Revell Ferrari F10 – Alonso – Monaco 2010

The first plastic F1 kit I’ve bought for many years arrived today (beautifully packed) from Netmerchants in Belfast. Box art is pretty good: Parts come molded on red / grey and surface detailing is quite  good. The kit is 1/24 scale and it can be assembled to represent 4 different versions as raced by both Alonso and Massa in the following races during 2010: Version 1 Baharain, Version 2/3 Spain & Germany, Version 4 ferraris 800th GP in Turkey. Decals The kit is worth buying jut for the decals alone, they are stunningly printed and are very comprehensive indeed. I’ll … Continue reading Revell Ferrari F10 – Alonso – Monaco 2010

WORK IN PROGRESS – 1/20 SCALE F1 DRIVER FIGURES

I’ve just started another batch of 1/20 scale F1 driver figures – includes Prost, Schumacher, Alonso, two versions of Senna, Gilles Villeneuve, Hamilton etc… So far, I’ve blocked in the main values on the two Sennas and Prost and some facial tones on one of the Schumachers and Alonso… better get on with the rest of the painting! Continue reading WORK IN PROGRESS – 1/20 SCALE F1 DRIVER FIGURES

Another crop of miniature F1Driver Figures

I’ve just started another crop of Formula One Driver figures – these metal figures in 1/43rd scale are intended to accompany model cars and add a human dimension to diecast collections.  Having said that, as a long time miniature figure painter (mainly military), I always assemble and paint my figures to exhibition standards, so they can be displayed as miniatures in their own right.    These figures are by Denizen Miniatures (run by Chub Pearson) http://www.denizenminiatures.co.uk/ and are probably the best (in terms of detail and anatomical proportions) 43rd scale figures around.  I’ve just assembled, based, undercoated and blocked in the … Continue reading Another crop of miniature F1Driver Figures