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Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr
Not my first model but my 1st Tamiya model
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Rambling here. Apologies. At the end is on topic, loosely.
Went to the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, New Forest. 2006-ish.
What an awesome day trip for a car nut on a free weekend staying in London on BP's dime.
Saw, probably touched, Donald Campbell's Bluebird super high speed car.
I saw Art Arfons' little model of the Green Monster in a kind-of diorama in a glassed in showcase showing who took the record when, on the wall right next to the Bluebird. Arfons' shop is 3 miles away from where I am typing. He is gone but his kids do the jet engine tractors.
An F50 was there and loads and loads of cool stuff but aside from the Bluebird there is (was) a little Bugatti roadster in there that was just awesome. Plaque said the tax authorities took it from the last owner for unpaid taxes.
It was close to this one.
All of that said there was a Ferrari model in the main lobby that was 1/8th scale. It was $3000-ish. It was jaw dropping. 70% of a meter long maybe. I rationalized by saying I can't get that home easily.