I made my usual monthly trip to the Sydney Model Auto Club’s swap meet at Epping, and who do I finally get to meet? Tony Hanna, from Ace Models. Tony had made the trip down from Queensland’s Sunshine Coast to show off some new models. Tony’s big into Sports Sedans, as are we at AMC, so the sample he had of the 1:43 Peter Brock Monaro was very cool. Do you remember this car? Brock raced it only once, at Calder. It was Bob Jane’s car and was painted in HDT livery.
It was an early version of today’s wrapped cars. The car got a layer of a waxy primer, which dries, then paint goes over the top. After the race, they just peeled it all off to reveal Bob’s…
