WE ALL LOVE SMALL MOTORCYCLES DON'T WE?

I had to share this with you as we all love small motorcycles don't we?
I was doing my Christmas shopping yesterday and I saw this Minichamps 1/6 model of a Brough Superior SS100 owned by T.E.Lawrence (Lawrence Of Arabia).

http://www.diecastlegends.com/diecast-b ... ICHAMPSUKH

My father has had a lifelong fascination for T.E.Lawrence as they went to the same school (not at the same time obviously!) and we have seen the actual bike he was riding when killed. This model is so outstanding that it was just begging to be bought as a Christmas present for him. The level of detail is amazing and totally unlike anything else I have come across, it is the sort of thing I can just stare at for hours on end and I am sure my father will be the the same.
It is not cheap (but then it isn't your average model) and you could think of it as costing the same as a real ST70 (a tatty one maybe) but what the hell, it's Christmas and a time for giving!

Ouch! Lovely bike!!!
The detailing looks amazing as well.
Happy christmas to Litch's dad!

Minichamps models are outstanding in detail but they do have a high price tag I have quite a collection of their models in 1/43 scale which are more reasonably priced around the £40.00 mark. There is a company called EBBRO who do a nice 1/6 scale Honda CT70 at about £60.00 if you can find them.
The model you are looking at is spectacular but the real thing would cost you many thousands times more as a similar real one sold recently for in excess of £250000.00 yes a quarter of 1 million pounds.
Who said Christmas is for kids
Tufty
P.S met up with Blue today who has the same issues as most of us,much more enthusiasm than space and cash, he has got 2 very good projects on the go which hopefully will see the light of day next summer.