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Wednesday, 31 July 2019

1/43 Model Review: 2007 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari F2007)

Background

Following Schumacher's first retirement, Raikkonen was signed as his replacement and won at the opening race in Australia. The two Ferraris and the two McLarens would battle intensely for both titles, with McLaren and their drivers holding the upper hand as the season developed. Ferrari and Raikkonen seemed out of the title race, but at China, Hamilton's McLaren had worn his tyres out and slid off into the gravel when entering the pit-lane, and Raikkonen took his fifth victory, reigniting his title campaign leading into the final race, though still 7 points adrift. It was Ferrari's 200th victory and 600th podium, which this model commemorates. In Brazil, Massa dominated the weekend, though out of contention for the title, whilst Hamilton was battling a number of issues on the way to seventh place and Alonso was powerless against the Ferraris in third. Massa let Raikkonen through to win the race and the Drivers' Championship by a point from both Alonso and Hamilton.

Interestingly, Massa revealed in the F1 podcast that it was at the Belgian GP where it was decided that the driver ahead at the end of that race would be the backed driver for the Championship. Coming to the prior race at Monza, it was the Brazilian who had the advantage but for reliability to strike and Kimi took a podium and the initiative for the remainder of the season.

Hot Wheels


The Hot Wheels car is presumably based on the race opening Australian GP, with the Marlboro red and the straight engine cover trailing edge. Hot Wheels continue with their generally good proportions, mixed with bulky appendages, but even the bargeboards are getting more detail, as is the front suspension and sidepod winglets. The helmet is a let down, but oeverall, not a bad little model. 
Score: 6/10

Mattel Elite


The Mattel Elite car is based on the Chinese GP, where Kimi earned his 5th victory of the season, the 200th Ferrari win, the 600th podium, the penultimate race of the season. From the Monaco GP, the F2007 ran in a darker metallic red, which I personally loved. The car features more refined details than the Hot Wheels car, though the exhaust looks clumsy. With the wheel covers front and rear masking any difficiencies, this turns out to be quite a nice model. The cockpit has a nice steering wheel too. 
Score: 7/10

Formula 1 Car Collection / Ixo 


As usual, the model is the Mattel Elite car, but this is dubbed as the Australian GP, even though the shape is clearly based on the end of the season (for a start, the rounded fin on the engine cover). The front rims are terrible, and you don't get a nice sticker for the steering wheels. For the lack of attention to detail, I have to award this a lower score than the Hot Wheels car. 
Score: 5/10

Redline

Redline RL140

Redline have produced a number of quality models, starting with Australian GP version. Good attention to detail on the track specific parts, the bright red colour scheme, no front wheel rim covers and the straight engine cover. Nice holes in the rear wing endplates, lovely bargeboards, good mirrors, very nice details, a great model.

Redline KBR002

We also get two late season versions, firstly the Japanese GP version above.

Redline RL148

And the Championship winning car from the Brazilian GP. Again you get lovely details on this model, along with good proportions throughout, including a nicely modelled nose cone.
Score: 8/10

Looksmart

Looksmart LSF-ES1707
There are a limited number of Looksmart versions around, but I believe it's the same as the Redline model but with a driver figure, this one from the Chinese GP as a special limited edition run of 200. It's a shame that the helmet looks little better than the Hot Wheels attempt, but don't let that take away from the rest of this beautiful model.
Score: 8/10

BBR

BBR BG311
This is the BBR model based on the Australian GP. The BBR car looks too long and low, which is a shame, because as usual, BBR do put some nice detail into their cars. But it's the poor proportions that let this down for me, even though the contours all look pretty accurate.
Score: 6/10
BBR BG344
BBR produced a mid-season version based on the British GP. The colour looks fantastic on this factory built model, and so does some of the details on the bargeboards, the cockpit and the exhaust area. I think the nose is a little too long for my liking, but overall, the proportions are much improved from the early season model.
BBR EX26
And we get a late season version based on the Chinese GP. Ignoring the slightly elongated nose in my opinion, this has slightly finer details than the Redline car and so I think I marginally prefer this one.
Score: 9/10

Tameo

Tameo TB010


Tameo have similarly done a selection of F2007s from the season, overlapping with other manufacturers, this model being the Australian GP car.

Tameo TMK367
And here is one from the Spanish GP, though this is Felipe's car.

