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15/08/2019 7:57 am
15/08/2019 8:08 am
Yes but what a T57 model it is -wow!
15/08/2019 8:25 am
wow, indeed....
15/08/2019 8:51 am
WOW! That is a must have! GORGEOUS!
I normally look for the flawless finish in model cars but in this case the flaws are *part* of the finish, not a distraction, and really enhance it. Incredible weathering!
15/08/2019 9:42 am
Speechless.. What a great find.
16/08/2019 8:35 pm
This is what the adjective, "stunning" was created for.
17/08/2019 8:35 am
I have it as well.
The Atalante is my favorite T57 and I was really pleased with this one.
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17/08/2019 2:02 pm
I have one other Evrat John, which I posted here a while back.
Jay Leno's Type 37A:
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This was available as a kit or built, and is mixed media (resin, white metal, and p/e). It has all the hallmarks of a genuine French handbuilt, and only a handful were made of this version in white.
However, the Type 57 is all resin, and from the high standard of packaging SEEMS similar to resin models from the Far East. No where is there an indication of country of manufacture, and a wood base is supplied much like the Ilario/Chromes models. These also do not indicate country of manufacture, but they are Chinese.
This T57 was actually on sale, so I jumped on it. The MAFMA website has changed, with an Evrat range (French) and an Evrat200 range (which the T57 is a part of, though the numbering is both "EVR003" and "EVR200" but I believe 003 was the old French model and 200 the start of the new range. Still, my box says EVR003, so confusing. There is also an indication that the Evrat200 range continues at least some of the proposed Ilario/Chromes range, if the Google translator is correct. So, with an edition size of 135 on this one, I'm thinking the Evrat200 models are now made there too.
A couple others are on sale, including a T57 Vanden Plas, which was recently introduced by Matrix - hence they are unloading them. BTW, besides a load of French classics, Evrat promises a 1958 Packard Hawk (coupe and convertible - I was not aware of the latter). The MAFMA website also shows Mikhail's EL-7 Bugatti T57 Corsica as "EMC108" - so is Mikhail's edition size of 110 examples being expanded?
Ilario and Chromes models are now on their own website. I hope the split was amicable.