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01/02/2021 5:19 pm
Following an in-depth discussion (Have A Dubonnet On Me) apropos the realisation of this car's lines by various modeller's hands (1:43, Spark, Ixo, Heco - 1:24 Automodello) @chav proposed a comparative discussion, open to all and their favourite modeller's renditions and scales. Here's my kick-off: 1:43 by Heco (again I ask for patience with my mediocre photography).
On seeing the photographs I was struck by how much more curvaceous the 1:1 is, notably in the arse-end (as mother might have put it), though this is one of the points I noted in the original post.
01/02/2021 5:35 pm
FYI: https://diecast.org/community/1_18/have-a-dubonnet-on-me-pic/#post-10260
I love the Dubonnet and the Delage - the Alfa looks pretty plain in comparison!
My favorite AM Cassandre poster:
source: https://www.moma.org/collection/works/5370
01/02/2021 6:10 pm
Thanks for your good post, Charles. I enjoy these curving, rounded lines of the mid and late 1930's, and your Delage is a fine example. I also like your blend of 1:43 and 1:1 photography. Well done!
I wonder if the Packard folks were attempting a similar effort, hampered by financing and technology, with this 1947 attempt:
01/02/2021 7:46 pm
I didn't see the Spark in your photos Charles, so here's mine.
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01/02/2021 8:21 pm
@d-m-holcombe The question of 1940s US Fastback styling came up in another thread last week apropos the 1952 Bentley Continental. In that thread I pointed-out that the Bentley's original designs had been drafted by George Paulin for Partout and I believe he also designed the present Delage (as well as the first retractable hardtop). It does seem likely that American manufacturers were looking at French coachbuilders' work during the late thirties and indeed we have it on record that Harley Earl offered Giuseppe Figoni a job at General Motors (which he turned-down). So I think there is substance to your hypothesis.
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01/02/2021 8:32 pm
@mg-harv Thank-you Harv', a spark model appeared in the first idea for this thread... https://diecast.org/community/1_18/have-a-dubonnet-on-me-pic/#post-10260
and it was suggested we compare all different versions, so it's welcome having your images here, too. It's certainly a fine looking model. I had wondered if the Spark version looked a bit long and elegantly moulded but never having seen the 1:1 I'm dependant upon photographs, which change at every slight angle.
01/02/2021 11:39 pm
Here are few pictures from my files to start with. I took these in July 2018, I was hoping some of them were done with my 60mm lens but unfortunately they were all done with wide-angle lens.
02/02/2021 12:45 am
Comparison: 1:1; IXO; Spark; Heco; Automodello
Don't have Spark's and Heco's models to take the pictures from the right angle. Now I realize, I should've used dark background. Unfortunately I don't see a perfect one ... everyone has different issues ... Heco has the best roof-lines, Spark has the best fenders, the finish of the Automodello is absolutely awesome but I am not happy with its shapes, IXO as expected is probably the worst model but a great value ... perhaps Spark is the best value ... what do you guys think?
