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Harv Goranson
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RE: From My Collection... Take Another Look

Anyone remember the 1:25 Renwall kits of "what ifs" from the mid-1960s? They made 5 or 6 of them, and, besides this "Duesenberg", a Mercer and a Bugat...

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RE: Auction Pitfalls and Advice

Thanks everyone for the additional tips, and sympathies for your horror stories. Thanks Ken for the explanation of how ebay ended up charging fees on ...

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RE: Box Model and Descendant History.

Looks like an MG's garage floor.

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RE: MY COLLECTION OF 1/43 COACHBUILT ROADGOING SPORTS CARS 1935-1970

@hobbydragon Well, I wasn't suggesting a modeller would do the repaint. But Matrix could do a reissue easily.

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RE: The Early Cadillac Fins.........

Thanks for your help John!

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RE: The Early Cadillac Fins.........

@lloyd-mecca If someone could come up with a solution, think of all the Neo, Mini Marque, Top Marques, GADM and others that could be restored. I've th...

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RE: MY COLLECTION OF 1/43 COACHBUILT ROADGOING SPORTS CARS 1935-1970

Here is LML/504. You can see how easily Matrix could make this one. Interesting history.

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RE: A Model Maker Responds - Thoughts from Autocult Co-founder Thomas Roschmann

@fred-eliseeff The Buby is inferior to the Stamp. Of course, you get what you pay for. Then again, the Road Champs was pretty good at a fraction of th...

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RE: The Early Cadillac Fins.........

@lloyd-mecca Love the wheels Lloyd. And I can tell it's a Neo because the headlights are yellowing (as are many of mine). 🙂

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RE: MY COLLECTION OF 1/43 COACHBUILT ROADGOING SPORTS CARS 1935-1970

Here's one you may want to acquire: Arnolt-Aston Martin DB2/4 Competition Spyder. This was chassis LML/502, painted Bordeaux red. The Arnolt badge is ...

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RE: MY COLLECTION OF 1/43 COACHBUILT ROADGOING SPORTS CARS 1935-1970

@hobbydragon Re the Matrix Arnolt Aston cabrio: Arnolt originally bought six Aston DB2 chassis, numbered LML/502 to LML/507. #502 and 507 were set up ...

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RE: MY COLLECTION OF 1/43 COACHBUILT ROADGOING SPORTS CARS 1935-1970

@hobbydragon More on Aston LBL/765: One of the two chassis S. H. "Wacky" Arnolt purchased in 1954, apparently it did not sell when displayed in white ...

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RE: Box Model and Descendant History.

Karl - Is it true you are an Alfaholic? There must be help groups for those with this disease.

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RE: The Early Cadillac Fins.........

@jkuvakas John - see if you can fix this:

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