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Thank you for all your kind comments about my previous models. i hope you'll like this one, though I am not a good "renderer"!
Some parts of this one were very difficult to create, particularly the grid logo (!).
Something really riginal : the wiper engine and the wiper blades are fixed at the windscreen. First, it means that the windscreen was very thick and strong. Then what happened when you received a stone which broke the windscreen?
Despite its reputation for being quintessentially Italian, Alfa Romeo was actually founded by a Frenchman named Alexandre Darracq. At one point just after the turn of the 20th century, Darracq’s companies were building 10% of all cars being manufactured in the world – not bad for a guy who started out making sewing machines.
Alfa Romeo was originally founded as “A.L.F.A.” in 1910 – an acronym for Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili, or the Lombard Automobile Factory Company. The Romeo wouldn’t get added until 1915 when Italian engineer and entrepreneur Nicola Romeo came onboard.
World War I was well underway at this point, so Romeo converted the A.L.F.A. factory from cars to military hardware – significantly improving profitability in the process.
The name of the 6C is descriptive; it stands for 6 cilindro, or 6 cylinder. Unsurprisingly, this is a reference to the engine fitted to the car, an inline-six originally fitted with an SOHC, but developed into a DOHC a short time later.
This engine was developed by legendary Italian engineer Vittorio Jano, the man credited with developing the now-signature Alfa Romeo engine architecture with aluminum alloy construction (either fully or partly), double overhead cams, centrally located plugs, hemispherical combustion chambers, and twin rows of overhead valves per cylinder bank. This architecture may sound relatively standard now, but Jano first introduced its road cars back in 1928.
The 6C road car engine was directly based on the engine in the P2 Grand Prix car, though softened somewhat for reliability and ease of use. Initially offered with a 1,500 (1,487-cc) capacity in 1927, the size was incrementally upgraded over the years to 1,750 (1,752 cc), 1,900 (1,917 cc), 2,300 (2,309 cc), 2,500 (2,443 cc), and finally 3,000 (2,943 cc up to 3,495 cc).
Various coachbuilders offered bodies for the Alfa Romeo 6C, and Alfa itself would offer in-house bodies too; however, most cars left the factory as rolling chassis – a common practice at the time.
Under the skin, the 6C has a steel ladder-frame chassis that could be ordered in a variety of lengths to suit various bodies. The basic platform proved to be highly extensible, and over the 1927–1954 production, the 6C would be built into everything from luxury saloon cars to race-winning sports cars – and everything in between.
Comments (22)
marcopol Online Now!
Wouaouh, encore un super modèle, bravo Alain
aerodreams
superbe boulot mon ami
arlivre
Beautiful car and super modelling as usual Alain, Over here all OK
Stay safe my friends !
João
Greywolf44
Beautiful car, Alain!!! Over here in the U.S., Alfa's have never seemed to garner as much attention as they deserve. When American car nuts think of Italian cars they think of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and even Fiat before they think of Alfa (LOL)! I for one have grown very fond of the Alfas. Nice job on this beauty.
UteBigSmile
Une bagnolle vraiment fastastique, mais aussi très cher et rien pour un portefeuille d''un pauvre ouvrier!
giulband
Absolutely incredibly wonderful and perfect model , also a very beautiful car too !!!
Jean_C
Un modèle qui a la classe! Superbe voiture et magnifique modélisation avec tous les détails aussi bien à l'extérieur que pour le poste de pilotage! Un travail fantastique!
gaius
Pu....euh ! je veux dire bon sang qu'elle est belle ! Non seulement on a le plaisir de l'oeil et quel plaisir ! mais en plus on se cultive...je vais pouvoir tenter de coller mon beau-frère qui est collectionneur et qui a une Alfa, plus récente...je suis toujours scié par la qualité de tes modèles.
Domi48
Elle est très chouette!
KarmaSong
Wow, ces réalisations, c'est du lourd, du très lourd, et ça envoie ! Quel travail de patience, pour un résultat simplement sublime! Avec les explications historiques en plus, c'est génial ! Chapeau, l'artiste !
jmattatall
Beautiful!
tulipe
Beautiful car and amazing work! And I learned a few (OK a lot) things about Alfa Romeo. Thank you.
Cyve
WOW...Quel Talennt et cette ancienne est tout bonnement incredible !!!
figharo
Très élégant — Much better in French :)
madame
Travail époustouflant et les infos sont super intéressantes !!
rto3d
yesssss .... thumbs up !!
Ken _Gilliland
nice work and great details
London224
Wow..... Alain... this and all the others .... so beautiful..... makes me want to do another collectors garage tender in Vue.. or maybe add the outside around the building with a crowd of people... this Alfa... synergy because I have owned an Alfa... so glowingly beautiful....
x7
Excellent !
ACue
Wow. Et encore, super-wow!
A_Sunbeam
Beautiful work!
raggioverde
GREAT LIGHTING and angles search of view