This Blog displays modifications of commercially available 1/43 models resulting in new ones, many times not yet available. To note that the small mods are displayed using slides. If you want to see a specific level go to the right side of the page or page end of the page and choose from the available "Labels". Also, to go to the next page click on "older posts" at the end of the page to access the next page.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Matra 630 V12
This dinky-toys 1425E model was bought in a reasonable state but with potential to become a real good model.
Now it represents the Matra 630 that raced in 1969 Le Mans in Gr.:SP with #32 enlisted by team Matra Elt with Guichet and Vaccarella as pilots. It classified 5th overall 3rd in class and 4th at the performance index, having done 4834km at an average of 201km/h arriving after 359 laps 13 laps behind the winner
Matra 630M
This Politoys M595 model was bought in a very bad state but with potential to become a fairly good one.
So, this is the final result
Now it represents the Matra 630M that raced in the 1968 Le Mans in Gr.:P3.0 with #24 enyered by Team Matra Sports with Henri Pescarolo and Johnny Servoz-Gavin as pilots. The car did not finished due to a puncture and a fire at the 22nd hour, nevertheless he managed to be classified in 19th place with 283 laps versus 331 laps for the winner.
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