At Jalopnik.com, a great discussion was started about which were the most beautiful Formula One cars, the best F1 liveries. This made me think about my favourites: On october 8, Speedmonkey.com had an article about my Formula One pages with the title ‘Every f1 car livery ever in one place’. Their comment: It shows the […]
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Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas
Last update: 2018-12-17 @ 19:47 hrs Edition Atlas has released 90 models in the Volvo Collection! Between februari 2012 and december 2018 I subscribed to the Volvo Collection by Editions Atlas. All models are in scale 1:43 and they give good value for money. Quality is not as good as the official models available at […]
Red and white Duett
The Red white Volvo Duett is such a classic Volvo icon. I received this model some time ago from the Atlas Collection. At the Upplandsrundan last week, a red white duett was there aswell. Great to see the similarities and differences between the original and the scale model. The early models from 1949 where called […]
Börsen at Gustaf Adolfs Torg in Göteborg 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 58 The Bourse (Swedish: Börsen) is a municipal building in Gothenburg, western Sweden. It is located on the north side of Gustaf Adolf Square. Originally it was designed as a mercantile exchange, with a ballroom, by architect Pehr Johan Ekman in the Neoclassical style. It opened on 1 December 1849. The […]
Villa Ericsson (or Villa Roskull) on Roskullsvägen on Lidingö 🇸🇪
Volvo Photo Locations Part 112 These wonderfull photos of the 1933 Volvo Venus Bilo were made in the garden of Villa Roskull on Lidingö, near Stockholm. Like a mighty Vasaborg lies the splendid Villa Roskull on top of the Högudden with a great view over the Stockholm inlet. The villa was built in 1912, commissioned […]
Collecting Volvo 1/43 models
Recently I have (re) started collecting car models. After deciding to sign up for the Editions Atlas Collection of Volvo cars, I found out that there are a lot of nice models around. About 10 years ago, when I started to visit Sweden frequently, I bought often little models in toy shops. These were cheap […]