How’s this little ripper? A hand-built Briggs-engined speedway kart that fits in the palm of your hand!
Found! These old plastic models had been packed away for 40 years. Built by someone I’ve never met, most have missing parts and all have broken components.
No model race cars, but there is some great work here utilising skills I admire. The Gippsland Sculpture Expo is currently running in the little country town of Yinnar, the place I grew up.
A 24-hour slot car race on a huge multi-lane LeMans replica Scalextric track, set up in a gymnasium. Spectacular!
Jaguar did not race F1 in 1979. But if they did, could the Big Cat have looked like this? Here is some brilliant concept artwork of racers that never existed…
Did you know that Australia has produced a slot car World Champion? Wayne Bramble won the title a couple of years back, then got himself and the hobby on Channel 7’s Today show
You might already be familiar with Tamiya’s excellent 1:12 scale F1 kits. Well, Carl Greatrix of bricktrix has built his own Ferrari, Brabham and Renault …
Some model kits at various stages of construction:
