Fourgon Delahaye Type 140 Kit CCC

 DELAHAYE Type 140

PEUGEOT 203

peugeot 203

THE MODELS:

 

Hispano Suiza

Hispano suiza was founded at the turn of the 20th century by the Swiss engineer Mark Birkigt with some Spanish investors. Based in Barcelona the company built cars and engines and with the start of WW1 they specialized in aircraft engines. After the war they become famous for their luxurious cars with bodied designed by the best coach builder such as Franay, Hibbard and Darrin, etc... In 1923 the French arm of the company was created and become soon the main factory as Paris was at the time were the market for such vehicle was. The direction of Hispano Suiza remained in Barcelona. The 1936 Spanish civil war and WW2 created too many problems and the Spanish company slowly disappeared. By 1937 the French Government took over the French arm who used it to produce Aircraft engine and military equipments. Hispano Suiza still exist and merged in 1968 with the aerospace company SNECMA. 

THE MODELS:

Studebaker Hawk Solido customized

I just finished to customized a version of the Studebaker Hawk which raced at the Monte Carlo Rallye in 1959. I present it on my other blog about racing cars:

https://racingcars43.blogspot.com/2019/07/studebaker-hawk-monte-carlo.html

It remind me of a customization of another Studebaker that I did some time ago. I repainted it and detailed it inside and out.


The model:

The Studebaker by SOLIDO before transformation

The Studebaker by SOLIDO after transformation

A real one 

404 peugeot restoration

A simple restoration: another car inherited from one of my brothers a long time ago. It's the Dinky Junior version, a cheaper version without windows and interior.

Here are a few pictures "before". Three window posts were broken (one missing).

And here are the car repaired and restored (with new dunlop tires)

Peugeot 404 (DINKY Junior)

The same

Aston Martin "007" CORGI

I just finished to restore this Aston Martin DB5 by Corgi. It belonged to one of my younger brother who was famous to destroye his toys. I save it from total destruction before it was too late. he "repainted" with black ink, get rid of the tires but all the mechanisms were fortunately intact. Only the ejectable seat was broken. I found a replica to replace it along with a set of original tires. As I had to repaint it I choose to do it in metallic silver (like in the movies) instead of the original gold color. The gold color had been chosen by Corgi to match the release of the new James Bond movie GOLDfinger.

Aston Martin DB5 "007" CORGI

Guns out

Ejectable seat (original passenger)

bullet shield "in"

bullet shield "out"

Delahaye 135 M Convertible

Conversion of a Delahaye 135 M from RIO in a 135 M convertible.

The base for this transformation is the Delahaye 135 from RIO ( the blue one in the pictures ) I sawed off the top. I replaced the seats by a set from a Solido "age d'or". The canvas top come also from a Solido. I detailed and painted all the plastic parts. I stripped the body and repainted in two tone color.  I got rid off the white wall on the tires and voila!