Tameo TB015

The Chinese GP Version has full tobacco sponsorship rather than the barcodes,

Tameo TB011

Whoever made this Brazilian GP model obviously forgot to put the Shell V-Power decal on the rear wing endplate, but this is a beautiful recreation of Kimi's Championship winning car. It should have been Massa's race to win, but he let Kimi win and thus clinch the Championship by a point, and amazingly Ferrari's last champion. Tameo continue to set the standard for 1/43 scale F1 models.
Score: 10/10

Tuesday, 30 July 2019

2019 German GP Review

After a great Austrian Grand Prix, and an incredible British Grand Prix, we had another thriller at the German GP, and F1 is starting to forget the dull opening rounds.



At points, with so many safety cars and switches in position, it felt like an Indycar race, just with rain. I wouldn't want it every race, but to have changeable conditions, a bit of jeopardy with the run offs, lots of strategy to throw into the mix, and we had ourselves a great race. For me, the DRS overtakes at the end of the race tainted it a bit, in removing one DRS zone, they probably should have run the entire race without DRS.

The weekend was surrounded by some more odd events:

  • Rich Energy are still on the Haas cars.
  • A coach ran into and damaged the starting lights.
  • A Renault truck spun off a motorway


Poor Alfa Romeo being disqualified after Kimi led Giovinazzi home to seventh and eighth placed finishes, with Kimi running highly all day with pretty good pace including some nice battles with Vettel. Kimi was lucky to keep it together having gone off at the turn 17/18. With that, the team drop to ninth in the Constructors' Championship.

It meant that Williams scored their first point. They are now the only two cars who have not had a DNF all season, but you've got to wonder if they should have taken the odd risk here or there to get into the points on such a topsy-turvy day. Russell was running ahead of Stroll and was asking to take a chance on slicks, but the team did not want to gamble and Stroll went on to a lot of points. A mistake in turn 2 let teammate Kubica through and end up earning a point. Very pleased for Kubica to get the point, although he's been outperformed by Russell all season. Sadly their heavily updated car doesn't seem to be getting them particularly closer to the midfield.


Mercedes were in a celebratory mood, with a cool one-off livery, great 1950's team-wear, and a Grand Prix sponsored by them, but a slightly ill Hamilton went off twice, Bottas smashed the car in the race, the second crash this weekend, and their strategy was off, having been so reliably brilliant all season long. Their almost minute long pitstop was hilarious. Hamilton and Mercedes can afford the odd off weekend, but Bottas really needs to capitalise on these, as talks of Ocon are being brought higher up the agenda.

Ricciardo wasn't having all that great a day in the Renault before his retirement, but Hulkenberg was having his best race for ages. But, as usual, with a sniff of a podium finish, you guessed it, he binned it. I'd usually say that a podium for the German will never happen, but if I say that he's going to do it in Hungary.

Racing Point have been almost anonymous this season, with Perez, a usual shoe-in for a top finish on a chaotic day crashed out early in the race. The cameras caught a glimpse of Stroll spinning in the background of Norris's retirement, but he managed to get going though spending most of his time at the rear of the field. So with some fortune and good strategy calls, he led the race, for all of about three corners. He claims a podium finish was on the cards as he was running ahead of Kvyat, but it was a strong finish for what has been a pretty uninspiring season for the pink cars.

For me, Sainz was having a great race in the McLaren. He was never quite featured in the race, but he was always running well into the points, showed great pace at times and good racecraft, despite a lucky escape from a spin at turn 17/18 and deserved his fifth placed finish, adding more points to their solid fourth place in the Constructors' Championship. Sainz is also running away with best of the rest in the Drivers' Championship. Norris didn't seem to have the pace of Sainz all weekend, and ended up retiring fairly early on.

Haas needed some good news, and the downgrade seemed to be the answer for Grosjean at least, qualifying in sixth. But once again, the Haas bang wheels, to the fury of Steiner., but they both finished well in the points.

The star of Toro Rosso for me was Alex Albon, he was having a great race, and it was because he was running so well, and Kvyat so far down that their fortunes reversed at the final safety car. The only complaint for Alex's race was when he was challenging Lewis in the Mercedes, he was too kind and not ruthless enough which cost him momentum and a whole lot of positions. But it was new dad, Kvyat, who scored the podium. He's had a good season and kept it clean on his way to finish on the podium in a Toro Rosso, with two of the podium finishers running Honda engines.

