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European Automobiles - By Andreas Kaluzny



Photo by Thomas Anic

Here is more of the unique collection of mostly European automobiles Andreas Kaluzny had on display at the 2014 Fulda Meet. What we can identify so far (top row): old Matchbox boat turned into a Chris Craft Cavalier, old Matchbox boat turned into a Hacker Craft boat, red Ford F-350 pickup from River Point Station, blue Rolls Royce Silver Cloud Fixed Head Cabrio (modified Neo Cabrio), and dark green VW Bully T2 German Army (Wiking), Mercedes Benz Bus O305 from Hamburger Hochbahn with advertisement from a local Radio Station, Mercedes Benz Bus O309 from Hamburger Hochbahn with advertisement from a local Opel car dealer, the little Bus named "Bergziege", which means little goats living in mountains, because the bus is used in a quarter of Hamburg, which has small mountains. Behind the "Bergziege" is an OZ Lupetto from Brekina, and the transporter with boat is a modified Buessing Bus, which is used in Italy to transport the very expensive Riva-Boats to their winter shelter. Second row from top: dark red Aston Martin DB2 (JMK-Kit means Jens Müller), green Studebaker Hawk from Eko (extensively modified), Bentley Brooklands (unique kit by a model builder from Berlin), and metallic brown 2007 Jaguar XJ (JMK- kit). Next row: red Chevrolet Corvette C6 (MM-Kit means Markus Meier), green Aston Martin V8 Volante (modified Neo), metallic blue Aston Martin DB2-4 Mk1 (JMK-kit), green Jaguar Mk9 (modified Eko-Model), Rolls Royce Silver Wraith, a unique model, made from a 3D-printed A2-model from The Netherlands, grey/white Aston Martin DB2-4 Mk 2 (JMK-Kit), red Porsche 944, (modified Herpa), orange Dodge Ram custom (Andreas Kaluzny kit, no longer available). Front row: black Riley Pathfinder British Police (JMK-Kit), green Alvis Coupe (modified Neo Cabrio), and black Mercedes Benz 600 short (modified Starmada), Bahama Yellow Aston Martin DBS (modified NEO), red Ferrari GTO 64 (modified Spark model), British Racing Green Bentley Blower 4.5 litre (modified Kellogs Snaparoo model), Toyota Landcruiser J6 (RPM87-kit means Peter Rings).

Posted November 22, 2014