(UPDATED: 5 April 2020) While there might not be new posts below, it’s likely there have been updates in the Current Projects area. Go there and catch the progress of what’s on my workbench – click HERE! (or use the main navigation menu).
Video updates are also posted to YouTube from time to time – see them HERE.
Oops, forgot to mention this update video that was posted to the YouTube Channel last week, the February/March update of what’s on the work bench!
Check these out! This guy scratch-built a 1.3-to-1 scale Ferrari F1 model from cardboard. Everything is hand cut and glued. In the second video, it gets painted up as Sebastian Vettall’s 2018 Ferrari SF71H. Scroll down and watch him make one from Coke cans, and another from matches (which then gets set alight!) A reminder, … Read more BYO (Build your Own) F1 Ferrari
The commercial manufacturers didn’t make any models of the 2018 TEKNO Autosports Supercars. Here’s how I made the Jack LeBrocq/Johnathan Webb Truck Assist version.
Blast From The Past: This is a terrible model. In fact, it hardly passes as a decent toy.
This Tameo kit had already been started by the previous owner. I effectively started again, trying out some new paints, a custom colour mix and modifications to fit my own plinth.
Monster Energy-sponsored Supercars have only been produced in 1:18 scale. If you want one in 43rd scale, you have to do it yourself. This is how.
Here’s a batch of F1s getting their tobacco liveries completed, plus a modern-day F1 that required flag, not fag, markings.
Another batch of aftermarket decals applied to a variety of Australian Touring Car Championship models to increase the authenticity of how they raced in the day.
Building Revell’s Dale Earnhardt Chev Monte Carlo NASCAR was not without it’s problems! Here’s the full ‘how-to’ build diary, with photos.
Authentic Collectables scored a lucky coup in 2017, holding the contract to produce models for Erebus Motorsport which happened to win that year’s Bathurst 1000. I’ve just received my 1:43 version. But I’m not happy.
Three famous Bathurst racers had their tobacco decals applied this week – two Brock Commodores and a Moffat Mazda. ACE Model Cars 1982 Bathurst Winner Another beautiful piece from ACE, the Peter Brock/Larry Perkins VH Commodore that won Bathurst in 1982, modelled in resin, 1:43 scale. It’s a fairly recent release, limited to 1000 pieces. … Read more Brock & Moffat Bathurst Tobacco Conversions
I did a quick run around the tables at Model Expo on the weekend. Here are some photos.
How to build Tamiya’s 1:20 Tyrrell P34 six-wheeler from the 1977 Monaco Grand Prix. Full photo diary with added detail.
Sad, but not unexpected, news that Niki Lauda has passed away. He underwent a lung transplant in 2018 and was by then on his third kidney, a consequence, say the doctors, of his fiery 1976 crash. Rest easy Andreas Nikolaus “Niki” Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019), three-time Formula One World Champion. Might … Read more RIP Niki Lauda