Build Blog: The Gatorade Buick
Here’s the full Build Diary for the 1982 Daytona 500 winning Buick, driven by the late Bobby Allison, a 1:24 scale kit from Salvinos JR.
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Step-by-step build diaries
Video: Building the Ferrari 643
This long-time obsolete model from the now defunct Rosso Corporation was ground breaking in its day. Click through to watch the full build of this huge 1:8 scale metal and plastic kit, including extra detail that was added for further realism.
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.
Update: Rosso Ferrari Build
Here’s the latest update video showing progress of the beautiful Ferrari 643 build.
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.
Build Blog: The ’56 Indy 500 Winner
Here’s the blog of my first resin build – the 1956 Indy 500 winner, a pretty rough resin kit in 1:43 scale from MA Scale Models.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Build Video: The Gray Ghost
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 …
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.
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!
Huge Ferrari
Ever wondered what’s inside the elusive 1:8 scale Ferrari 643 kit by Rosso Corporation?
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 …