What a fine little model it is—a perfect miniature of the Cooper-Bristol racing car. There are many others as realistic and fascinating in the wide range of Dinky Toys. See the selection at your dealers.
—Always ready for more: Dinky Toys.
Made in England by Meccano LTD.
Via Jack Matthews at the Vintage Road Racing Archive.
With all the quality makers of die-cast scale racers around today, it’s easy to forget that scratch-building was once popular enough to have a monthly magazine dedicated to the topic. Then again, I’m enough out of this loop that there may well be active publications today—certainly there are vibrant web communities.
I was reminded this morning of Pierre Scerri’s epic build of his own Ferrari 312PB. Unfortunately, he built it at 1:3 scale. Remarkably, it’s completely drivable (if you could find a driver small enough), and conforms to Ferrari’s original engine design and gearing. The build took 15 years to complete and is an amazing achievement. This was all completed in 1992 and since then he’s built another for a collector. He’s currently working on 330P4 and a 250GTO.
Barbie’s dream house never had a better stocked garage…
Here are a couple of progress shots from his current model builds, head over to his site for more details.