Hello all just more stuff from your Australian friend !

Photo of my MKV Jaguar before being transformed



INTO..................



The Jaguar MKV as entered in the 1950 Panamericana by Jorgen Thayssen and Jay Chamberlain
Oh it is such a pleasure (not) dismantling NEO models !!!
To be continued.......................

This has to be the fastest delivery on the planet !
I only ordered this GLM Series 61 Caddillac a couple of days ago, and it arrived today from the Netherlands.

It is truly a beautifully built model in every way, it will be such a shame to dismantle it.
Now if only the Castaneda Cadillac was dark blue, I could just cut out the rear fenders, cut out the front grill, put on my wheels and decals and Voila !!
Here it is :



This is the Series 62 I built, I didn't realise it was the wrong body when I built it, so I had to wait for someone to make the Series 61.



Here they are side by side, the difference can be seen especially in the rear window.



If all the parts come off without any problem, I should be able to show you the finished car soon.
Thanks for looking.

Hello friends (if anyone is there !) with your permission I would like to share these photos.

I have just finished the #59 356 kit from Valerio at Arena Modelli, of course this has been published before.
The kit was a pleasure to put together, all parts fitted perfectly and the decals are excellent quality.
The only part I changed were the wheels.
I didn't think the wheels in the kit were close to a 356's wheels.
I had a spare set of TRON 356 wheels, so with the "Dremel" I buffed these to a high polish, I am more happy with these wheels on the car.

So now all the Porsches that were in the Panamericana races, the 356s and the 550 Coupes and Spyders, are complete in my collection.
It would be interesting to see any members or new visitors cars.

Your comments on these photos are always welcome.













Show us your cars guys don't be shy, thanks for looking.
Dwayne.

Veramente bella, Dwayne! Complimenti!

La griglia sul cofano posteriore era indicata così nelle istruzioni del kit o invece è una modifica che hai apportato tu?
E che colore hai usato per la carrozzeria?

Continua a postare foto dei tuoi modelli, mi raccomando!

You are very kind as always Elio thank you.
In the black and white photo we all know, where #59 is lining up for the start, if you look closely next to the gentleman standing there, you can just see it is a separate part to the mesh engine cover, more like an "air deflector" to get cooling air into the engine.
Some 356's in the American SCCA series used a similar deflector above the engine compartment.
In the action color photo of #59 we also know, it is shown as being a red color, and also slightly raised off of the mesh cover.
I made this part out of polystyrene.
This time I asked Valerio to paint the car for me, as he appeared to have the correct color anyway, and it saved me the trouble of mixing it !! (Getting lazy).
I did polish the paint before the decals, and applied a clear coating after a few days.
All of the parts in the kit, the window frames etc.,etc., were perfect, of course acetate had to be cut to make the glass windows.
We are indeed fortunate to have Valerio creating these cars for all of us.

To everyone, please stay safe from the virus, my country has also closed all its borders, schools etc., like yours, let us hope it finishes soon.

Beautiful pictures, extreme work as allways Dwayne. One question, the extra tank on the rear is incuded in the kit? Someone has a picture of the real car's interior?

Thank you also Apostolos much appreciated
The fuel tank on the rear seat was in the kit from Arena.
I looked through my information on the 356's available colors and interior finishes, it appeared that a cream color was available at the time.
For this reason I painted mine in the cream color, I have not seen a photo of the interior of #59, I might have to change mine if ever a photo is published.

Does any one know about this Jaguar behind Phil Hill's Ferrari from the 1953 Carrera ?
To my knowledge no Jaguar raced in the 1953 Carrera.
On the Racing Sports Cars site for 1953, a MKVIII Jaguar with Guy Vincent as driver was listed but did not show up.
This car has a MKVIII front and has an ANA sticker on the door, maybe this is Vincent's car.....anyone ?
Thank you.

Innanzitutto grazie per il pensiero, caro Dwayne: siamo tutti molto preoccupati, a causa di questo bruttissimo coronavirus, ma mi raccomando, stai molto attento pure tu! Ci vuole estrema prudenza... speriamo che quest'emergenza passi il prima possibile!

Riguardo la Porsche, hai fatto veramente in gran lavoro, complimenti. Hai fatto bene a farti verniciare la scocca da Valerio, trovare il colore esatto sarebbe stato in effetti difficile...

Per la Jaguar non so aiutarti: sei sicuro che non fosse una vettura dell'organizzazione?

A stunning model from you, Dwayne.
The tank on the rear seats is a piece of art.

Thank you Francino good to hear from you.
That fuel tank on the rear seat is the smallest I have seen in any Panamericana car, I guess a 356 doen't need much !!

Thanks Martin for the photo of the Jaguar.
It is probably the Guy Vincent car......... after all how many Jaguar MKVIIIs would there be in Mexico at that time ?
He must have applied to enter the race, arrived in Mexico and thought it was going to be to hard on the Jaguar, so didn't race !

Another Chrysler we have seen before from the 1952 Carrera driven by Jacqueline Evans.
Has anyone some better photos of this car ?
We might convince Valerio to make this one as well, he already has all the moulds.







Thank you.

Happy resurrection of hope my Italian friends and fellow modelers. The Christian Orthodox Easter is next Sunday.

Grazie Apostolos, auguri anche a te!