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Old 10-20-06, 02:00 AM
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A fellow forum member from another board recently sold his highly modified Porsche and bought a Gallardo. His fiancee commissioned a 1:18 scale die-cast replica of his old car! This thing is absolutely insane!

http://dbest1.fotki.com/boscos_garage/911widebody/
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Old 10-20-06, 03:56 AM
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Neat site - thanks. That model maker is talented... he does nice work. I love the old classics he did like the Red Baron and the Tijuana Taxi! Reminds me of the old plastic models we'd build as kids....
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Old 10-20-06, 04:02 AM
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Nice.....I like it, Would look better in white or Black
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Old 10-20-06, 04:43 AM
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nice....skills!
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Old 10-20-06, 09:14 AM
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Wow! That model-maker does amazing work!
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Old 10-20-06, 09:27 AM
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Sweet - thanks for sharing! I'm gonna use some of his techniques on the IS350 model I'm working on

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Old 10-20-06, 09:39 AM
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Amazing work. I am a modeler myself, but the guy that did that Porsche is a Master Modeler!
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Old 10-20-06, 02:22 PM
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Great work, very beautiful.
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Old 10-20-06, 04:18 PM
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cool.......
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Old 10-20-06, 07:03 PM
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wow!!!
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Old 10-21-06, 08:36 AM
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That is amazing, great detailed work
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Old 10-21-06, 02:25 PM
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wow this is amazing, the quality of work is top notch!!!!!! good stuff!

except the door seems to be a bit off on color. could it be angle or coz' it's metal rather than bondo on other panels? either way, it's good
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Old 10-21-06, 06:58 PM
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pretty cool. Would be even cooler if it had a functional 1:18 scale motor in there
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Old 10-21-06, 07:19 PM
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Very nice.

Anyone have any idea how much a custom 1:18 diecast like this would run?
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now that is very cool and very original awesome gift from his wife !!!!!!!
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