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Ed Glorius
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Posted by: @karl

Great photos, Chris!  So there is another person here with bats in the belfry!  I had the great fortune to see the three of them (in 1:1 scale) at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville back in 2016. 

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I did too! What an incredible exhibit, perhaps the best automotive exhibit I've ever seen in my 68 years.

The stock Miura looked like a VW Beetle in the company of so many amazing cars, and of course it's magnificent.

And the blue Ferrari 250 GTO in its own room like a chapel for worship...beyond sublime!


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"miniaturization fetish"  sounds much better than what my friends who come over call me - that guy with all the little toy cars...



   
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Chris Sweetman
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Posted by: @karl

"miniaturization fetish"  sounds much better than what my friends who come over call me - that guy with all the little toy cars...

@karl Karl, next time tell 'm that you are an autominiologist Cool  


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Chris Sweetman
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Posted by: @john-quilter
Posted by: @chris-sweetman

BTW Cloud is one of the collective nouns for a group of bats in flight.

And Bertone's B.A.T.s look like they are about to take off and fly! 

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I  love that term "autominiologist"!  I'm going to have to start using that since some have referred to me, after seeing my house and collection, as a man with a miniaturization fetish!

@john-quilter Hi John Autominiologist was first used in the mid-1960's and was coined by the wife of Reg Miles. Reg used to write articles in British model car magazines from the 1960's to the mid-1970's.


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