This is Hega's 2021 Alfa Romeo C41. I helped with the Styrian GP livery earlier in the year, so I'm fairly familiar with the template. With a number of special liveries and a driver change, I thought I would come back and add a few liveries to the pack which has now been released.
Dutch GP
Raikkonen was forced to miss the race because of isolation, so reserve driver Robert Kubica made a welcome return to the grid. He didn't do too badly at all. He raced at two events, firstly the Dutch GP, where I've updated some of the logos that kept moving around the car, and obviously Kubica's name, flag and the number 88.
Italian GP
Kubica's second race was at the Italian GP, which coincided with Alfa's celebratory livery which featured more green. I really like how the special logo fits nicely on the nose. Giovinazzi had a great qualifying performance, but it was ruined by a bit of chaos in the second chicane that sent him to the back of the grid with a damaged car.
Abu Dhabi GP
Sadly, Alfa Romeo are not going to retain either of their drivers. Popular veteran, Kimi Raikkonen will retire having made his debut way back in 2001. Even in his final year, he produced memorable moments on the radio, was in contention for the most overtakes, and had some stunning first laps that shows he's not lost any of his desire or skill. The message on the side of the car harks back to a radio message back in his Lotus days.
Ferrari junior, Giovinazzi will also depart the grid. The popular Italian proved he was quick, but failed to have the stand out performances that ultimately made him a bit forgetable in the races. His car ran a different message of thanks on the side.
Both cars ran #PanTorpeda raising awareness and help for this a six-year old Polish kid awaiting surgery. A fan of F1, his endearing picture of a rocket featured on the side of the car.
I hope you enjoy this little update from Hega and me.
Wow it's been a long season and 22 races later and we've completed the season. Christmas is now around the corner, and I've got lots of goodies for you, all free as usual. Although, if you appreciate the work and you're feeling generous, there is a donate button.There's still more to do, but this is likely the last chance I'll get to do any modding before Christmas.
Car Liveries
Williams FW43B
Williams FW43B 2021 Saudi Arabian GP livery
Williams FW43B 2021 Saudi Arabian GP livery
First up is the Williams livery from the Turkish GP and the Saudi Arabian GP. They ran the Turkish GP livery for most of the tail end of the season. Sadly, Frank Williams passed away on the week leading up to the inaugural race in Jeddah and all teams ran with Frank Williams tributes, a logo from the original team. The halo also includes a quote from the film Top Gun, a favourite of Frank's.
I will update the Abu Dhabi livery soon, but until then, enjoy the Saudi Arabian GP livery.
Alpine Liveries
Alpine Qatar 2021 GP livery
Alpine ran with a green rear end at the Saudi Arabian GP, which was to commemorate 100 races with Castrol as the fuel supplier, formerly known as Renault. This dates back to the 1997 season where Jacques Villeneuve won the title in a Williams powered by Renault at the time.
This livery is included, as well as the US GP livery where they changed the main logos to Mandiant.
It also includes the Abu Dhabi livery, where they retained the green, but put the Alpine logo back on it. It also includes 'El Plan' on the rear wing.
The original work was done by Excalibur and Hega from RSCT, all I've done is amend the livery slightly.
Special Helmets
I feel like there's a mountain of helmets yet to do, but there's quite a few completed so far. I'm not doing them in any particular order, generally I'm picking off the easier ones first. As always, I'm indebted to Jvinu for the shapes and templates available on his blog. It means these helmets are compatible with ACSPRH helmets in other games.
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel 2021 Mexican GP helmet
Here's Seb's Mexican GP helmet. Because of the nature of the helmet, the majority of this helmet is created from photos rather than painted, it was the only way for me to be happy with how the helmet looked in the end.
Sebastian Vettel 2021 Saudi Arabian GP helmet
In Saudi Arabia, Vettel was promoting his own political message, supporting equal treatment of women, particularly in motorsports. The world map is now reminiscent of a train map, which has glow in the dark sections in. That's not exactly possible in GP4, but I have given them as shiny alpha channels as I could to try and replicate the effect.
Sebastian Vettel 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet
Also included in this pack is the Abu Dhabi helmet, which features various phrases that is close to Vettel's heart.
