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Topic starter
15/10/2022 9:41 am
one cost me $50, the other $500. Our hobby is a strange one!
John Merritt and Karl Schnelle reacted
15/10/2022 10:32 am
Yes it is Tim. In many ways, IMO, that "$50.00" Franklin Mint 1956 Starfire (which you can be had for $20 on secondary sites) looks better, plus the hood & doors open (the trade-off for those "gappy seems"). Then you have these Road Champs 1/43 1955 Oldsmobile Starfires (doors & trunk open)....that one can find for about $5.00. With minor modification, a hardtop can be fabricated.
Harv Goranson and Karl Schnelle reacted
15/10/2022 12:53 pm
Who made the $500.00 one?
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
Topic starter
15/10/2022 1:03 pm
@frank Thats a motor city. Apparently only a very small amount were made in that colour. I suspect it would cost me quite a bit more to find a similar one.
Frank Reed reacted
15/10/2022 2:02 pm
And with even more modification on the Road Champs a four door hardtop, using the roof of a GFCC Buick. Not to worry, the Buick became a convertible.
Top to bottom. Also showing an Esval and a Provence Moulage built kit.
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
Jack Dodds reacted
15/10/2022 5:37 pm
@john-quilter That 4-door hardtop turned out VERY nice indeed! Pirating that Buick was a great idea. Well done sir.
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