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Build Diary
Step-by-step build diaries
VIDEO: Building Tamiya’s Toyota 88C-V
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 …
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.
VIDEO: Building The Tyrrell P34 6-Wheeler
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.
Build Diary: 1989 Sauber-Mercedes C9
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!
VIDEO: Final Part, Petty Oldsmobile Build
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 …
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.
Build Diary: 1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass 442 (Salvinos JR, 1/25)
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.
A Rare Rosso – Kit Build & Review Video
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.
Video: Building Mansell’s Ferrari
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.
VIDEO – Tyrrell 023 Build (part 2 of 2)
I crashed it! Here’s the second (and final) video of building Tamiya’s 1:20 scale Tyrrell 023 Yamaha F1 racer from 1995.
VIDEO: Building Tamiya’s Tyrrell 023
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.
Build Diary: 1989 Ferrari F189 (Tameo 1:43)
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 …
Video: Building Kimi’s Ferrari, Part 2
This is the second and final video about building Tamiya’s 1:20 scale kit of the Ferrari F60 Grand Prix car that Kimi Raikkonen drove in the 2009 Formula One World Championship.
Video: Building Kimi’s Ferrari, Part 1
This is part 1 of a two part series on how I built Tamiya’s 1:20 scale kit of the Ferrari F60 Grand Prix car that Kimi Raikkonen drove in the 2009 F1 World Championship.
Build Diary: 1995 Tyrrell 023 Yamaha (Tamiya, 1:20)
Considering the disaster that happened mid-way through the build, it’s a small miracle this model made it to completion. It was initially to be an out-of-box build but I ended up adding some plumbing, wiring and carbon fibre. And just to prove I’m crazy, I used the kit’s decals for the blue livery…
HRT’s Car of the Future Conversion
Holden’s sexy looking carbon-fibre-and-gold Car Of The Future test car hit the track in 2012. Despite the popularity of HRT, this version was never released by the model makers. So here’s how I made mine (mistakes and all!).
Build Diary: Toyota 88C-V (Tamiya, 1:24 scale)
Most of my modelling time is spent building F1 open-wheelers or doing code-3 conversions on Aussie V8 Supercars. This was the first time I’d tackled a closed-cockpit sports racer. It turned out OK 🙂
Video: Building Honda’s RA272 F1 Winner
This is Honda’s first ever Formula One race winner, the RA272 taking victory at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix. This is a video of how I built mine.