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28/07/2026 4:05 pm
During another search for figures to add to my displays, I ran across this photo, though it is the car that captured my interest. As the girl in the pic was listed as 1/24 scale, we can safely assume the model car is of the same scale, but I don't recognize the grill and mascot. If you know the make please let me know.
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28/07/2026 4:15 pm
I think that it is a 1953 Hotchkiss Antheor Cabriolet. Altaya made it n 1/43 in the Voitures Francaises d'Autrefois series with the top down. They may have done it in 1/24 with top up.
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28/07/2026 4:23 pm
@david-green Thank you David. I found the 1/43 with the top down, and there are dozens available, but nothing with the top up for the Antheor Cab. I've put a hold on buying anything smaller than 1/24 for the time being, so if you get any news about a top up version, in a larger scale, let me know.
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29/07/2026 5:20 am
@david-green Somewhere along the line someone made this model with a closed roof, perhaps in 1/43 scale, but I have yet to find one. A real puzzler.
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29/07/2026 8:17 am
@gdh Top up 1/43 Hochkiss convertibles were made for the 1939 Biarritz and the 1949 Languedoc, also I think made by IXO/Altaya. These look very similar to the 1953 but are not the car in your original image. SMTS under the Four Wheel Models label made a 1/43 1953 Hotchkiss Antheor in white metal. I have only seen it with top open (FWLG20, 500 made).
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29/07/2026 10:07 am
@david-green I found several examples of the Biarritz and the Languedoc and I like them, as well. Unfortunately, I haven't found any Hotchkiss models in 1/24 or 1/18 scale.
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29/07/2026 3:46 pm
That is a good-looking red automobile ! The attractive young lady is wearing what might be the shortest and skimpyist skirt on the planet and her actions if she dropped and picked up a quarter on the ground would be the stuff of gymnastics legend ! 
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29/07/2026 4:57 pm
@michaeldetorrice By the middle of next month there will be more of her 'caliber' with my group, but I will endeavor to keep it tasteful. I was experimenting while the heat kept me indoors, today and I may post what I came up with, though it is just a fun experiment.
Footnote: the girl in the pic was not one of mine.
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