Agree about spiders - 6 or 8 legs/arms, whatever. But snakes? Just one end for the gas pedal.

Actually it was a Locomobile

No, definitely not...

When I started collecting model cars in 1983, my first model was a black 1933 Ford V8 pick up, then followed the roadster. Then followed the sedans, t...

@jack-dodds A first off-the-cuff suggestion

@nickies 1948 Pontiac Streamlined Woodie Rio Red by Goldvarg

Thanks for the great pictures! I couldn't agree more with your opinion on MM43 models. Here two pics of the Derham with top down. The interior is ab...

@bob-jackman Thank you, Bob. Some bonus pictures:

@geoff-jowett I remember this one well - it was the first demanding plastic kit I built. I was about 16 then, so it's really decades old 😎 ...

Here one from the white metal department my favorite Jaguar is the MKVII - IV. I think I have about 10, here some of them - all by Gems & Cobw...

Sometimes losers are still useful for conversion plans or as parts donors - in my case it was the MM43 Duesie Murphy Speedster for $ 46.80. Incl. sh...

  I hope so, Paul 😎 Here one of his 1/43 ornaments for a 1930 Cadillac by Rio of Italy

@gdh Regarding hood ornaments: you could try "Holger Nikolai Automodellbau" in Berlin. or holger.nikolai@gmx.de Some years ago he rebuilt whi...