Here is Valterri's coffee inspired helmet, designed once more by his girlfriend. This helmet went through various iterations during its creation, in the end I found most of the source pictures, which I had to carefully place on a sparkly base. I'm quite pleased with the alpha channel and reflections on this helmet too.
In addition to the car running tributes to Frank Williams, Russell ran this rather simple yet striking helmet design that looks great with the car. (mirror)
Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo 2021 Qatar GP helmet
It was almost not worth doing a preview of this helmet, but it's the same as the Qatar GP only with updated logos on the visor strip. Other than that, the helmet is the same.
Daniel Ricciardo 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet
In Abu Dhabi, the shiny helmet became glittery. Quite a lot of the helmet has been re-coloured and the alpha layer is completely different. Both helmets are included in the pack. (mirror)
Carlos Sainz
Carlos Sainz Jnr 2021 Abu Dhabi GP Helmet
Carlos began the season with a glittery version of his standard helmet, and he's done the same again at the season finale, except the sparkly bits are on the opposite parts of his helmet to the Bahrain version. Also the base colour of the helmet shines between purple, blue and even yellow in some shots. Out of all the sparkly helmets so far, this one is my personal favourite that I've created so far. (mirror)
Lance Stroll
Lance Stroll 2021 Abu Dhabi GP 100th Race helmet
This was Lance Stroll's 100th GP and he ran with an amended helmet livery with a special 100 Races logo added. It's also a glittery helmet with the Maple Leaf and the Wings now a very reflective green. (mirror link)
Yuki Tsunoda
Yuki Tsunda 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet 'Thank you Honda'
I thought Yuki had finished updating his helmet for the year, but he rocked up at the final race with this helmet, with colours amended to reflect more of the Japanese red and white in tribute to Honda's final race in F1. All of Honda's era's in F1 are marked on the top strip. There's shots of two of his helmets painted side by side, and the grafitti is different on both of them. Anyway, out of all the grafitti designs he's worn all year, I'm happiest with how this one turned out in particular. (mirror)
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton 2021 Abu Dhabi GP helmet
I quietly released the first iteration of this helmet that Sir Lewis has worn at all the Middle-Eastern rounds, but the season finale saw him wear a sparkly version of it. Generally speaking, it's not gone well with drivers who have worn special helmet designs going into title deciders (Max's lid carried a small thank you to Honda on it, so that doesn't really count), so I guess that trend continues.
In the final race of the popular Italian, Antonio ran a tribute livery for his team-mate, Kimi Raikonnen, who is also leaving the team, in a design inspired by Kimi's 2007 Championship winning helmet. Nice, simple, effective and I certainly think it's Kimi's helmet before remembering it's actually Antonio's lid.
Kimi ran his first proper special helmet of the year, this one inspired by his first helmet some 20 years ago when he drove for Sauber. The helmet also carries a message of thanks on the rear.
Sauber were rebranded as Alfa Romeo, still can't get used to that, and were building on their momentum from last season when Charles Leclerc in particular scored strong results. New drivers in the form of former Ferrari champion Kimi Raikkonen as the experienced hand and benchmark for his teammate, Ferrari young driver, Antonio Giovinazzi. Though this was not the Italian's debut, it was his first full season as a full time driver for the team. Raikkonen was a consistent points scorer, nothing spectacular but he was always in the mix near the top of the midfield. But a run of poor races in the second half of the year has seen the team slide towards the rear of the midfield. Giovinazzi took a while to get going, made a few howlers, including binning the car on the last lap in Belgium. But he bounced back with a good points finish at the Italian Grand Prix and has been a match for Raikkonen for much of the second half of the season.
Both Spark and Minichamps released their cars within a week of each other, though Minichamps have only released Raikkonen's car, but we'll review and compare both in this post.
Spark S6073
Minichamps 417190007
As we've come to expect from both model manufacturers now, the quality is high, particularly as Minichamps have made this model from resin. Comparing both models, they both look very similar from front to back, the shapes looking on point with its dimensions and also squeezing in some of the intricate detail. The bargeboard areas are as complicated as they have ever been in F1, and both manufacturers have done a good job in recreating the detail on this Alfa. One thing I have noticed on the Spark cars is that the endplates are a little smaller than the Minichamps, and the rear wing a little bit smaller. I wouldn't have really noticed unless I'd put them side by side, but the Minichamps version does seem better proportioned from this angle. In terms of the paint and decals, there's not too much difference, owing to the simplicity of the Alfa livery.
