Image: Mario Andretti’s 1979 Lotus 80 at Brands Hatch in 2018. No heritage or value in that, eh, FOM? Surprise, surprise! Formula One Management have slammed the door…
2022 was a fantastic year. I was extremely lucky to attend four separate race meetings during the season. Each was slightly different, and all were at what I…
I built the re-released Italeri Lancia LC2. How did I get on with a kit that has barely changed since the mid-80s? Read my review to see.
Building an original Tamiya Porsche 935 Turbo from 1976, complete with electric motor and those beautiful Martini stripes. Read all about it!
My Tamiya Lotus 102B model kit is a tough cookie. It’s not every day you drop a kit 4 feet on a hard wood floor and still get to show it off!
Everyone remembers the 500cc race at the British Motorcycle Grand Prix in 2000. Valentino Rossi’s first premier-class victory, Jeremy McWilliams in third place and the riders smoking their…
One of the features of the new Concorde Agreement between the Formula 1 teams and Liberty Media is the enormous $200 million entry fee for any prospective new…
The Fujimi Sauber C30 is an unusual subject for an F1 model kit. I had to have it! Read about my third completed 1:20 kit here.
A classic 1:24 scale Italian kit, I built the Protar Ferrari 156/85. Read about what went well, what didn’t and what you should do differently.
My adventures in building the Tamiya Benetton B192 model kit for your amusement. Read how I screwed up first time, and how I fixed it at the second attempt.
I bet you grew up with at least a few little toy cars. And I bet you raced them against each other. Who didn’t? Making race courses around…
In 2019 I went to two rounds of British Superbikes: Donington Park and Oulton Park. My trip to Donington was for the meeting in late May, the triple-header….
Read my thoughts on the Hasegawa Lancia 037 Rally model kit and find out how I fared when building it. Includes high-res detailed photos.
Revisit an old issue of Autosport magazine that covered one of the most memorable Formula 1 races of the 1990s – the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix.
Browse my completed Fujimi Footwork FA13 plastic model kit F1 car in 1:20 scale. Read the build diary and learn the tips and tricks I used.
My completed Tamiya Tyrrell 023 plastic model kit F1 car in 1:20 scale. Read the build diary to see how I built this classic mid 90s F1 car.
The Tamiya Tyrrell 020 was my first proper F1 kit. I’ve come a long way since then! Here’s a few photos and a little story about the model.
Larrousse F1 cars were always a riot of colour, and this one was no different. Read about my build of the Hasegawa Larrousse LC90 here.
A full debrief on my goings-on at Scale ModelWorld 2018, including the models I displayed and the all-important haul of new kits and bits!
Wales Rally GB. Cold, muddy and damp but SO MUCH FUN! In a busy few weeks of motorsport I capped off 2018 by seeing the WRC at Wales…
Right after I had seen the British Superbikes at Silverstone, the following weekend I went and did the same with the BTCC. I was on a mission to…
There’s no missing my completed Hasegawa Benetton B190 plastic model kit F1 car. Possibly one of the most colourful F1 cars of all time!
In September I paid a visit to Silverstone to catch my first live British Superbikes action for over a decade. BSB race meetings were a fairly regular occurrence…