Build Blog: 1/8 Rosso Ferrari

I never thought I’d see, never mind build, one of these kits. It’s the huge 1/8 scale Ferrari 643 – a rather rare model because much of the stock was destroyed in a factory fire that put the manufacturer out of business.

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Build Video: ’56 Indy 500 Winner

Here’s the “How to” video for building the 1956 Indianapolis 500 winner. It covers everything from parts prep to painting, decoration and assembly, plus some tips and problems along the way.

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GRM Bathurst Wildcard

This is GRM’s 2020 Bathurst ‘wild card’ entry. The white car with the Valvoline colour scheme was visually impressive, but was never made into a model. So I had to make my own.

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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.

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Build Log: Honda F-1 (RA273)

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.

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Video: Honda F1 Build, Part 3

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.

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Build Blog: Buddy’s Gray Ghost

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.

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Re-Take: Kimi’s F60

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!

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Huge Ferrari

Ever wondered what’s inside the elusive 1:8 scale Ferrari 643 kit by Rosso Corporation?

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Video: Building A Dirty ’89 Le Mans Winner

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.

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VIDEO: Building Petty’s 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.

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