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[Allan Feldman]

I finally found a Testors kit that went awol in my stash.

It's a 1/25 model kit to build the #82, and would build into a nice display.

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Steve the Testor kit is the ex IMC one they did two the second one in STP colours It a great kit. To be  outside the vintage thread the maker OSTORERO

did a limited Lotus 38 1/32nd slotcar

Regards Allan

[Riccardo]

Lotus 38 Jim Clark and Dan Gurney Monogram 1/24 scale ( bodies by F.Forleo and P.Dapretto )

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[don.siegel]

Are those both resins Ricardo? Nice work.. I know Dapretto's work of course, but not the other guy's. 

 

Don 

[Riccardo]

They are the original bodies painted  !  Francesco Forleo is one of the most important italian car modelers and  one of the ECA Turin partners.

[tlbrace]

The Scalextric and the 2 Monogram cars:

 

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For the red car I put inserts of halibrand wheels.

 

And about the helmet, I have picture evidence that Clark, this year at Indianapolis, had a Bell, not a Bucco.

That Scalextric Lotus 38 is likely the most valuable one on the collector market, if you can find one intact. Intact, complete, in its box it can bring over $1K. A few years ago on ebay I saw a listing with two badly busted up ones, such that you couldn't put together a 7 out of 10 one between them, go for $500.

 

Interestingly, Scalex didn't market it as a Lotus 38. They sold it as an Indianapolis Special, green with the red snake bundle. Colin Chapman licensed Lotus to a LOT of slot car manufacturers back in the 60's: Fleishman, Strombecker, Scalex, Cox, Classic, Revell, Monogram, Joeff, Tamiya, Atlas, Policar, VIP, everybody. But for THIS particular issue, Chapman and Scalex must've had a bit of a different point of view.