Spark
Minichamps
As noted above, from this angle it's a little clearer that the Minichamps front wing is a little larger, or rather, the Spark version is a bit too small. Both have good detail on the nose and it's unique double inlets. Again the Minichamps suspension and vanes are a little fuller in size than the Spark, and again I think I prefer the Minichamps scaling. Nice detail on both sets of aerials and on the halo - masking the helmets that have Kimi's traditionally more complicated patterns. The sidepod opening and general shape of the sidepods are almost identical on these models, and Alfa continue with the segregated airbox arrangement we first saw on a Mercedes back in 2010. Again, both are well recreated. The t-wing on the Spark is tiny, and probably reflects the flimsiness of the real thing - if you ever see a real life onboard, these things are dancing around, it's a wonder they make any positive difference like that. With the fewer vanes on the rear wing endplates, it's nice that Minichamps have modelled real holes, whilst Spark's are just molded nicely, but is one solid structure.
Spark
Minichamps
I do prefer the Minichamps tyres generally as well, but that's a very minor thing. It's good to see the detail of the lights on the rear wing endplates on both models. Overall, I think I do prefer the Minichamps model, but again, I wouldn't be particularly disappointed with the Spark model.
Spark score: 7/10 Minichamps score: 8/10
Special Editions
Minichamps 447190007
Minichamps have also done a limited edition of the Bahrain GP car.
Minichamps 417199007
Spark S6083
And the lovely Valentines day shakedown livery is produced by Spark and Minichamps
Spark S6097
Spark S6098
Spark have released an Italian GP version of the Alfa, which features an Italian flag stripe along the top of the engine cover and rear wing end plates. Giovinazzi's car also comes with a pitboard wishing Juan Manuel Correa a speedy recovery after breaking his legs in the crash where Antoine Hubert was lost.
Charles Leclerc won his first Grand Prix at the Belgian Grand Prix, and although the F1 Youtube channel has already done a list, we have a good selection of 1/43 models commemorating these first victories.
Kimi Raikkonen came into F1 with Sauber with very little car racing experience, but he soon impressed enough to replace Hakkinen in McLaren for 2002 earning a couple of podium finishes. It wasn't until the send race of 2003 in Malaysia would Kimi earn his first victory having started in seventh place. Though this would be his only victory that year, he would earn 7 second place finishes and challenge Schumacher for the championship, finishing just 2 points behind the German's Ferrari.
I can't remember exactly, but I think this was the first Minichamps models with a standing driver figure in the cockpit and the steering wheel on top of the cockpit. For me, this was an elegant looking car, and the livery just suited it so well.
It's somewhat unheard of today to have a rookie debut in a Championship contending car. In reality, the spotlight was meant to be on double-world champion Alonso leading the team, giving Hamilton time to find his feet, and after comfortably shadowing his team-mate for the first few races, Hamilton began to beat this more experienced team-mate, winning impressively from pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix.
There's nothing particularly special about the model that htey produced, though it does have a low downforce rear wing set up which is nice, but there's no fist raised or anything.
In the aforementioned Canadian Grand Prix, Robert Kubica had a humongous crash, running onto the marbles, before being pitched into the air, smashing the barriers, his car being broken into hundreds of pieces and the monocoque barrel rolling several times. Everyone held their breath as an eerie silence fell around the circuit. Thankfully the Pole was OK, though he missed a race, and 2008 was Kubica's most competitive season to this day. There was a bit of chaos at the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix, a red light at the end of the pitlane catching out Hamilton and Rosberg, with Raikkonen the victim as these race-winning hopefuls retired. Kubica won the race and propelled himself into Championship contention, but the BMW team refused to develop the car in the second half of the year and his chances faded.
Again, we get quite a bog standard model to commemorate the victory, but we get a Canadian GP spec shape, most notably without those nose horns they ran for the majority of the year. 2008 was getting a bit out of hand with aero devices and BMW and McLaren were amongst the worst for adding flips and vanes and horns all over the car, but Minichamps have done a good job in representing all these intricate parts before the trend of resin models.
