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According to Wikipedia, Gdyr tires size are 25.0x10.0-13 for front and 26.0x15.0-13 for rear from 1981 until 1992. These are marked with white logo. I check the Modelers' Tyrrell 019 and Hasegawa's Larousse LC90, both in 1/24. The Tyrrell uses Prlli tires and Larousse uses Gdyr. Their sizes are very...

Don't forget, next week's race weekend will also start on Thursday and race day will be on Saturday again.

After that, race schedule will be back to normal, i.e. race day on Sunday.

Hi Rodrigo,

May I ask what paint did you use for the STP red?

Hi Rodrigo,

Thanks for showing a beautiful unique Lotus car.

The finish of the model is very good.

Hi Giovanni, Thank you for your offer. I want to build the kit as 019 as it is the first car to have the high nose. The Modeller's kit is very decent. I need to scratch build the rear wing for the Monaco grand prix version as the wing mount is attached to the top wing instead of the bottom wing as i...

First kit this year is a surprised Modeller's 1/24 Tyrrell Ford 019 that I found in our local hobby store.

It is a kit with a full Ford DFR engine.

I agree with SBEST. It is not always possible to have true scaled down dimensions on models as physical limitations dictate what can be done. I was just interested to see how thin the endplates should be in true scaled down dimensions. For 1/12 scale it is achievable to be around 0.25mm thick. In 1/...

Shayne's EJ10 is stunning. All the decals look to adhere very good to the model. What a nice work! Can't wait to see the finished car. The early Revell F1 kits all have horrible groove tires. However, I got their later version that were great as replacement. I just wrote to Revell indicating which k...

Hi Marcel,

I have ordered a 1/24 version and already thinking what to use for the endplates . It will be around 0.005" or 0.13mm if it is true to scale. This is thinner than printer paper.

Anyway, anything less than 0.01" (0.25mm) will look better than the molded plastic thing.

I have a look at the FIA regulations. In 1996, FIA introduced the minimum front endplate thickness at 10mm with a 5mm radius. Hence before 1996, endplates are thinner. From high resolution photos of the MP4/4 that I can find, the estimated thickness of the front and rear endplates is around 3 to 4mm...