José Manuel Clavero

José Manuel Clavero

scale replicas
‘Clavero’, as we all name him, one of my life teachers. A much beloved and generous, methodical and quiet individual who has devoted to architecture scale models throughout his life and made some master works in several fields (historic modelling, model airplanes or cut paper toys). All his works are spread across the globe. To determine who is the best one seems really complicated, it is all relative, so many details to be taken into consideration -I understand that someone could achieve a particular outstanding master piece one day while the next day he just performs an average piece of work-. In any case, I’m clear that if Jose Manuel Clavero is not the best world’s modeller, he looks quite the best.
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Cars

Cars

scale replicas
My penchant for the models in 1/43 scale goes back a long way (going through different stages anyway): sometimes it has been just a hobby, some other times it turned to be a complementary job. So far, I have built more than five hundred kits, most of them on request of a customer. There is a bunch of trademarks, accessories’ manufacturers and private collectors dealing with both the subject and the scale; coming from France: Provence Moulage, MCM..., from Italy: Tameo, BBR... and from Great Britain: Marsh Models, SMTS... When I make a car just for me, which I always sell or give in the long run, I do not focus on periods, races or firms. Nevertheless, I am quite fond of the 1950s period with its sort of splendour…
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