Jordan 911 – boxed and good to go!
I eventually made the necessary adjustments to the original box with the aid of my inkjet and some sticky carbon patterned vynil, so it’s ready, and good to go! Continue reading “Jordan 911 – boxed and good to go!”
Tag: F1
More magic from Murphy!
John Murphy has done another fine batch of castings for me of these five 1/43 character figures. Continue reading “More magic from Murphy!”
Size matters…..!
As a result of developing cateracts in both eyes over the last few months, I’m having to switch my painting hours to larger scale figures and away from the smaller 1/43rd scale which I tend to favour. Continue reading “Size matters…..!”
“To the victor goes the spoils”…..
… or put another way – “To the winner goes the booty”! Â On the ‘Bay at the moment, World Champion from 1983, Nelson Piquet and his BT 52. Â Originally this was a Quartzo World Champ’ set with a plastic figure a bottle of bubbly, and a trophy all centered around the BT52 and the podium. Continue reading ““To the victor goes the spoils”…..”
Jack Brabham & Cooper T51
“Black Jack” & T51
Just a quick post to facilitate photo’s for an Ebay auction. Â The car is a 1/43rd scale diecast by Quartzo which I have sharpened up a bit – and the Brabham figure in the same scale is a metal casting by Scalelink painted as usual in Valejo acrylics. Continue reading “Jack Brabham & Cooper T51”
Job done …….first of many….I hope…….
…….yes this is the first one to leave the bench in the last eight weeks – so hopefully many more will follow! Continue reading “Job done …….first of many….I hope…….”
Projects on my bench – afraid this one rambles on…& on.. (updated Oct 31st) – Oh how scary!
One of the projects on my bench at the moment is a little vignette of Denny Hulme giving his team mate (and boss) Jack Brabham a lift back to the pits after the latters car broke down – an “F1 Taxi” if you will. Continue reading “Projects on my bench – afraid this one rambles on…& on.. (updated Oct 31st) – Oh how scary!”
Fernando Alonso – passionate in victory!
Fernando Alonso is so domonstrative when he wins a Grand Prix. From the moment he takes the chequered flag he leaves everyone in no doubt about his deep satisfaction and elation with his hand gestures and expressive body language. Another … Continue reading Fernando Alonso – passionate in victory!