Vettel had already impressed in a BMW in the 2007 USA Grand Prix before finishing the season at Toro Rosso, but 2008 was his first full season. Back when Red Bull and Toro Rosso's essentially raced the same cars, the only difference being the power units, the Renault in the Red Bull and the Ferrari in the Toro Rosso. The Ferrari was the more competitive engine that year and it wasn't uncommon for Vettel to beat the senior team at a few races. At a damp Italian Grand Prix, Vettel sensationally took pole position on merit. Nobody really expected him to finish there in the race, but he did, and Vettel claimed Toro Rosso's only win to date. A promotion to the senior team followed in 2009.
The Minichamps model comes with wet tyres, it's got nice wheel rims and the decals look fantastic. This was one of my first models that I bought when I started my collection in earnest around 2009, and it was also around my most active time in GP4 too.
When Webber retired at the end of 2013, it was a bit of a surprise that Ricciardo was named as his replacement, but as it turned out, Ricciardo had the beating of four-time World Champion Vettel in the sister Red Bull, in an impressive break-out year. Ricciardo never seems to win straight forward races, but with both Mercedes struggling with brake temperatures, Ricciardo overtook Perez and then Rosberg to earn his first victory.
I did own the Spark alternative to this, but I preferred the Minichamps model overall, though the models were quite similar and had their own pros. For me, the paint finish and decal quality won me over to the Minichamps version. Again it would have been nice to have a fist raised or something to make this model stand out a bit more, but as a model, I have no real complaints.
Max Verstappen had already impressed people with his speed and maturity and Red Bull made a bold move in moving him into the Red Bull seat after just four races completed. At the next race in Spain, the two Mercedes collided and it was seemed as though Vettel and Ricciardo were left to battle for victory as Verstappen and Raikkonen battled a little behind them. But as it turned out, Verstappen and Raikkonen were on the better strategy and Max withheld pressure from Raikkonen all race to earn his first victory on his debut run in the Red Bull.
My problem was that there were so many Minichamps versions of this model. At the time, Verstappen models were trading at high prices, but if you produce too much, it really reduces the value of each model long term. Anyway, this model is how the car crossed the finish line, fist raisd, missing camera and white-walled tyres.
After the shocking retirement of Nico Rosberg, Mercedes quickly moved for Valterri Bottas to fill the second Mercedes seat. In just his fourth race for the team, he took victory at the Russian Grand Prix, withstanding pressure from Vettel.
I suppose in fitting with Bottas' non-flashy character, this model doesn't have a special cardboard overlay, nor any pictures of the Russian GP, it's just simple and understated. The only hint that this is a special model is on the description, 1st Win, Russian GP 2017.
Back in 2004, GP4 was blessed to have many more modders and there were at least two versions of every car, and plenty of people to make track specific updates. One that was missed was the Monza specific car of the McLarenMP4/19.
This is the car made by Wai who was a leading modeler at the time, and the early season car was painted by Bojan, again another leading painter in the community. McLaren heavily updated their car mid-season, and the B spec version of the car was updated by Wai, and the textures updated by another talented painter Ross Hunter, who I was working with on various things at the time.
One thing I love creating are noses and wings, I don't know why, but they're quite quick for me to do, so with a few hours free one evening, I was able to do a quick update.
So the nose is done from scratch, but I had to keep the same low poly structure, otherwise it would look completely out of place. The wings themselves I could be a little more liberal with the polygon usage, but I ended up keeping it a fairly low poly philosophy.
The wider nose would be adopted permanently for the 2005 car, but it only appeared once in 2004. The tip of the nose is quite round on the top surface, transitioning to a flat surface when the nose cone joins the monocoque. Although it's not immediately obvious, but I have added the hole on the tip of the nose. The front wing supports were quite tricky to get right, as it's angled in many ways, and it took a few attempts to get it right, particularly as there were not a huge amount of photos to go off.
The only thing I have not really had time to get right was the blending of the normals. Wai used to use a technique with low poly normals, where as I would do an extra row of polygons to rectify today. Basically, he would create the nose shape, but he would delete the joining row of polygons, so that you're left with a flat row on the top of the nose, and flat row on the side of the nose. He would calculate the normals and then join the rows without re-calculating the normals. Because my nose adds an additional row to get the curvature (and time) I haven't put that last bit of effort into blend the normals with the monocoque.