Sister team Red Bull were enjoying a stronger weekend. Both cars had terrible starts, but that's turning out to be a blessing in disguise for Max as he drove extremely well, albeit with a minor spin, to almost cruise to victory on a day when his rivals all went off crashing their cars. Gasly had a much stronger qualifying, but his bad start got him caught in difficult battles that pegged his progress. It would have been a reasonable points finish had he not tagged Albon with a few laps to go, sending him out of the race. Marko said he expects 5 victories this season, which looked ambitious at best, but as Max and the chassis looking stronger and stronger, they might get there in 2019. Max, even in his spin, showed his class, lighting up the rear to get the car from a slide to a spin and then hammering the brakes to get it lined up. Brilliant.

Ferrari looked all out of sorts in qualifying with issues plaguing both drivers, despite possibly having a shot at pole position with Leclerc. Vettel had a great first lap, but as he said himself, he was running David Coulthard race, 'not spectacular, but quite fast'. He didn't really make that much progress mid-race, but he kept it clean through the treacherous conditions, he made good strategy calls, and he pulled off clean overtakes. DRS aided him for the final two to make the podium, but it was nice to see Vettel smile and be relatively back on form. He nearly lost it on the final lap, running wide and was quite pedestrian in the stadium section as Kvyat was right on his diffuser. Leclerc was in the mix all race having made progress from a tenth placed start. He was already over the limit a few times in turn 17, and on his third off there on slicks on a particularly wet and well rubbered drag strip, the car slid into the barriers ending his race. His disappointment drew back memories of Vettel's similarly clumsy off last year.

It was nice to see Mick Schumacher have a run out in the Ferrari F2004.


Monday, 29 July 2019

1/43 Model Review: 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso (Renault R26)

Background

After a Championship winning 2005 season, the 2006 challenger would prove equally effective, taking 8 wins and both Drivers' and Constructors' Championships. The team were put under pressure by the Ferrari of Michael Schumacher, his final season with the Italian marquee, but Alonso and the team were able to secure both titles in the final round at Interlagos, Brazil. This was a defining moment for the Spaniard who proved to be the most complete driver in the current field after securing his back-to-back titles.

Minichamps

Minichamps 400060001
The standard Renault had Team Spirit as tobacco sponsorship disappeared from the sport part way through the season. Minichamps have provided another strong model, though I was never really a fan of the helmets in this era of Minichamps. The car itself has good proportions and growing complexity that is nicely modelled. 

Minichamps 400060101
The British GP livery is one of my favourites from the season as Renault did many various one-off livery alternatives to the Team Spirit version.
Minichamps 400060201
The French GP features a shark. It also comes with the sidepod fin, which is not on the early season versions. It's a shame we only get two of the special liveries, but it's good we have some.

Minichamps 436060001
Unlike the World Champion collection version of the 2005 R25, this is a much better update. I much prefer this helmet, which is a little larger than the original and is a much more accurate shape. There's not much significant updates that I can see. 
Score: 7/10

Norev

Norev

I'm struggling to find too much about this car, but Norev have created a nice alternative to the Minichamps car, and though the finish and refinement is not as mature as Minichamps, it's hard to pick any significant areas where it is inferior to the Minichamps model.
Score: 7/10

Tameo


Tameo SLK037 - Brazilian GP
Tameo SLK037 - Japanese GP

Tameo - Canadian GP
As you can see, there are a few different versions of the Tameo kit model. This is another beautiful triumph from Tameo. There is better detail in the chimney, the exhaust with its grills behind, the holes in the rear wing slots and a much more detailed cockpit marks the Tameo models out from the others above. 
Score: 9/10

1/43 Model Review: 2019 Renault RS19 (Spark)

Renault came into 2019 having made a big statement in signing Daniel Ricciardo, that they were putting the resources in to be successful, their intent was serious. Having just missed out on fourth in the Championship in 2018, Renault's goals were to establish themselves ahead of the midfield and start to make inroads towards the top three.

The car clearly is a quick car, but not at every track. Though they are generally near the top end of the midfield, they are struggling with qualifying which makes extracting their race pace difficult. They have also continued to struggle with reliability, when in Bahrain, both cars retired at the same corner on the same lap due to car failures.

