Ferrari F430 1.43 -

Leo placed the car on his desk, right next to his blueprints. Late at night, when the house was quiet and he was finishing a design, he’d tap the roof of the tiny Ferrari.

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The Ferrari F430 didn't arrive in a flatbed truck or a roar of Rosso Corsa paint. It arrived in a cardboard box, cushioned by bubble wrap, via a standard courier. Leo placed the car on his desk, right next to his blueprints

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. Even at four inches long, the detail was hauntingly accurate:

To the world, it was a —a palm-sized sculpture of Italian engineering. To Leo, it was the "One That Got Away," shrunk down to fit on a mahogany bookshelf. The Spark of Obsession