It started with the achingly sweet little Amilcar CG6. I'd always loved this tiny racer since I first saw the drawings in Model Cars magazine in the 60s. 1100cc, twin cam, supercharged straight six, I mean, come on, what's not to like!
Then there was the too gorgeous Morgan SLR. That's away on the to do pile already.
And recently I sent off to the same chum, for resin casting, the following, which I'd had kicking around for years and finally decided to finish.
The Piper GTT and the Trident Venturer. I had the real ones, so I had to have a model of each, didn't I?
So, I suppose that'll keep him busy for a while and might even earn him a few bob towards resin costs, if other people show the same great good taste as me. Meanwhile, I'll be getting some freebies to turn into various versions of "Cars I have owned".
Just as I started sending these last bits off, my younger son decided he was going to have a bash at resin casting, by moulding some old bits of mine he found, which I thought had got chucked out! These included yet another I did because I happened to like them, a Mallock U2 Mk 18 Clubmans racer. So now I have one of these arriving from him soon. And he has taken to this lark like a duck to the village pond.
The mould is damaged, but he's offered to re-mould it once I've cleaned the moulding into a nice new master. What a good lad!
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