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Mythical Creature Friday! Today we have a 1955 Jaguar D-Type Le Mans race car from Spark/Le Mans Miniatures. This one was hard to find!!! My search started in 2010 and I finally found one last week 😊 It is much lighter than Historic Replicars’ D-Type, but it has more photo-etched parts. Please see the comparison photos below. The Spark/Le Mans Miniatures version is on the left, and the Historic Replicars version is on the right.

aaahhh! I'm writhing in agony! My holiest of holy grails! Congrats Lu!

@lu @geoff-jowett

Sorry Geoff, it is really hard to find, but more are coming for sale ... likely ...

I got one, out of the blue, several months ago, just popped on eBay from Europe, don't remember the price but no more that $200 (since I didn't hesitate buying it). Good Luck!

@chav thanks Chav, well done on acquiring one.

Lotus Saturday! Here we have a 1965 Lotus 33 from Christian Gouel. What a beautiful model!!! I sent Christian a picture of the model after I acquired it. A few days later, a pair of new side race numbers showed up in my mailbox. I haven’t changed them out, but thank you, Christian!

beautiful detail Lu

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@lu @geoff-jowett

Sorry Geoff, it is really hard to find, but more are coming for sale ... likely ...

I got one, out of the blue, several months ago, just popped on eBay from Europe, don't remember the price but no more that $200 (since I didn't hesitate buying it). Good Luck!

Bought the Jaguar for EUR199 in February 2022, with the USD being so strong buying diecast from Europe is now deflationary for US buyers. 1Euro < 1USD, of course this is likely temporary until every country starts rising their interest rates ...

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Lotus Saturday! Here we have a 1965 Lotus 33 from Christian Gouel. What a beautiful model!!! I sent Christian a picture of the model after I acquired it. A few days later, a pair of new side race numbers showed up in my mailbox. I haven’t changed them out, but thank you, Christian!

 

Nice model Lu!

Someone attached the windshield with screws?  

@chav Christian Gouel built this one. The screws look cool 😎 

Animal Sunday! Today we have a 1915 Stutz Bearcat Roadster from Franklin Mint. Old tech but still beautiful! I like the yellow version better; however, the red one is the number one car. Must have it. Enjoy!

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@chav Christian Gouel built this one. The screws look cool 😎 

You are right, found several pictures of the model online ... they seemed oversized, so I searched for a high-resolution picture of the actual car:

Group Photo Monday! Let's do something slightly different today - a group photo - all British and all green. Enjoy!

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Group Photo Monday! Let's do something slightly different today - a group photo - all British and all green. Enjoy!

 

Dazzling !!! ............with the background reflection of countless display shelving, it calls to mind that final shot in which Indiana Jones` recovered treasure gets warehoused

@john-barry Thanks, John! Let me turn on the lights, so you can see the other side of the warehouse

British racing green