This 2000 Audi R8, in 1:43rd scale by Paul's Model Art, was driven by Italy's Dindo Capello and Scotland's Alain McNish in the "Race of a Thousand Years" in Adelaide, Australia. 

Capello signed this model for me at the Petit LeMans race at Road Atlanta, GA, around 2001. He signed it with a black Sharpie pen. There has been no fading of the colors in over 20 years. This model has been kept near a dehumidifier in a pet-free, smoke-free home; so no odors.

This was a limited edition release; one of 1,552 pieces. This was the German team run by Reinhold Yoest; a famous driver in his own right back in the mid-1970's. Instead of the normal German silver, they ran with a paint scheme of an alligator in honor of racing in Australia.