Step-by-step build diaries
I won this old, and now very rare, FDS model on eBay a few years back. It is Emerson Fittipaldi’s Copersucar FD04 Formula One car from the first half of the 1977 season. It was advertised as a built model in need of some TLC as various parts had broken off. .
A friend needed this Audi to be built quickly so it could be given as a gift. It turned into a very quick New Years Day build! She’d purchased the kit from an Aldi supermarket about a year ago where it carried a RRP of under $10. It’s made by the Hong Kong based Welly … Read more Audi TT Coupe (Welly 1:24)
Portuguese manufacturer Onyx marketed a range of 1:43 scale Indycars in the early to mid 1990s. The models were very basic – plastic base plate, 1-piece diecast body, plus plastic driver, rear wing, suspension, rubber tyres and metal axles. The paint was usually good, but the decoration was often out of alignment. From a distance, … Read more Indycar Enhancement, Paul Tracy (Onyx 1:43)
This is the first white metal kit I’ve built from scratch. The kit is FDS #61 “Copersucar FD04 – 1977”, but it also builds the silver 1976 version. Above & Below: Complete!
About time I got back to building Tamiya 1:20 F1s! I’ve owned this kit (#20006) for some time and planned a standard out-of-the-box build. This model has been re-released under number 20064 and from what I hear the newer one is better with improved tyres and numerous photo-etched parts. Having said that, my kit is … Read more 1977 Wolf WR-1, Scheckter (Tamiya 1:20)
Today I finished Russell Ingall’s Castrol VT Commodore that raced in this one-off “Magnatec” livery at Canberra’s GMC 400 in 2000. Build Diary below.
This is the Tyrrell 011 that was used for most of the 1983 season. It arrived as a “gift” with another model I purchased off ebay a couple of years ago. I couldn’t do much with it until some replacement decals were sourced, after which I was able to rebuild it, pretty much from scratch. … Read more 1983 Tyrrell Ford 011, Alboreto (FDS, 1/43)
I built this from the box. Tamiya’s 1:20 scale Grand Prix range is excellent and they build into outstanding models with little effort – however this one has taken me several years to actually finish! The kit can be built up as either Michael Schumacher or Martin Brundle’s ride from the 1992 F1 season. I … Read more 1992 Benetton B192 Ford, Brundle (Tamiya, 1:20)
Trax made four racing versions of the Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth – two DJR Shell cars (Johnson #17 & Bowe #18, sold separately), a black Texaco #6 version (Bathurst ’87), plus this 1987 OXO Supercube version raced by Andrew Miedecke that was released in 1990. Above: The Trax Sierra’s came in a cardboard window box … Read more OXO Ford Sierra Enhancement (Trax 1:43)
The subject for this Code 3 was Rodney Forbes’ 2001 Gibson Motorsport AU Falcon.
Paul Weel’s KJ Thermal AU Falcon from the 2000 season was the subject for this conversion Here’s a tip – whenever you receive your decals, check them against the actual model! I bought these ones from Patto’s Place well over a year ago. When it was time to decal the model, I cut the first … Read more Paul Weel’s 2000 AU Falcon Conversion
This is a 1:43 scale model of the 2000 Bathurst winning VT Holden Commodore driven by Jason Bargwanna and Garth Tander. It is by Classic Carlectables and was part of a Limited Edition run of 4000 pieces.
Above: This model starts out as the Scuderia-Veloce Dealer team EH Holden S4 of Spencer Martin/Brian Muir that raced in the 1963 Armstrong 500 (Bathurst) as modelled by Trax TR5E. The Task? Convert it into a representation of the car driven by Victorian David Price in the mid to late 1960s. Ironically, Price purchased the … Read more Holden EH S4, David Price Conversion (Trax 1:43)
This project was to create a representation of the 48/215 “FX” Holden that David Price once raced.