Lars Wahlström

In the mid 70's I built Pocher's 1/8 scale 1932 Alfa Romeo Spider Touring. At that time the opportunities for research were limited. I borrowed a book from the library, but the limited illustrations was far from enough to make the extra detailing I had wanted. I built the model with a few small improvements, but basically as it was, straight out of the box. There was some poor details like the windscreen, the radiator grille and engine detailing and the fit was quite bad on the large plastic parts. The plastic parts of the body were molded in color, so I never bothered to paint them, but just polished the surface and felt, at the time, reasonably happy with the result. Nowadays, the Internet offers totally different opportunities to do research, so I decided to give the model an update. The work started in April 2021 and was finished in July 2021. I couldn't get everything apart because I, by some reason, had soldered several screwjoints in the frame, so the engine could not be taken out of the frame. Soon after starting the research, I noticed that the kit offered inaccuracies that couldn't be fixed without redoing the complete chassis. I saw some examples of that, but I didn't want to spend years on this project, so I decided not to try to make a perfect model, but an update true to the Pocher kit, but yet a bit further, which may attract builders without access to a mechanical workshop. Anyway; here are some pictures of the result, about 350 working hours later. A complete 31 page documentation of the build can be obtained from me for free by sending a request to: [email protected] I have done similar documentation on two other models in 1/8 scale; The Monogram 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray (66 p) and The LeGrand 1976 Volkswagen 1303 Cab (30 p). These can be sent free of charge by sending a request to the same address.

I love this forum. Thanks to the sharp eyes here, the tire walls are now correct and I can sleep well again.🤗😴

Just beautiful!! Excellent detailing, weathering and paint job! A very nice collection!

A true masterpiece in weathering! Rust, windshield dirt, everything. Amirable!!

Thanks for all the nice comments. I'm overwhelmed! Someone said something about the tires. I agree. There are different tires depending on the kit version. I thought the ones in my kit were OK, with some cutting on the mold lines . They are reasonably similar to the Firestone Blackwall that existed as standard up to the -64-year model. However, not 1965. Then the design of the tire tread and side was changed. The kit's tires are marked 600/15. It should be 670/15. I decided to use the tires anyway. However, I wanted a white wall. It was fixed with a white marker, but should on Firestone Whitewall actually be thicker and closer to the rim (see photo). I did not come up with a good way to do this nicely, so I made it easy for myself and painted on the raised part of the tire side. I should have spent more time on this and maybe I do that someday... Perhaps someone has an idea how to do the white wall. White decals? Adhesive plastic foil? Or make 3D-printed originals and cast my own of silicone rubber. I have an article about that.

Hello, I'm new to this forum, but thought of showing off my latest model. It is the first in over 40 years. I got a kit as a Christmas present in 1977. A -65 Corvette Sting Ray in 1/8 scale, by Monogram. However, I thought it was so bad in the detail that it was never built. But 2019 I got to myself that maybe anyway. So I googled and found on this forum a post from 2014 by "roymattblack" that got me inspired. There was also a member on International Scale Modeller who had built one. So about 1500 working hours later it was finished. Those who built the kit can see that a lot of additions and modifications have been made; the entire chassis, openable doors and detailed interior, etc. I have made a complete documentation of the project. 65 pages of text and image that can be obtained for free as a pdf file from me upon request by email to: [email protected]