John Jameson sent along shots of two of his models

This Tameo of Italy 1/43rd kit of the Jordan 196 is modeled as it appeared at the German Grand Prix piloted by Rubens Barichello. The kit is comprised of a white metal body, undertray and seat. The front wing, and endplates are also white metal with the deflector wing parts and wing uprights being photo-etch brass. The rear wing, suspensions, seat belts, steering wheel/dash, and are also made of photo-etch pieces. The wheels are turned brass with photo-ethc inserts. The driver figure, decals and references for painting the figure and helmet are included in the kit.

Tameo kits are engineered so well that they really are a pleasure to build. If you have not tried a Tameo kit I would highly recommend it. Watch out, however, those 1/43rd scale kits can be highly addictive!

This Tamiya 1/20th Scale Tyrrell Yamaha 023 kit was built as a high detail build up. This version was piloted by Mika Salo. Turned intake trumpets, carbon fibre decals, ignition wires, machined rear shocks, machined valve stems, seatbelts and hardware, and AN fittings and braided line for the coolant and oil lines were added to an already fine kit by Tamiya. I used the Formula Perfect Manual for the Tyrrell 023 by Model Graphix as a reference guide for the build.

Steve Perry says:

"This is the Eduard Morane Saulnier Type L kit # 8007 built straight out of the box. No references were used that didn't come from the box. Rigging is heat-stretched sprue from the kit runners. Even the fuselage tapes were made by painting unused areas of the kit decal sheet and cutting thin strips. Paint is Liquitex acrylic thinned with Future.

This was a beautiful kit. Everything fit, even the brass interior fit perfectly inside the plastic fuselage halves. The decals were very fragile and need to be coated with clear film before use. The kit came with two metal engines and is a real bargain. I heartily recommend this kit to modelers who have some experience working with brass and plastic."

Two more from Tony Paton are

1/24 Hasegawa 1998 Monte Carlo raced by Spaniard Carlos Sainz. Notice the headsets hanging on the rear vision mirror.

Tamiya's 1/24 Kure Nismo Skyline that raced in the 1996 Japanese GT car series. Notice the metallic black paint scheme.