tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68851721332977414492011-04-21T15:30:34.465-07:00I've been scratch-building Historic Racing Cars in miniature for twenty years. In the early days I worked in 1:32 scale and built a Collection of cars from the 1930s. This was sold at auction by Christies. I have now completed a definitive Collection of 1950s racers to 1:20 scale and am working on a major Collection of E.R.A.s from 1934-39PeterPosnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266690996587496606noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885172133297741449.post-27375005167533273142008-08-07T06:44:00.000-07:002008-08-07T06:56:10.945-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9G4d4XXI/AAAAAAAAAB8/y5zs20IwiyE/s1600-h/Memorial+dif+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231772211823009138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9G4d4XXI/AAAAAAAAAB8/y5zs20IwiyE/s320/Memorial+dif+view.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HDpcsbI/AAAAAAAAACE/Y1TP3vmi6Sw/s1600-h/massa+250.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231772214824317362" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HDpcsbI/AAAAAAAAACE/Y1TP3vmi6Sw/s320/massa+250.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HKFgI9I/AAAAAAAAACU/_jm9siJrsl4/s1600-h/Merc+196.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231772216552596434" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HKFgI9I/AAAAAAAAACU/_jm9siJrsl4/s320/Merc+196.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> <div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HKcSP1I/AAAAAAAAACM/rR2p2hM83bU/s1600-h/Alfetta.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231772216648154962" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HKcSP1I/AAAAAAAAACM/rR2p2hM83bU/s320/Alfetta.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJr9HKcSP1I/AAAAAAAAACM/rR2p2hM83bU/s1600-h/Alfetta.JPG"></a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6885172133297741449-2737500516753327314?l=peterposner-miniaturehistoricracers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PeterPosnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266690996587496606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885172133297741449.post-89027052936112295072008-08-06T04:37:00.000-07:002008-08-07T06:07:47.465-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrpxWaKhiI/AAAAAAAAABU/D_8VpSFLnRc/s1600-h/memorial+full+size.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231750951182435874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrpxWaKhiI/AAAAAAAAABU/D_8VpSFLnRc/s320/memorial+full+size.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrpxdJdoSI/AAAAAAAAABc/pl3ntga9kQY/s1600-h/memorial+wide+view.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231750952991432994" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrpxdJdoSI/AAAAAAAAABc/pl3ntga9kQY/s320/memorial+wide+view.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrx6sm2BeI/AAAAAAAAAB0/S83bpcVpsf0/s1600-h/memorial+text.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231759907853043170" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrx6sm2BeI/AAAAAAAAAB0/S83bpcVpsf0/s320/memorial+text.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrtrfaIQ4I/AAAAAAAAABs/YuF1RuukW48/s1600-h/text.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231755248565502850" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrtrfaIQ4I/AAAAAAAAABs/YuF1RuukW48/s320/text.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrpxjrpaaI/AAAAAAAAABk/ToBH8D3NCjg/s1600-h/obelisk.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231750954745424290" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJrpxjrpaaI/AAAAAAAAABk/ToBH8D3NCjg/s320/obelisk.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Thirty-five British and European professional racing drivers crashed fatally during the decade of the 1950s.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJmOzfuIguI/AAAAAAAAABM/XUgBtAq0agM/s1600-h/Memorial.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231369457507009250" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJmOzfuIguI/AAAAAAAAABM/XUgBtAq0agM/s320/Memorial.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This marble and mahogany Memorial is to those racing drivers and the cars they raced. Click on the photos for a larger view.<br /><br />Photos of individual cars to follow.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6885172133297741449-8902705293611229507?l=peterposner-miniaturehistoricracers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PeterPosnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266690996587496606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6885172133297741449.post-10681834854037685782008-08-04T03:03:00.000-07:002008-12-13T00:47:22.149-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJbVoCbQSDI/AAAAAAAAAAc/SJiqkXTVhVw/s1600-h/car+b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230602901060077618" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJbVoCbQSDI/AAAAAAAAAAc/SJiqkXTVhVw/s320/car+b.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJbVoBi--UI/AAAAAAAAAAk/v4e7VHhjcVY/s1600-h/car+c.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230602900824062274" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJbVoBi--UI/AAAAAAAAAAk/v4e7VHhjcVY/s320/car+c.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJbVoVp7_xI/AAAAAAAAAAs/lnpQMGLPhAw/s1600-h/Thin+Wall+Special.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230602906221936402" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QioU9UquWPU/SJbVoVp7_xI/AAAAAAAAAAs/lnpQMGLPhAw/s320/Thin+Wall+Special.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6885172133297741449-1068183485403768578?l=peterposner-miniaturehistoricracers.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>PeterPosnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13266690996587496606noreply@blogger.com8