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21/03/2021 9:18 am
Fortunately this 1/12 kit has been redone by Italerai, but now in plastic. The Protar diecast kits are now quite rare (and expensive) but I built mine 30 years ago and it was obtained earlier when they were a more difficult sell, sitting on store shelves until many sold at sale prices. It was a beautiful but intimidating kit, including cast open-louver body panels and the relatively fine spoked wheels, and I had it for quite a while before finding enough motivation to build it. The rough looking steering wheel is that way because its rim is wrapped in a cloth strip for added grip as evidently was done on the 1/1. For durability, I used automotive 2-part paint, even though the 1/1 car was probably not quite so shiny (or smooth for that matter).
21/03/2021 10:56 am
That is one very nice model, and your modeling skills are fantastic.
21/03/2021 7:17 pm
Beautiful build, Cliff.
21/03/2021 9:53 pm
What an impressive build. I can see why you hesitated before building this beautiful model. You did a fantastic job. I have several unbuilt models from that period which I look at periodically but so far have left in their boxes. I find the wheel building the biggest obstacle.
22/03/2021 3:12 pm
Another hit, it's outta the park. You do great work sir.
Joshua J. Shy