0008 Scale Models – Selldon Photography

🇮🇹 Festa del Tricolore (7th January) 🇮🇹

Jan 7, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models, 0204 Sports Cars, Selective Coloration07/01, 2025, 2026, Ferrari, Festa del Tricolore, Flagday, Italy, scale model, scale models

Today we celebrate the „Festa del Tricolore“, Italy’s flag or tricolour day. What way to celebrate this great nation with a Hot Wheels car dedicated to the country of Italy……

Happy Birthday Jim Downing (1942)

Jan 4, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models04/01, 1942, HANS-Device, Jim Downing, Mazda, scale model, scale models

Today we celebrate the US racing driver Jim Downing’s Birthday. Born on the 4th of January 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia, Jim Downing drove for VW, Ford, Toyota, Renault, and Mazda.…

Happy Birthday Michael Schumacher (1969)

Jan 3, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration03/01, 1969, Ferrari, Fiat, Formula One, Indianapolis 500, Michael Schumacher, Renault, scale model, scale models

Today we celebrate the multiple German Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher’s 57th Birthday. What way to celebrate this great racing driver and to wish him all the best, with…

US National Science Fiction Day

Jan 2, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models02/01, Enterprise, Enterprise NX01, scale model, scale models, science fiction, science fiction day, star trek

Today we celebrate the US’ „National Science Fiction Day”. What way to celebrate this great nation’s great day with a famous TV Spaceship – the USS Enterprise NX01 … If…

Renamed Air Canada commences flights (1965)

Jan 1, 2026Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration01/01, 1965, A330, Air Canada, Airbus A330, Aircraft, scale model, scale models, Star Alliance

Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and…

First Paris-Dakar Rallye (1978)

Dec 27, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1978, 27/12, Dakar-Rally, scale model, scale models, The Dakar

The Dakar Rally or simply “The Dakar” (Le Dakar), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (Le Rallye Paris-Dakar), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than…

First Launch of a Ariane Rocket (1979)

Dec 24, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1979, 24/12, Ariane, Ariane 1, ESA, Maiden Flight, Rocket, scale model, scale models

Ariane 1 was the first rocket in the Ariane family of expendable launch systems. It was developed for and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), which had been formed in 1973, the same year that…

Maiden Flight of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat (1970)

Dec 21, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1970, 21/12, F-14, Grumman, Maiden Flight, scale model, scale models, Tomcat

The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, tandem two-seat, twin-tail, all-weather-capable variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy’s Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the collapse of the General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B project. A…

Happy Birthday Steven Spielberg (1946)

Dec 18, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration18/12, 1946, autobot, bumblebee, Movie, scale model, scale models, Steven Spielberg, transformers

Steven Spielberg (December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most…

Maiden Flight of the Douglas DC3 (1935)

Dec 17, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration17/12, C47, DC-3, Douglas, Maiden Flight, scale model, scale models, Skytrain

The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner that was manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger,…

Sir Christopher Cockerell has the First Hovercraft Patented(1955)

Dec 12, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration12/12, 1955, Hovercraft, Patent, S.R.N.6, scale model, scale models, Sir Christopher Cockerill

Cockerell’s theory was that instead of just pumping air under the craft, as Thornycroft had, if the air were to be instead channelled to form a narrow jet around the…

STS-116 Shuttle Discovery Launches to ISS (2006)

Dec 10, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration10/12, 2006, Discovery, ISS, Shuttle, Space Shuttle, STS, STS-116

STS-116 (also known as ISS-12A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. Discovery lifted off on December 9, 2006 for her 33rd flight at 20:47:35 EST. A previous launch attempt on…

STS 61 Endeavour Launches to Repair Hubble (1993)

Dec 2, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration02/12, 1993, Endeavour, Hubble Space Telescope, scale model, scale models, Space Shuttle, STS-61

STS-61 was NASA’s first Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission, and the fifth flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The mission launched on December 2, 1993, from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. The mission restored the space-borne observatory’s vision…

Ford Motor Co. Introduces the Conveyer Belt (1913)

Dec 1, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration01/12, 1913, Assembly Line, Conveyer Belt, Ford, Ford Motor Company, Transit

In 1908, Henry Ford introduced the Model T. Earlier models were produced at a rate of only a few a day at a rented factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan and later at the Piquette Avenue…

First American Automobile Race (1895)

Nov 28, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, 0204 Sports Cars, Selective Coloration1895, 28/11, Chicago Times, First Motor Race, scale model, scale models

The Chicago Times-Herald race was the first automobile race held in the United States. Sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald, the race was held in Chicago in 1895 among six motorised vehicles: four cars and two motorcycles.…

Happy Birthday Ross Brawn (1954)

Nov 23, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, 0204 Sports Cars, Selective Coloration1954, 23/11, Benetton, F1, Ferrari, Ross Brawn, scale model, scale models

Ross Brawn (born 23 November 1954) is a British Formula One managing director, motor sports and technical director. He is a former motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal, and has worked for a number…

Happy Birthday Sōichirō Honda (1906)

Nov 17, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration17/11, 1906, Honda, Honda Motor Company, scale model, scale models, Soichiro

Soichiro Honda (17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile…

Patent is Granted for the Distinctive Coca-Cola Bottle (1915)

Nov 16, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration16/11, 1915, Coca Cola, Coke, Coke Bottle, scale model, scale models

The Coca-Cola bottle, called the “contour bottle” within the company, was created by bottle designer Earl R. Dean and Coca-Cola’s general counsel, Harold Hirsch. In 1915, the Coca-Cola Company was represented by their general…

Michael Schumacher Wins His First Formula One Championship (1994)

Nov 13, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration13/11, 1994, Championship, F1, Michael Schumacher, scale model, scale models

Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and—at the…

Happy Birthday Alain Delon (1935)

Nov 8, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1935, 8/11, Actor, Alain Delon, Ferrari, scale model, scale models, Testarossa

Alain Delon (French: (8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged…

Launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-66 (1994)

Nov 3, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration03/11, 1994, Atlantis, scale model, scale models, Space Shuttle, STS-66

STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-66 launched on November 3, 1994, at 11:59:43.060 am EDT from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis landed at Edwards Air Force Base on…

Maiden Flight of the Airbus A330 (1992)

Nov 2, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1992, 2/11, Airbus, Airbus A330, scale model, scale models

The Airbus A330 is a wide-body airliner developed and produced by Airbus. Airbus began developing larger A300 derivatives in the mid–1970s, giving rise to the A330 twinjet as well as the Airbus A340 quadjet, and launched both designs along…

Singapore Airlines Carry Out Their First Flight with Passengers on the Airbus A380 (2007)

Oct 25, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration2007, 25/10, Airbus, Airbus A380, scale model, scale models, Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA or SQ) is the flag carrier of Singapore with its hub located at Changi Airport. The airline is ranked as a 5-star airline and has been ranked as the world’s best airline by Skytrax five times. Singapore Airlines operates…

Founding of the UN Charter (1945)

Oct 24, 2025Selldon0008 Scale Models, Selective Coloration1945, 24/10, Jeep, scale model, scale models, UN, United Nations, Willy's

The United Nations (UN) is a global intergovernmental organisation established by the signing of the UN Charter on 26 June 1945 and entered into force on the 24 October 1945 with the articulated mission of maintaining international peace and security,…

Category: 0008 Scale Models