Aston Martin 1391 Le Mans
This kit waited almost 60 years to be built!

This is a 1:32 Aston Martin 1931 Le Mans team car; the model is from Pyro and was made in 1966. It’s the first old plastic I’ve worked with, and un-warping the fenders was quite a battle (even blew a fuse for the first time in my current apartment, running a hair dryer at full blast!). Aside from that, it was a surprisingly nice kit, with less flash than I’m used to. I spent the build debating what version of the car to build…it competed and DNF’d 1931 and 1933 le mans, and passed through a few hands until it was bought in the late 70s by Nick Mason, drummer of Pink Floyd, and raced on and off for the next 30 years. The best reference photos were from what i think is the auction of it in 2007, and that’s where many design decisions came from (most notably the headlights and the number 7). I wanted to give it a racing number 26 to match 1933 le mans, but i couldn’t DIY a small enough mask that looked good and i really wanted to imitate the weird 2 shape on the cars in 1932’s team so decals wouldn’t cut it. I ended up weathering it more than initially planned, and i imagine this as an alternate version that finished in 1933. This was probably my fasted build to date! I only sprayed the green base color and a little chrome and brush painted (or gundam markered) everything else.