An Immense discovery!

I thought I was pretty much up to date on all the F1 character figures currently available until I came across Immense Miniatures; a great name and stunning figures. Continue reading “An Immense discovery!”

I thought I was pretty much up to date on all the F1 character figures currently available until I came across Immense Miniatures; a great name and stunning figures. Continue reading “An Immense discovery!”

In this workbench cluster I have five 43rd figures together with a rather surprising “find” in 1/32 scale! Continue reading “Workbench update……(7th Aug)”

I bought this Casadio Alfa Romeo (P3) 1/20 scale metal kit on Ebay recently. Some partial assembly has been done by the previous owner and judging by the poor finish, I would say it was done by someone who had little or no experience at model building – hence I got it at a good price. Continue reading “Casadio (Revival) Alfa Romeo P3 1/20 scale”

The Silverstone Classic dished up it’s usual mouthwatering array of motorsporting machinery at the week-end. With the exception of a huge thunderstorm late on Saturday (which led to the cancellation of the twilight running of Group C) the weather was absolutely wonderful; with plenty of bright sunshine and a light breeze it made the whole experience all that much better for the huge crowds. Continue reading “A “Classic” postcard from Silverstone 2013!”

On a recent trip to Belfast city I took a spin out towards Bangor to visit the Ulster Folk and Transport museum. Continue reading “Ulster Transport museum – Bangor Northern Ireland”
I managed to knock two other items off my very lengthy “bucket list” in the last couple of weeks with a vist to the Cosford Airshow last week-end (Sun’ 9th June) to get my very first look at the last flying Avro Vulcan – XH558. Continue reading “Vulcan XH558 takes to the sky at Cosford Airshow 2013”

This time it’s a 1/18th resin figure from Racing Dioramics of the late great Mark Donohue. Continue reading “Another great American racer in 1/18th.”

I modified an original Scalelink figure of Mike Hawthorn and recast it in metal to produce this figure of the 1958 World Champion. Continue reading “Mike Hawthorn in 1/43rd scale”

This lot is a mixture of 1/18 & 1/20 figures in various stages of completion. Â The ones nearly there are; the trio from Racing Dioramics of; Gurney, McLaren, Donohue & the “interloper”, Rosemeyer. Continue reading “Bench update – (on a grander scale!)”

Still in catch-up mode after Nuremberg with this lot in the smaller scale nearing completion. It includes the following: Continue reading “Bench update – (’43rd scale)”