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Fred Eliseeff
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RE: Box Model and Descendant History.

Models by Box, Bang, Best, Rio and Brumm are incredible. They are very sophisticated and have a soul. Made in Italy they used the best technologies an...

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RE: Big River Models

Thanks for publishing photos. Australian manufacturers are rather exotic but I'm sure that some members of the forum collect Classics British cars. ...

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RE: Big River Models

In the mid 2000s John Halcow started production of Bristols. Original patterns for 402 and 404 were made by Martin Field for Cheshire Scale Models. 40...

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RE: Big River Models

Thaks for publishing. There aren't my models. I have no one BRM in collection. A former BRM worker sent them to me because I look for illustrations ...

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RE: Happy August 6 everyone!

As far as I know Brumm made these bombs in 1/43.

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RE: Big River Models

@karl I sent you several disk photos including 1937 Chevy Ute, 1959 Buckle Sport Coupe and 1997 Holden Commander VT. Will you able to put them into th...

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RE: Big River Models

Big River Models is forgotten page of history and I'll be pleased to learn more about it. Now it's time for making some conclusions about this brand. ...

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RE: Big River Models

@karl I think that both models are BRM. Perhaps some batches were being assembled until mid 2010s by the orders. I also suspect that several late mode...

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RE: 1994 Brooklin catalog

@chris I think that the best time for 1/43 scale waa being during 1990s- mid 2000s. In that time diecast and white metal manufacturers were very activ...

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RE: Collector's Classics

The article about Collector's Classics range has just been republished. Hope it will help to answer on most of questions. Here you can also find links...

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RE: Collector's Classics

Some projects like 1969 Camaro Top Up, Pace Car and SS version have never been released.  

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RE: Collector's Classics

@karl These cards are rather rare and were available only for models in the acrylic display case. But every model in every edition had a certificate.

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RE: Anyone collect old Durhams?

Thanks for publishing Durham news. Being a fan of the white metal models I like Durham Classics very much. Sadly, these models are extremely rare on...

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