Build Video: Honda F1
Finally, here’s the fourth (and final) video about building the big 1/12 scale Tamiya kit of the 1966 Honda RA273 Formula One car.
Step-by-step build diaries
Finally, here’s the fourth (and final) video about building the big 1/12 scale Tamiya kit of the 1966 Honda RA273 Formula One car.
Tamiya’s big 1:12 scale Grand Prix models are impressive pieces. This Honda RA273 was the company’s first foray into F1 at that scale, and my second ever 1:12 scale build. This is the full build log.
Body colour, decals and clear have been applied to all the panels to represent Richie Ginther’s #12 version from 1966. Also, the wheels have been done and parts are starting to be assembled into the monocoque.
This is the full build video of the late Buddy Baker’s 1980 Daytona 500 winning Oldsmobile 442, built from a Salvinos JR Models 1/25 scale …
Here’s the FULL Build Diary for Buddy Baker’s Daytona 500 winning “Gray Ghost”, a 1/25 scale kit from Salvinos JR Models to which I’ve made a number of changes to improve the reality.
Several years ago, I posted the build of this model across two videos. The videos were terrible, but the model wasn’t too bad, so I’ve done this re-take!
Ever wondered what’s inside the elusive 1:8 scale Ferrari 643 kit by Rosso Corporation?
Sometimes it’s better to paint the livery on a model car instead of using the kit’s decals. This vid shows an example of using the …
This is how I built Tamiya’s 1:24 scale plastic kit of the 1989 Sauber Mercedes C9. I built it as the Le Mans winner and used various techniques to dirty the car up, plus add damage, to represent its condition at the end of the 24-hour race.
From the parts in the box to the final display piece, this is how I built Tamiya’s 1:20 scale kit of the Tyrrell P34 formula one racer, as driven at the 1977 Monaco Grand Prix by Patrick Depailler.
First time with race grime! Here’s how I built Tamiya’s 1989 Le Mans winner as it finished the 24-hour race, complete with bug smears, rubber debris, brake dust – and damage!
This is the second (and final) part in the Build Series on the Salvinos JR model kit of Richard Petty’s 1979 Daytona 500 winning Oldsmobile …
This is the first part (of two) on how to build the Salvinos JR kit of Richard Petty’s 1979 Daytona 500 winning Oldsmobile. It’s basically the Build Diary that was posted last month, but in video format.
I’d been wanting to build a Salvinos JR stock car kit for some time. Here’s the full build in words and pictures of creating Richard Petty’s Daytona 500 winning Oldsmobile.
This build is of a long-out-of-production (and I believe now quite rare) kit from Rosso Corporation of the 1991 Ferrari 643 V12 Formula 1 car.
This video is my FULL BUILD of Tameo’s 1/43 scale white metal kit of the Ferrari 640/F189 from the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix, covering everything from initial parts clean up and test fitting, to paint, assembly & final touches.
I crashed it! Here’s the second (and final) video of building Tamiya’s 1:20 scale Tyrrell 023 Yamaha F1 racer from 1995.
Tyrrell’s 023 Yamaha F1 racer from 1995 didn’t do much on track, but it wasn’t a bad looking car. This video is the first of two that shows my build of Tamiya’s 1:20 scale plastic kit.
Tameo’s kit of Ferrari’s early season F1/89 Grand Prix car is typical of its 1/43 scale range of the era. Despite now being quite an …