32nd 312PB was made by Carrera, straightforward repaint with Fly wheels.

330TRI converted from a Strombecker Testa Rossa

Talking of which, a Strombecker TR and a Derek Cooper Breadvan

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I see Trisha posted a picture of the wide nose D50 tried at the French GP.
A few years ago, i made one in 1/24th starting with the Tamiya D50.

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1/24th vacform D50 streamliner made by ??? A bit rough, but would scrub up quite well.

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The mechanics now wear gloves?

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The Jouef Ferrari is a 1963 Aero.
Now just to keep you guys amused for the evening, a couple of Revell repaints
Targa Florio

Spa

Sadly it was re-repainted to look like this (Sebring).

And a 250 Long wheel base which is a cut and shut on the Scalex SWB body.

Apologies for the poor quality of some of the pictures, I am working my way through my library of early stuff.

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Someone mentioned a 1/32nd street version of the 512BB, it does exists made by a company called Bandai, but is really hard to find.
Yet to be slot converted.

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It happens quite a lot. I think Entex was importing models from various Japanese manufacturers.

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Little known UK brand Supershell made this very nice 275P (the middle one has been built as a 4WD)

Finally, a picture I have posted before, but I particularly like it, a row of P3/P4

Joel

 

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A few more from the old picture archive.
First 3 in fibreglass, TR is by an unknown maker, the SWB and GTO are by Auto Hobbies.

2 German GTOs, red one is by Gama, blue one by GGN

2 made in Mexico by Plastic Industries (I think that's what it's called)

Finally a pair made by Doyusha of Japan.

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1/24th Dino by Carrera, this one is fitted with the "race" chassis and a 36D motor.

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I haven't seen the Cartronic version, but I think that in many cases they re-used existing moulds.

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Just in case people are wondering, the strange coloured Dino did exist in real life.

It wasn't the only Ferrari in an unexpected colour: John Fulp's 330P

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I remember seeing the 712 in the flesh and it was big, I dread to think how big a Thunderslot version would be.

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Otaki kit of the 712 I converted to slot using it's own base as a chassis.

This one was a fibreglass made by John Bacon over in Oz, it took me ages to correct the lack of symetry, and then I foolishly sold it.

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Ferrari 801, this car was built form the very rotund Auto Hobbies fibreglass body, I added the "long nose" as it makes it look a little bit sleeker.

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Another 1/24th, this a Revell model built on a Cox chassis (didn't really work, the handling is poor)
Did I say I liked blue Ferraris? The 275 GTB is such a great shape.
The car got trashed during the only race I used it in and sat in the to redo pile for about 15 years. It was rebuilt during lockdown.

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That is very nice

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As we are looking at a 250LM, here are a couple more in 1/24th.
By and large, I try to avoid mint boxed stuff, what do you do with it besides look at it?
Hasegawa

Tokyo Plamo

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Another 250LM
First the wonderful 1/24th kit by Academy (and others), grab one if you can.
Mine has a Dynamic sidewinder chassis which allowed me to use the full interior.

This not so nice 1/24th vacform is by Midori

Also available in metallic red

This one is less well known

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A few 1/24th Dinos
Carrera vacform on the left, hard body on the right.

Hasegawa, the unpainted one on the right was manufactured for a company called Atlas but never really sold by them, it was dumped on the market.

One of each scale by Strombecker

Joel