The battle between Ricciardo and Hulkenberg has generally been quite close, but Ricciardo has the upper hand in qualifying, whilst the two are often found together during races.

Hulkenberg crashed out of his best race of the season at the German GP where a podium finish was on the cards, but he slid off and into the barriers. It would be a shame for the German if Renault choose to replace him at the end of the season, he deserves a crack in a top end car.

The team's main rivals are customers McLaren, who have looking more and more secure for that fourth placed finish, so Renault have their work cut out to improve and consistently finish 'best of the rest' if they are to salvage their scrappy season.


Spark S6076

Spark S6075

I'm personally partial to a black car with yellow trim, but last season's car had too much yellow for me. The yellow has scaled back in 2019, and I think it's a great livery, more from the side than from the front though. One of the clever things on the Renault is that the main planes of the rear wing don't join straight onto the endplate, but there's a series of small multi-element winglets that are perhaps millimeters wide. It was never possible to include that onto a 1/43 scale model, but the curve in the endplate is also shaped as a mini aerofoil, which is nicely modelled on this car.

I still don't understand how Renault can run such a bulky engine cover and have it be aerodynamically efficient as other smoother versions of their opposition. Spark have done a great job on the proportions of the model, and their detail is pretty good too. You get the vented mirrors, and a complicated bargeboard set up, the rear wing as mentioned above and diffuser region are all very nicely done. The driver helmet is better with a dark visor.

So overall, another good car from Spark, both based on the Australian GP.
Score: 8/10

Friday, 26 July 2019

1/43 Model Review: 2005 World Champion: Fernando Alonso (Renault R25)

Background

This was the first of Fernando Alonso's double Drivers' World Championship crowns, and sadly only Championships. After years of domination by Ferrari, it was refreshing to see the reliable and consistent Renaults battling with the quick but fragile McLaren. They also benefitted from the introduction of Michelin tyres, as they took victory in the first four races, one to Fisichella and the others by Alonso. Alonso would gain 7 wins over the season, earning the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships for the team.

Minichamps

Minichamps 400050005
The standard version comes with the usual Minichamps quality, good proportions and an increasing amount of detail and refinement. I'm not a big fan of their helmet shape, and the modelling of the HANS device seems to get in the way of the driver figure sitting in the cockpit properly. The grills at the rear of the sidepod are in 3D to a degree, but I think they could have done with a small black line just to bring them out. The rear wing is nicely done, with Renault's unique integration with the endplate on the main plane.

Minichamps 400050205
Minichamps have done a French GP livery which  is a bit more imaginative than the 'Team Spirit' logos. Minichamps have done a nice job in putting that on the model. 

Minichamps 403050025
There are a couple of special boxes, this being one of them sold in Japan, but all of them featuring the standard model.
Score: 7/10

Minichamps 436050005
The R25 got the World Champions treatment and an update. Sadly the issue with where the driver sat in the cockpit is even worse on this model. Personally, I prefer the original paint and decal job. Because of my disappointment that this re-release is actually worse than the original, I'll have to knock it down a grade.
Score: 6/10

Formula 1 Car Collection / Ixo



First thing I noticed was how high the nose is, or how low the front wing is, either way, the wing supports are way too tall. The bargeboards don't have the finesse as the Minichamps version. The rolloever bar and the sidepods aren't bad, the grills being a little more muted than the Minichamps car. The rear wing is pretty basic. It's not a triumph, but it's not a disaster either.
Score: 6/10

Tameo (SilverLine)

Tameo SLK021

There are a couple of versions by Tameo, the first being from the San Marino GP.

Tameo SLK023

This is the Chinese GP version of the R25. The model is nice, as you expect from Tameo. The nose is perfect along with the front wing, I think it's captured very nicely indeed. There's lovely detailing on the bargeboards and in the cockpit. The rollover bar has nice definition into the thin fin at the trailing edge, and the grills look nice and pronounced. A nice rear wing caps off a fantastic model, I can't find any fault with it.
Score: 10/10

Thursday, 25 July 2019

1/43 Model Review: 2019 Toro Rosso STR14 (Spark)

The 2019 Toro Rosso team recalled Daniil Kvyat and alongside him hired impressive GP2 driver Alexander Albon. Kvyat had spent a year doing simulator work with Ferrari and was praised for some helpful set up work returned to the Red Bull family, making his third full-time return to the team. The Russian has been solid and quick in the Toro Rosso, being a regular points scorer. Albon took a little while to get to speed, but scored his first points in the second race in Bahrain. After starting from the pitlane in China, he earned a 10th place finish and 'Driver of the Day'.

