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20/05/2024 2:08 pm Â
In 1932, The successful Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spyder came in two flavors. For the Mille Miglia, the standar short chassis two seater was an acceptable entry with an aerodynamic cowling over the spare tire. For Le Mans, however, the chassis had to be extended with a longer wheel base to create a 4 seat tourer with 50 examples for homologation. This 4th place Le Mans car offered an unusual solution to extending the wheelbase yet keeping the engine with radiator in the same position. The radiator shell was sloped a bit for aerodynamics, yet the cowl extended a good foot or so beyond the radiator with no venting creating what seems to be a serious drag with air being forced in with nowhere to go.
The #22 MM is a Bburago kit build and the #8 LM is by Spark.
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Christopher Moroni reacted
21/05/2024 6:07 am Â
A pretty cool "couple."  Back in the day, enhancing Bburago models/kits was the thing to do. I still have a few magazine articles featuring stock Bburagos with many upgrades-all done at the hands of experienced modelers. Rich, perhaps you were among them... 🤔 🤔 🙂Â
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21/05/2024 9:58 am Â
@chris I never did much more than paint on the 1/18 Bburago kits. On the 1/24 kits, I did more with wiring, kitbashing and upholstery on them. The only detailing I did on cheap 1/18s was with Jouef's 330 P4s and 412 P Ferraris. Their 1/24 kits, despite the low parts count offered better choices and the bones were highly accurate. Also, I was in love with the accompanying Cartograph decal sheets. Here's a 1/24 F40 with Fujimi wheels and tires.
and this GTO Monte Carlo:
 As the bodies come monochromatic, you can see how much pizzazz the decals give the models. They are not the easiest to apply but you can negotiate compound curves and tiny louvers and they can come out looking like they were painted so.
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