I started putting this famous image of the late great jim Clark driving his Lotus 49 onto canvas with acrylics. I initially “warmed” up the canvas with a wash of cad yellow orange and then blocked in the main shapes and values. I’m pretty happy with it so far, so I’m going to take a break and get back to painting the rest of those miniature driver figures. More on this later. Continue reading Jim Clark Lotus 49 – Acrylic on canvas
Still working with the pencil I worked up this image of Jackie Stewart driving what I think is one of the nicest looking of the Matra F1 cars. Continue reading Jackie Stewart – Matra MS10 Pencil sketch
Still working on my WIP line-up. This one is of Ayrton Senna (an old Modellers figure) 1/20 in resin. I decided to depict him wearing his own logo on what was going to be a very plain white t shirt. Using acrylics, I’ve blocked in the main colours and have added the stitching detail on the suit. I’ll add some Marlboro logos and the like to inject more interest and in particular, I’ll add a large Marlboro panel to the back of the suit…… and the work continues – more later. Continue reading Ayrton Senna 1/20 scale figure – WIP
This is another 1/20 resin figure I have “on the go” at the moment. It’s an original GF-models figure which I have converted into a more relaxed stance depicting Michael Schumacher at the Monaco Grand Prix in 2006. This was the race where Schumacher famously “parked” his car at the Rascasse corner and thereby blocking Alonso (who was on his fast lap) from setting a faster time! I’m not sure of the significance of it, but Schumacher also wore a very distinctive race suit at this grand prix – whatever the reason, it didn’t stop the stewards from penalising his … Continue reading Michael Schumacher 1/20 figure – WIP Monaco 2006
This 1/20 scale resin figure of Ayrton Senna has been in my WIP line-up for a while now, and today I eventually got back to painting in some more of the details.  Using a photo of him taken at his home Grand Prix in Brazil (the first GP in ’94), I decided to depict him wearing one of his “Senninha” type T shirts which features the comic character logo of his charitible foundation. So far I’ve just outlined the Senninha graphic on the T shirt with medium values – the boots have been given some initial shading as have the … Continue reading Ayrton Senna – “Senninha” 1/20 scale figure WIP
HERE ARE SOME MORE SHOTS I TOOK ON A RECNT VISIT TO THE MUSEUM Continue reading MORE OF THE DONNINGTON F1 COLLECTION
IT’S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO VISIT THE DONNINGTON MUSEUM IN THE UK . THEY HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY SUPERB COLLECTION OF RACING CARS DATING FROM THE EARLY 1950’S RIGHT UP TO THE CURRENT MACINERY SUCH AS THE MCLAREN DRIVEN BY LEWIS HAMILTON IN 2007. THE MUSEUM IS VERY ACCESSABLE BEING JUST OFF THE M1 MOTORWAY AND RIGHT BESIDE THE EAST MIDLANDS AIRPORT. Continue reading THE DONNINGTON F1 COLLECTION
More shots of the last group this time on a small scenic base to check context and perspective. Group includes: Enzo (by Trackpass), Hill, Stewart, Siffert and Clark (all by Denizen) – the Ferrari car is by Brum. Continue reading 43rd Scale F1 Mini Diorama
The late Phil Hill (who sadly passed away in 2008 at the age of 81) was the first American to become F1 World Champion in 1961 is captured nicely in this miniature by Denizen – again based, undercoated and blocked in – so on with the detail painting! Continue reading Phil Hill – F1 43rd scale miniature
A reflective pose captured nicely in this Denizen Miniature of Ayrton Senna – one of him wearing his most famous Marlboro garb (while at McLaren) and the other, his Rothmans outfit (in which he sadly perished at Imola) when at Williams GP – They are WIP, so on with the detail painting! Continue reading Ayrton Senna at Williams & McLaren – 43rd scale