Spark S6079

Spark S6080

Spark have released both Kvyat and Albon STR14 cars, coming with a pitboard for the team's 250's GP at the Chinese GP. For me, Spark have done a really nice job on their 2019 models, this one being the latest released this year so far.

Toro Rosso had gone down a different front wing philosophy to the main Red Bull team, with there being very minimal angle on the outside of the front wing, in an attempt to claim back the outwash effect lost with the change of regulations.

Score: 8/10

Spark S6094

Amazingly, Toro Rosso scored two podiums in 2019. This is Kvyat's podium from the German GP, finishing an excellent 3rd in a chaotic race, with rain tyres, always a plus for me. This model also comes with a pitboard with the finishing positions for an excellent weekend for Toro Rosso

Spark S6096
Gasly joined Toro Rosso after the summer break and in complete contrast to his short Red Bull career, he put in many strong performances in the second half of 2019, including a fantastic podium in Brazil. But here was another fantastic performance at the Belgian GP, who like Leclerc, lost a friend in Hubert the previous day. Gasly put in some strong overtakes to finish in the points.


I did find this Australian GP edition on ebay, I think it was sold at the Japanese GP, which included a 'Thank You Charlie' message.


Spark S6047
Spark have released all three podium finishers, with Pierre Gasly earning his first podium at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Thoroughly deserved after a difficult start of the season with Red Bull followed by a brilliant stint with Toro Rosso and the emotion on the radio after he crossed the line touches your heart. This model comes with a pitboard and a trophy.

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

GP4: 1995 Ferrari 412T2 WIP 5

This will be my last WIP update until I finish the car I think, so time to concentrate near the rear end of the car.

GP4 1995 Mod
First up as always is my original 1995 car. As mentioned in the previous posts, Tony (b-tone) had simplified the car before mapping it. The rear wing was not bad.

RR3
Moving onto the Real Racing car, and you can see there is a lot more detail than my original car. There's an additional hole in the engine cover as part of the launch spec. You can see the vents clearly modelled here. The rear wing only has one set of winglets. It is however missing the two bumps near the back of the engine cover.

F1 2017
 The F1 2017 car is very beautifully modelled and pretty accurate.

WIP

For my car, I have more or less followed the contours of the F1 2017 car. Actually, I think the rear end is a little short on the Codies car, so I've extended the rear out a little bit. The vents have 3D grills, just to make them a bit more pronounced. I was tempted to model the late-season winglets, but for simplicity and time, I decided to go with the early season version which I prefer anyway. I don't think you can quite see it from this angle, but there's a nice bit of detail on the leading edge of the rear wing endplates.



Moving onto the rear end of the car, and here's where there isn't much commonality.
GP4 1995 Mod
My original car, has a generic rear end, I can't remember where it was from. It was just bolted on and I built my Ferrari over the top of it.

RR3
The RR3 car extends a little further rearward than the F1 2017 car. Though the diffusers are based on the same early season version, their detail is quite different. They have a put a lot of cables in there which makes it look good, but I can't find any good photos of the area to know whether to copy it or not.
The central diffuser section is great, as is how the rear wing supports integrate with it. But the outboard parts of the diffuser is where I think this falls down. Firstly, it goes too high, it goes too far rearward (should only go the rear axle) and they haven't bothered integrating the lower rear suspension arms, so it just goes through it. The upper arms also penetrate through the rear wing endplates. It's a shame because some of the rear of the car is fantastic. It's also missing the exhaust outlet.

F1 2017
There is also lots of detail on the damage model of the F1 2017 car, although I don't think you get to see much of it in-game. The rear suspension is beautifully modelled, and the exhaust nicely slotted in. The central diffuser section is the same as the RR3 car, though there's less cables. The outboard diffuser area also extends past the rear axle, but I can see that they've done that to fit the lower rear suspension arms in front of the thick end of the wedge shape. The other thing to note is the floor just in front of the rear wheels is quite narrow for some reason, it doesn't line up with the sidepod from top-down view.

