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Hi All, thanks for letting me join this awesome modelling community.
This was my first model I built, started at the beginning of 2021. Learnt a ton, handprinted this one as I didn't have an airbrush.
Really enjoyed it and was nice to get [...]
As I've previously mentioned, this was the year I got back into modeling (well, FINISHING models) after a fifteen year hiatus brought on by the birth of my first child. This time I'm showing off one of the last kits I finished back before [...]
So, my dad has finished his third racecar this year after a decades long hiatus.
Well, it´s no show winner but at least it is finished and didn´t go to model heaven.
Mostly typical Hasegawa quality. Only mounting the wheels was a bit [...]
Kit: Studio27 1/20 (FK20180)
Paint:
Eastwood 2K Primer (ZP-3014)
Zero Paint Pure Brilliant White (ZP-1026)
Zero Paint Red (ZP-1074)
Zero Paint Diamond 2K Clear (ZP-3006)
Decals:
kit markings
Tamiya and Scale Motorsport [...]
Hello everyone, this is Ayrton Senna's 1988 MP4/4 F1 car. I finished it way back in 2012 and I think I used an iPhone 4s for the photos. For the white and red I used Tamiya spray cans TS-26 Pure White and TS-36 Fluorescent Red. I [...]
Lotus Ford Type 72C, Jochen Rindt
Kit: Ebbro 1/20 (20009)
Paint:
Zero Paint 2K Primer (ZP-3014) (A primer is really needed on this kit since the body is molded in red styrene. The red bleeds through even this 2K primer.
Zero Paint [...]
Kit: Fujimi 1/20 (GP03)
Accessories:
Studio27 Carbon decals (ST27-CD20032)
Tabu Sponsor decals (TBD230)
Paint:
Zero Paint 2K Primer (ZP-3014)
Zero Paint Lotus F1 JPS Black (ZP-1121)
Zero Paint Diamond 2K Clear (ZP-3006)
Album: (link)
All [...]
My first racing car model, Red Bull Renault RB8 from Revell 1/24 driven by Sebastian Vettell during the German Grand Prix 2012 season, I had the chance to see this car during the EEUU Grand Prix in Austin Texas;
Vettel won his third [...]
Kit:
Tamiya 1/12 Brabham BT-44B - 12018-3500
This is an amazing kit, especially considering it was released 45 years ago. The fit is nearly perfect which is saying something given the complexity of the kit. There are in excess of 300 [...]
One of a series of 1/20 scale Formula One cars put out by Tamiya with a focus on the late 80's through early 90's.
This particular car was driven by Nigel Mansell and debuted at the Portuguese Grand Prix in 1989.
These kits are great for [...]