Alexander Aristides Cronvall
👍

Steve Wilson
🙂

Stefan Suessemilch
😎 yummy

Steve Wilson
Hi Stefan.
LOL!!! I wanna build it not eat it😄😄😄

Stefan Suessemilch
About comedians.... there's guy here in germany who calls everything he likes a lot "Leckkkeer" 😉 Anyway I wannabe witness of the build 😉

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
A bite of a 312t and a sip of urethane and we're ready for work😉

Stefan Suessemilch
but not without a resin cream topping Alex 😉

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
😢

Steve Wilson
Topped with a Maranello Cherry...😄

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
Mmmmm, Maranello. where the grass is green and the cars are pretty 🙂

Steve Wilson
And not one of those cars is SHITTY...😄😄😄

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
There's something about Italian cars. doesn't matter if it's a little Fiat or a Ferrari, i love them all 🙂 the same with old british cars. especially zagato styled bodies. i'm drooling just thinking about it 🙂

Steve Wilson
Alex, my man...
One of my favourite Italian cars I ever owned was a little Fiat 500, it was fun, women loved it. It forgave me relentlessly, for any abuse, I inadvertantly gave it... Gosh!!! I miss my little Luigi🙁
My favourite British Car I owned was a Triumph TR3 Beta, the biggest babe puller I have ever had😛

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
Cute little cars 👍 the Triumph TR3 Beta i think is worth quite a lot of money these days. i've only owned boring cars. first i had a 2004 peugeot 206 GTI, girls loved it i hated it in every possible way. then i got a 2005 Honda civic type R which i still got today, completely converted to trackday use from the drivetrain, suspension, engine, brakes.... it's terrible in every way on the road unless your 18 and got a spine made of steel. but i've invested too much time and money to sell her with a clean conscious, so i just have to live with it 🙂 then for a short time i had a 911E from 1972 with a DP motorsport body kit on it. spent 2 year to rebuild it and get it in shape. when it finally was was ready i had to sell it to pay my mother's hospital bills. life is great !! but it's time to start up a new project soon. and this time it's going to be italian all the way 🙂

Steve Wilson
Ooooh!!! Alex.
I've had 2 Peugeot's and both were the biggest heap of crap I've ever owned, not a fan of French cars I'm affraid, having said that I did own a Citreon DS from the fifties, I think '57. That was a nice car. I was also offered a Dauphine, which I turned down...
My TR3!!! man I really loved that car I had it sprayed Ferrari Red, my tribute to the car that captured my passion. Yes!!! Alex, I kick myself everytime I reminisce about that car, changing hands for over GBP £20.000 now🙁
In my time I've renovated 2 MGB's and a C, 2 Triumph Spitfire's MK1's, 1 Triumph Vitesse, Triumph GT6, 3 Mini cooper's, Ford Anglia 105E Deluxe, Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 and couple of Jaguar XK150's plus some I can't remember off hand... I had a team of experienced professional, in the business mates, who helped me out, my thanks must go too John Blair, one of the best welders I've ever had the pleasure to call on... I'll sort some pics out, if I can find em!!!
Hey!!! sorry you had to sell the car, but Mum's are worth it😢

uncle chop chop
i drive a fiat tractor on the farm, girls hate it!!

Steve Wilson
Hi unc...
I did have a John Deere 830 Diesel, from the fifties, I used to use around the yard, towing old vehicles, I was using for spare parts. Definitely not a babe puller... But did attract Grease, Grime, Dirt amongst other unsavoury items😛

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
Maybe a Lamborghini tractor or a John deere tractor will do the trick. i know a lot of girls are running around in shirts and hats with the John deere logo on. don't know if it's the machines or the deer they like tho. @Steve not really sure if rosso corsa is the right paint job for a Triumph😉 all british cars must according to law be in dark british racing green, just as all Ferraris must be Red 🙂 The Citroen DS is a cool car, or the toad as we call it here 🙂 i´m never ever going to own another french car in my life but some of them are quite charming. it's an impressive list you have there, i wish i had more time and space to have a project that i could work on from time to time. but i guess the models are a form of substitute for that 🙂 i do all the welding and sheet metal work myself on my cars, but it would be strange if i didn't seems i am a welder. but all major engine work i let my friends do. they have the right knowledge and competence for that bit. and yes you do what you have to do when it comes to family. sadly she passed away 2 months ago, but she always said that i must replace that car as soon as it was possible, and that's exactly what i'm going to do, if i just could stop spending all my money on plastic cars😉

Steve Wilson
Sympathies Alex...
I know how I felt when my Mum, who I was extremely close too, passed away...

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
Thank you. i guess we're all gonna go through it sooner or later. but it gets you a bit harder when it's someone as close as your parents. but at least there's cars to look at and drive when it's time for some male thinking time. at least it's better than going down to the pub.

Stefan Suessemilch
👍 Alex... my father did just that a lot....(pub) My wife is also very glad... it's even better to smell paint & glue than alcohol😉

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
Scale Modeling, for a healthier lifestyle😉

Steve Wilson
Hi Stefan and Alex.
I don't like Football. I do like a drink, but I don't go down the Pub. I'd rather stay at home and enjoy a drink with my wife and do some model building at my workbench, or watch the Grand Prix, which I'll be doing this weekend, starting with first practice this friday for the Spanish GP... Forza Ferrari8)

Stefan Suessemilch
Yep Steve... I vote for Fernando as it'll be his home Grand Prix. On the 25th I have to watch football. As a former Dortmund resident guess which team I'll support😉

Steve Wilson
Munich!!!🤔

Steve Wilson
Errrmmm!!! SpVgg Blau-Weiß 1890 Berlin🤔

Steve Wilson
Hmmm!!! Fortuna Düsseldorf🙂👍

Steve Wilson
Got it!!! Eintracht Frankfurt...

Stefan Suessemilch
ROFL Steve...... you're the perfect candidate for who's gonna be a millionaire 😄

Steve Wilson
I'll phone a friend then...
For someone who don't like Football, thats an impressive list, don't you think???

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
I tried watching football once, worst 4 minutes of my life 😎

Steve Wilson
Ouch! Alex.
4 MINUTES!!! a match is that long😮😠

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
I can honestly say that i dont even know how many players there is on the field, and i don't know what offside and all that means neither. i've tried so many times to get the point in that sport but after 4 minutes im watching everything else but the game. i can understand why women watch it, but gathering a bunch of mates drink beer and watch men in shorts roll around on a grass field is something i just can't understand 🙂

uncle chop chop
what kinda football socer (sorry to afend), NRL, NFL, AFL or UNIOUN??

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
i've heard about NHRA, but none of the mentioned rings a bell😉

uncle chop chop
whats that i never hurd of it AFL is aussi rules football Australian game, NFL is american football whitch aboslutly rocks i love it, NRL is rugby leage, UNION is would rugby

Stefan Suessemilch
wow uncle.... unfortunately non of these is what we're talking about😉 in fact... we're talking about FERRARI 😄

Steve Wilson
Hmmmm!!!
It's all gobbledegook to me... I'll stick wth FiA😢

Steve Wilson
And Ferrari😛

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
This is getting complicated with all the football titles and goggomobils 🙂 so im just gonna go and water my grow a Alfa bag😉

Steve Wilson
At least it's better than watching Football...🤔

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
My Tipo 159 just arrived 🙂 🙂 🙂 time to get a glass of champagne and let the drooling begin 🙂

uncle chop chop
rodja have fun guys!!

Steve Wilson
@Alex.
I love the unveiling ceremony of a new kit, with me it's almost religous, I also pour a glass of Champagne to welcome the new kit to my fold.😄😄😄

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
It really is religious ceremony 🙂 one thing i really liked about this box was that it has a closing flap on the lid, my other mfh boxes don't have that so that was a happy surprise 🙂 but im sure im going to wear that out as well since i can't keep my fingers away 🙂

uncle chop chop
isent it funny how that smalest things make a big impression on us in a passion we love, its been ages since i touched a kit or smelt that glue i miss it dearly

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
it's a drug. once you tasted it your hooked 🙂 when i take a walk in the city i'm constantly being reminded of models. doesn't matter if its a boat, car, bike. my brain automatically want to know if it's available as a model 🙂 but now i haven't built anything for 2 months since everything is packed in boxes around the house due to a splendid idea that i should redo my man cave witch i don't have time to complete.

Steve Wilson
I agree it is a drug, but it depends on where in your life you took it up, as to how addictive it is. I was six, I've had just over a year off, I'm back due to serious withdrawl symptons😠
It's interesting Alex, I also am reminded of models in all walks of life, walking, shopping, TV, museums, holidays. I see all different types of Vehicles, Planes, Boats/Ships and Trains, also picturesque views, buildings, trees, even People, I think is it possible to model that. It makes all types of ideas buzz around inside my head, dioramas, scenes anything...

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
The funny thing is that i'm not really sure if i like modeling or not. i think i'm just doing it as a substitute for the real deal which is too expensive. and since i'm already reading about motorsport and cars every day why not build a little car as well. painting and cementing parts together is quite boring to be honest :/ it's the research and the history i like. the finished model on the shelf is just a bonus 🙂

Dirk Heyer
I could explore this fantastic kit last weekend at a modelling meeting with my friends!
A close friend bought this kit as an result of looking the "Rush" Trailer!! 🙂 🙂
Holy crap, I must have one!!!
I hope I will find one for me! 🙂

Alexander Aristides Cronvall
There is 1000 of them on ebay. almost everyone from japan GP to monaco, etc, etc 🙂

Steve Wilson
Yep!!! Dirk eBay.
It's not compulsory to go Hong Kong, UK eBay has em!!! As do other European Countries, search, search and more search... But it's available😢

Steve Wilson
Hi Dirk.
This one beleive me is cheap:
Ebay.co.uk Item - HASEGAWA 1 20 FERRARI 312T 1975 DUTCH GP 20252