Future F1
So i had an old F1 and in mind some kind of hovering or antigravity futuristic F1.
Wheels are replaced with some gravity defying disks like those on the hoverboard in Back to the Future
or the Matrix hover ship.
The Formula 1 Database at iModeler
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Ferrari 126CK
Ferrari 126CK, 1/20 Fujimi kit, painted with Tamiya spray cans and acrylics/Humbrol enamel.
I added some detail, photo-etched bolts and nuts, Studio27 seatbels, wires, cables and other engine and mechanical details.
I hope you like it.
Tyrrell 020
Tyrrell 020, Tamiya kit, very simple, painted with Tamiya spray cans and acrylics/Humbrol enamel.
I added little detail, photo-etched bolts and nuts, Studio27 seatbels, wires, cables and some foil to replicate the heat shield in engine [...]
Review: Beemax 1/20 McLaren MP4/2 1984 British GP – Kit Review
McLaren MP4/2 1984 British GP Aoshima Beemax 1/20 scale.
Kit Beemax No.03
Price £50.20 (Grand Prix Models)
To me the GP cars of this period are visually more attractive than their modern counterparts with their massively complex [...]
8th scale McLaren restoration.
Some months ago I was asked if I could repair a poorly built 8th scale McLaren MP4-23. After a long chat with the owner it was decided that I would try and restore the model. The first pictures show what I was facing. Not only had the [...]
Red Bull Racing Renault RB6 Formula One car, Tamiya, 1/20th
Here's my latest build, and the last one for 2016. The RB6 was introduced for the 2010 season and was an evolution of the RB4 and RB5 that came before it. These cars featured a revolutionary aerodynamic feature known as the [...]
Wolf WR1 1977 Formula One – Tamiya 1/20
Continuing my previously unplanned theme of F1 cars that won on their debut. Here we have the 1977 Wolf WR1 driven by South African Jody Scheckter to victory at the 1977 Argentine GP, it went on to win the Monaco and Canadian GPs. The [...]
McLaren Mercedes MP4-27 2012 Formula One
Something a little more up-to-date than the Ferrari posted earlier, this is the 2012 McLaren Mercedes MP4-27, and, like the Ferrari, it won the first reason, the Australian GP, driven by another Englishman, Jenson Button. I thought I had [...]
Ferrari 1989 F1 Type 640 Tamiya 1/20
In 1989 Ferrari introduced the Type 640 Formula One car, the first F1 car to feature semi-automatic transmission,and, much to everyone's surprise, it won the first race of the seawon, the Brazilian GP, driven by Englishman Nigel Mansell. [...]
McLaren MP4/8 F1 car, Tamiya, 1/20
A couple of years ago I set myself a project of building a series of 1/20 scake McLaren Formula One cars. The first one, the MP4/4 Tamiya kit ground to a halt due my disappointment with the aftermarket carbon fibre decals I bought from [...]
