Silly prices

[Tinman]

All of RD MARMANDE's models are quite exclusive and of a high monetary value. He is assembled along with the pioneers of code 3ing and scratchbuilding. A very sought after modeller.

Ghosthunter.

This is a joke yes?

[GHOSTHUNTER]

No certainly not. Some of his essentially wooden Rolls-Royce models went for silly money quite a number of years back. He is a very well known and respected scratchbuilder in the model car world.


Ghosthunter.

[misterpop]

I see the problem here...I quote from Google.....Please bear with me.....This is a new one on me as well..

[Quote]RD Marmande are probably the most charming models ever made. RD, that is Raymond Daffaure from the town of Marmande in South-West France, is in a way probably one of the greatest model makers ever. All his models are made entirely by hand from a piece of wood. Mr Daffaure sculpted about 40 models a month, for 20 years, to make a living. For him, limited to X pieces wasn‘t a marketing strategy, but pure necessity. Of his best selling model, the Ferrari GTO, he made maybe 200 copies, others were made only in 2 or 3 copies. The Quattroporte was built in at least 3 copies... as the copy here pictured sports the number 3. Raymond Daffaure probably sculpted more than 800 different cars.[quote]

Yes Kevin I see what you mean..An exclusive model indeed....As Monet said to Letrec draw your own conclusions...We learn something every day hey?

[Tinman]

I made a soap box racer as kid, some carpentry but no carving.

[misterpop]

As Monet said to Letrec draw your own conclusions----eh eh? Oh please yourselves......


Soap box racers are called boogys up north where I am..

[Tinman]

Soap box racers are called boogys up north where I am..

When I was done with the derby, I put a motor on mine. I used the motor off of my dad's Iron Lung.

When my mother found out she let out a gasp and said Noooo.

My dad just let out a gasp!

... Thank you very much folks, my name is TinMan and I'll be here all week!

[Diecastmolester]

So if he was the greatest model maker ever, who were Gerald Wingrove and Olive Manuel Sans?
Apart from the thousands of amateur model makers that actually can make models?

[misterpop]

Gerald Wingrove-------Ahh now your talking..

[Diecastmolester]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402101628681