Tazio Nuvolari – “What if”……………….
Tazio Nuvolari always wore a tortoise pin broach combined with his initials on his racing sweater. Continue reading “Tazio Nuvolari – “What if”……………….”
Category: Tazio Nuvolari
Tazio Nuvolari – the fastest man in the world and the slowest animal!
The famous Italian racing driver Tazio Nuvolari was born in a small town called Castel D’ario on the outskirts of the city of Mantua in the Lombadry region of Northern Italy. Continue reading “Tazio Nuvolari – the fastest man in the world and the slowest animal!”
Tazio Nuvolari in 43rd -(Updated 31st Oct)
At long last I’ve gotten this Tazio Nuvolari figure completed – there’s just something about the grittiness of his character that is so difficult to capture. Perhaps there are elements of it that I’ve succeeded with in this effort but one way or the other, I’ll keep trying. Continue reading “Tazio Nuvolari in 43rd -(Updated 31st Oct)”
WIP update – (7th Oct ’14’)
Just putting the final touches to these three figures. Although the presence of Nuvolari looks out of context among this lot, he has an actual (albeit slightly tenuous) link to one of the two others! Continue reading “WIP update – (7th Oct ’14’)”
Nuvolari and the Alfas
I finally made a start on the old and partly (badly) built 1/20 Alfa P3 kit I picked up earlier in the year. Continue reading “Nuvolari and the Alfas”
Workbench update……(7th Aug)
In this workbench cluster I have five 43rd figures together with a rather surprising “find” in 1/32 scale! Continue reading “Workbench update……(7th Aug)”
Casadio (Revival) Alfa Romeo P3 1/20 scale
I bought this Casadio Alfa Romeo (P3) 1/20 scale metal kit on Ebay recently. Some partial assembly has been done by the previous owner and judging by the poor finish, I would say it was done by someone who had little or no experience at model building – hence I got it at a good price. Continue reading “Casadio (Revival) Alfa Romeo P3 1/20 scale”
Spud hits the spot with Nuvolari figures 1 & 2!
John Murphy (aka “Spud”) has done it again with another superb piece of mould making and casting from my modified masters of Tazio Nuvolari. Continue reading “Spud hits the spot with Nuvolari figures 1 & 2!”
Tazio Nuvolari – “The flying Mantuan”
The sport of Motor racing has over the years provided us with many wonderful characters who were not only colourful and enigmatic “on the track”, but also “off it” as well! Continue reading “Tazio Nuvolari – “The flying Mantuan””