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27/04/2019 3:31 pm
I met a lovely and most interesting man today at the NNL East
Many or most of you know him or of him.
Mikhail Bashmashnikov was there with his fantastic display of 1/43s and his 1/24 Bugatti mounted in his window box display where every item in it tells a bit of his personal story.... and does he have some fascinating stories to tell. He talked about everything from his childhood experiences learning watchmaking from his father, his experiences in Moscow to his ultimate emigration to the US and even his interview with Jay Leno.
The man should write a book!
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Of all the beatiful models on display, this is the one I so wanted to by when it was released years ago.
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27/04/2019 3:38 pm
Darn! Can someone resize these images. Something is not working
I can only resize the pics when I'm looking at them but not permanently.
27/04/2019 3:55 pm
(PICS) Here you go
I always thought his Fascination was gorgeous.
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27/04/2019 4:12 pm
Thanks, Paul. Can you please tell me how you did that and what pixel size?
Photobucket used to do this automatically for me and now it doesn't.
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27/04/2019 4:23 pm
OK. I figured out another way to resize them.
27/04/2019 6:35 pm
Yep, Mikhail is a wonderful and interesting man. It is great to see him (and his terrific models) at the 1/43 Countryside Shows.
28/04/2019 2:52 am
Richard - The 1:1 car was called the 'Fascination'. Only five of themwere built and a friend of mine in Colorado owns two of them. I've ridden in one of his cars a couple of times. The makers of the 1:43rd model used one of his cars as the model. The car has been shown at many Concours including Amelia Island. My friend 'gifted' me this model.photo no longer available
Joe Malaney
Sarasota, Florida
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28/04/2019 4:45 am
Would your friend like to adopt me? LOL
28/04/2019 12:54 pm
Like Mike, I talked to Mikhail at the Ferrari Show/Countryside Show this year... links
He is a great guy and was kind enough to send in these product announcements to MAR:
http://www.maronline.org.uk/a-special-1934-duesenberg-a-new-model-from-bg/
http://www.maronline.org.uk/1937-bugatti-atalante-a-new-model-from-bg/
or <a href="> http://www.maronline.org.uk/a-special-1934-duesenberg-a-new-model-from-bg/
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29/04/2019 12:13 am
OK ... That does it ... Packing my bags and coming down to C U ....