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21/05/2023 8:29 pm
Thank you Tom and JK. What an excellent edition of Gearbox. That Rover turbine car article was an absolute knock-out.
21/05/2023 9:40 pm
@david-green I’d like to see someone model that Rover… maybe Autocult?
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22/05/2023 4:17 pm
Are these prototypes of models that will be made? I have a /43 of the Lotus Cortina and the Chrysler Turbine thanks to the late Dick Browne.
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22/05/2023 4:44 pm
I seem to recall that Bizarre made the first Rover turbine car, but I missed out on that one. But (in advance of David Green's next Le Mans installment) here are Bizarre's '63 and '65 Le Mans Rover-BRMs.
Not the last appearance of turbine cars at Le Mans - in 1968 the Howmet TX appeared (both retired). Bizarre made these also but no pics (yet).
Lastly, the Alfa Carabineiri car looks a lot like this one I found in Rome in 2012. Made by Welly for Fassi toys.
22/05/2023 5:57 pm
Great Alfa article - great blue Giulia GT as well! 😍
My 159 is in Polizia trim (Mondo Motors):
Rover Jet 2 (replica built in the 1950s) on the Isle of Man:
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22/05/2023 6:06 pm
Crossway and Mikansue did a Rover Jet 1...
https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/catalog_items/rover-jet-1-model-car-kits
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