WIP
My car is still a work in progress and I've consulted as many photos as I could find, which I've tried to avoid to speed up the process, but I can't help myself. So I've gone for the late season version of the diffuser, with the central section quite standard but with a slot in the central section. The underside of the rear wing endplates has half-holes cut out ready for the suspension when I model it. The outboard diffuser section is as per the rules and pictures that I could find and the rear axle already modelled so that I could line up the diffuser with it. The width of the floor fixed. I will need to introduce a cut out of the rear end of the outboard diffuser so that the lower suspension arms can fit past it. I've also not finished the rear of the bodywork, nor the underside, and I also might add a little more detail like suspension springs and more cables.

Tuesday, 23 July 2019

GP4: 1995 Ferrari 412T2 WIP 4

In today's WIP update, I wanted to show you the cockpit area. As those who have been modding or plays with mods in GP4 will know, the in cockpit view is a generic shape with a 2D steering wheel with no arms, and that the outboard steering wheels are also 2D as well as 2D driver arms with no good views. So it limits what you can model and play with a little. It's an area I notice on other games that have come on a long way from when I was heavily involved in GP4 modding, so I have included a much more detailed cockpit even though it may not be as well appreciated in-game, at least in this blog there is an outlet to show it to you.

GP4 1995 Mod
Back when the 1995 mod was in development, there were a lot of shared parts, the cockpit being one of them and it allowed cars to be produced much quicker. I think the 1995 generic cockpit is on over 50% of the cars in that mod. The surroundings of the cockpit was also very simple, with a token driver body model.
RR3 (in cockpit)
In looking at the Real Racing 3 files, they too have a more detailed cockpit shape (pictured) and a less detailed, low poly version for the main car. Interestingly, the mirrors are much larger on the in-cockpit view model than on the outside of the car. The dashboard is incredibly detailed, and there is the driver model from the waist down. There is a nice steering wheel though it's not pictured. The cockpit surrounds has this horse-shoe shaped lip across the front of the sidepod, but the inside of the cockpit seems like a little random to me, but the main car has a better modelled seat.

F1 2017
The first thing that jumped out to me about the Codemasters car was the giant mirrors, they are quite exaggerated. The dash is neat and tidy and very detailed, but there's an incredible amount of detail on the steering wheel mount. The seat is much more defined and a proper attempt at the inside of the cockpit compared with the RR3 car.
WIP
GP4 is perhaps not the game to put lots of detail in the cockpit, but with GP4Tweaker, it is possible to get a reasonable cockpit view by amending one of the onboard cameras, but its a little tricky.
The dash is very similar to the 412T1B which I did for GP4, and actually quite a bit of that I used photos for this car as an additional reference. But I decided not to recycle any of those parts and create it from new. Dials and buttons are red to highlight them. The steering wheel mount is a simplified version of the F1 2017 car. From the pictures I've seen, the right side under the dash was a little different from the Codies car, so that is unique to my car. The mirrors are also resized and I think more realistic to the pictures I've seen - they are more rectangular and deeper.

Incidentally since taking this screenshot, I noticed that the top of the monocoque from this angle and also from the T-cam view did not look particularly smooth, so I've since tweaked my poly placement.

Also I tried my generic driver body model and it did not fit in this car. Interestingly in Jean Alesi's interview on the F1 podcast, he mentioned that his unique way of holding the steering wheel at 10 and 2 o'clock positions was a way to fit his arms in the car more than anything else. I was looking to do a new driver body model for my stunted 1994 Williams, so I may do that with this car but lose the upper arms which I have modelled in the past. Anyway, I think I need to put some attention to making the cockpit a little wider.


Moving onto the rear head protection and the seat and airbox area of the cockpit...
GP4 1995 Mod
 Again this is very basic stuff in GP4. There's a generic visor, but the rest of the cockpit is very basic. The cockpit itself doesn't have any detail with a generic low poly driver body. The airbox again is very basic.
Real Racing 3
The Real Racing car has a good cockpit detail, with a nicely detailed head protection, cockpit sides and airbox. The seat is also pretty reasonable too. You can also see the small horizontal triangle where the side of the cockpit narrows into the engine cover.

F1 2017
The Codies car is has more polys than the RR3 version, but contains the same amount of detail, perhaps with a bit more on the seat.

WIP
My car then follows the RR3 structure and shape very closely. I put a bit more detail into the seat to make it more inline with the F1 2017 car.