[Closed] Does anyone have experience with the manufacturer "Whitebox"?

Hey Marshall,

Do I understand correctly that you produce custom requests for 1/24 replicas? If so, what kind of custom replicas do you make?

Completely understand, I have hard time to spend that type of money on a model as well...

...otherwise I would've had it by now.

When I came to this country and had no money and worked for Fry's for 6.50/h, bought my first 1:1 car (old Honda Prelude) for 800 and later sold it for 400. Although now I have few expensive models, I still have hard time to pay top dollar for a model. I completely understand the price of the CMA car and what it takes to make such a limited edition model, and I love the 1:1 car, but it is just a model (my wife calls them toys).

From practical prospective however, for me is easier to do some extra 10-hour professional work in my field, and make enough money to buy this nice 1/24 model. On the other hand if I want to replicate it, I would spend tens and tens of hours, and may not even succeed.

Since I like the car so much, and the CMC model is so nice, I had to put aside the 1/24 prejudice, and bought the CMC. I enjoy it every day, but the spot for the 1/24 version is still empty...

LINK - Here's Marshall's company...

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(PICS) Dan, at CMA we will custom build almost any type of......

vintage or contemporary car, though we prefer vintage of most all types. My personal interest is in cars from the 1930s through early 1970's. Classics, Sports, and racing. We build in ALL scales, though the bulk of custom build work is in 1:24 scale.

If you visit my web site, go to the "Custom Builds" section on the navigation bar - click on it, and you'll see many galleries of different marques - then just click on picture and you'll then go to gallery for that marque of car.

A few sample pics below of some of the hundreds of models we've custom built (most have engine detail too).

And...... thank you Marlowe!

1:24 Alfa Romeo 8C 2899B Le Mans coupe
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1:24 BMW Z8
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1:24 Cadillac Convertible
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1:24 Ferrari 250 LM
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1:24 Lotus Elan
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1:24 Porsche 356 Carrera 2 Coupe, Carrera 2 Cabriolet, and
Twin Grille Roadster.
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great word "interpreted" a certain way unlike they were intended

I calling it sometimes as comming across "flat"

In the end, you may be right...

I absolutely love the Bugatti Atlantic. I'll take a shot at the 1/24 merger, but I'll have to scratch build new hood panels. If that doesn't work out, then the CMC is an excellent option for adding a true must-have to my collection, and it will compliment my Ertl Auburn and my DM L-29.

I want the 1/24 mostly because that's almost my whole collection up to now. Continuity, you know?

Marshall, those are absolutely gorgeous!!

My interests are along the same lines: 1920's classics through the 'exotics' of the 1960's. Two cars that I would love to add to my collection in 1/24 but have never seen are the 1935 Maharajah's Duesenberg SJ by Gurney Nutting, and the Mercedes Benz 540K Autobahnkurier. One day, when I'm filthy rich, I will have to commission you to build those!!😀

Marshall, those are absolutely gorgeous!!

My interests are along the same lines: 1920's classics through the 'exotics' of the 1960's. Two cars that I would love to add to my collection in 1/24 but have never seen are the 1935 Maharajah's Duesenberg SJ by Gurney Nutting, and the Mercedes Benz 540K Autobahnkurier. One day, when I'm filthy rich, I will have to commission you to build those!!😀

Thanks Dan. There was a 1:24th resin kit made a long time ago....

of the Maharajah's Duesenberg SJ by Gurney Nutting. I think the kit was from All American Models. I've been searching for that one for years now.....

The Mercedes-Benz 540K Autobahnkurier model is certainly another good one, but there have been none in 1:24th. I did buy the 1:18th one from BoS Models for my collection, and I'm happy with it, especially at its reasonable price. The BoS model represents great value for the money at half the price of equivalent 1:24th resin models from another company.

Hey Marshall, I've heard that AAM did a transkit of the Maharajah's Duesie...

But they're almost the stuff of legent anymore. I've heard of it, but I've never seen it! I have the French Speedster, the Weymann Speedster, and the limousine (all still to be built) but I've never seen the Maharajah's car. That would be one of the centerpieces of my collection if I could ever find it.

As for the Autobahnkurier, I've seen the BoS version, but never encountered anyone who'd seen or owned it. I'm glad to hear that it's a good model. I may have to look into that one sometime soon.

Dan those are all good kits to have. There's another rare Dusenberg transkit....

The Mudd Coupe. Made my Andy Martin.

Yes, some great kits of those cars. Dan, you need to build them one of these days!

Based on the kits you have, I should have guessed that you had the Mudd Coupe too!

Andy and I go way back. I know he has a real soft spot too for Duesenberg's, but I don't think we'll be seeing any more form him, at least not for a very long time if ever. And, no he doesn't read this forum.

That's too bad that he won't (likely) be doing any more Duesenbergs

He really was a pleasure to work with when he listed his Mudd Coupes on the Bay. He even sent me a couple extra Duesenberg parts extras. Including a coupe extra of the Monel eight port exhaust pipes for the Duesenbergs. Now I can build an actual accurate replica of the Brunn Torpedo Phaeton!

The next time you talk to him, please give him my best!

And I will get the resin kits built, but I'm still refining some new painting techniques. Nothing ground-breaking, but I haven't built in a while, so I need to brush up before building these since I want them to be flawless. Once they're done, I'll post pictures of them for anyone who wants to see them!