Thursday, June 10, 2010

A Toast to Attilio Bettega, a great rally driver!


This is my simple tribute to one of rally's great drivers, Attilio Bettega (1953-1985)




















This Lancia 037 Rally di Monza  with Maurizio Perissinot drove a nice overall race with 49 points standing 5th in the drivers final classification. Sadly, in a race in Corsica at the 4th stage, Attilio lost control of his Lancia and hit a tree, killing him instantly. His co driver survived uninjured.



















This is the 1:18 scale Kyosho Lancia 037 Rally di Monza version.





























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13 comments:

  1. lorenzo721June 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    Bettega was one of my favourite rally pilots at the time, I'll always remember hearing the news of its death. By the way a little correction Mike: it's "Attilio".

    No need I think to mention that both model and pictures are superb, that's always the case with you. I like the velvety effect of your background, I don't recall you tried something like that before.

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  2. JDMike's Diecast SiteJune 10, 2010 at 1:41 PM

    Big thanks on the correction sir Laurent! I will correct it asap :-)

    I'm trying to test a lot of different backgrounds some look good, others are not, more to come soon! :-)

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  3. Marcjan Minipassion - 1:43June 10, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    Absolutely fantastic model Mike. Those rally times was the most spectacular, but not always lucky for drivers. Crazy era. Great pics, as always.

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  4. lorenzo721June 10, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    ...so this background definitely looks good! :)

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  5. manuelJune 10, 2010 at 7:31 PM

    I didn´t know this pilot. I´ll try to read about him.

    These cars were very dangerous. Too many pilots died in 80´s.

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  6. ricardoJune 10, 2010 at 11:41 PM

    you really have a great collection of rally cars, this model is one of them and its great....

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  7. Andrew ChamJune 11, 2010 at 12:24 AM

    it's a porn in the rally world.
    lancia's are legendary rally cars in the past...

    mike, feature more mitsu's ? :D

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  8. JDMike's Diecast SiteJune 11, 2010 at 6:01 AM

    thanks Marcjan! yes the group b era was very dangerous as well as fascinating!

    thanks again sir Laurent! :-)


    thanks Interdomin, I too get educated while collecting them, trying to find all infos about the drivers and the cars history as well.


    thanks too Ricardo!:-)


    thanks Andrew! Yup 2 lan evos in line soon! :-)

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  9. José AntónioJune 11, 2010 at 6:52 PM

    Very nice pics, JDMike.
    Great Exoto model. The Lancia 037 is my favourit rally car.

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  10. JDMike's Diecast SiteJune 13, 2010 at 10:06 AM

    thanks Jose Antonio! :-) i wish it was an Exoto but its just a Kyosho model :-)

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  11. komendaJune 14, 2010 at 3:19 AM

    it's a beauty, with the Martini livery even more so! Great pics!!

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  12. JDMike's Diecast SiteJune 14, 2010 at 6:49 AM

    thanks Erwin! :-)

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  13. danielhJune 15, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    nice models, lancia with martini liveries!

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