The low downforce rear wing was quite straight forward, there were no curves to worry about, so that was quite quick and easy to do.
The car is mapped, but I've not done anything to amend the textures, but you can download the shape on this link:
Having had three outstanding races, all brilliant for different reasons, I was not getting my hopes up on a tight twisty Hungaroring track. But it's produced a fair bit of drama at this track, and the 2019 race served up another cracking race, albeit for different reasons again.
Max Verstappen has been on a roll, patiently producing brilliant races at the beginning of the season whilst running mostly all alone behind the Mercs and Ferraris, but now the Red Bull car is improved, he is able to show his great form at the front of the grid. He's the leading points scorer of the last four races, and he finally secured his maiden pole position.
Lewis Hamilton was looking to bounce back after a poor weekend in Germany, but qualifying wasn't quite his usual excellence. Instead it was Bottas who would lead the Mercedes charge and watching the side-by-side qualifying video, there was nothing to choose between Bottas and Verstappen.
But Lewis looked hungry for a good result, relishing a crack at racing Verstappen in even equipment for the race win. Whilst Bottas should have been in the fight, under pressure from talks of his future being rampant, he choked. What had been a brilliant weekend so far was all thrown away in the first few corners when he locked up into turn 1 and again in turn 2. Hamilton made amazing bold moves around the outside of turn 2 and made it stick, clipping Bottas' front wing in turn 3. That almost shocked Valterri off the track enabling Leclerc to blast by and slightly unkindly swiped more of his front wing off.
Mercedes and Hamilton were the quicker package and they had options on strategy, dummying their first pit stop as Verstappen ran out of tyres, trying to get the Red Bulls to pit early and struggle at the end of their second stint. They kept Lewis out for longer, making sure he had the extra tyre life to make a move at the end of the race. Lewis made one attempt on lap 39 at overtaking and even chanced going around the outside of turn 4, but the move was never really on and he ran wide and waited to try again. The two were going great guns, and soon they were so far ahead, Hamilton had a chance of a free pitstop. A bold move saw Hamilton stop for a second time, having to gain some 21 seconds back and overtake Verstappen before the end of the race, shades of the 1998 race when Schumacher took a three stop strategy to get past both McLarens on a two stop. Hamilton had his work cut out as Verstappen pushed to maintain his advantage. But Verstappens tyres started to run out and Hamilton put in excellent fast laps with no mistakes. By the time Hamilton reached Max, Max was a sitting duck, but Lewis put in a brave move around the outside, both rivals showing respect and giving each other space.
This is the F1 we want to see, titans fighting at the front of the race, pushing flat out, making use of different strategies, playing to the different strengths of their cars. I remember back in Japan 2000 when Hakkinen and Schumacher were leagues ahead of the rest battling for the championship. This was just for the race win, but this was our first taste at these two going wheel to wheel and we can't wait for more, and you can tell both drivers want it too.
The Ferrari's finished so far behind by over a minute to Lewis, both cars pushing on a track that doesn't suit them. Leclerc might have qualified ahead, but he went off again in Q1, damaging the rear of his car. Almost in a mirror of the front battle in the race, Vettel was the one who had a later pitstop and waited as Charles ran out of tyres and the Vettel made his move. Leclerc is faster in qualifying just now, but he seems to be struggling with tyre wear more than Seb, whilst the German seems to be recovering his form.
Another fabulous battle was Kvyat's overtake on team-mate Albon, a fight that went from turn 1 to turn 4, which covers the whole first sector and a bit. This is the kind of wheel-to-wheel action we want in F1, respectful agression, leaving just enough room, no clumsy touching, just hard racing into each turn, duking it out corner after corner. Sadly it didn't ultimately mean anything for the Russian, as Albon had the better strategy, re-overtaking Kvyat and also barging his way past Perez on his way to 10th place.
Conversely, Magnussen in particular was struggling in the Haas. He raced Norris hard but fairly for position, but was powerless to stop the Brit from getting through. But it was his stern defence against Ricciardo that raised eyebrows, and earned him a warning. Not really a deterrent, but his block into turn 1, after Ricciardo had made his intentions clear was way too late in my opinion, and that unpredictable swerving and not leaving a cars width is dangerous. He also slammed the door in the final corner, earning Ricciardo's wrath as they drove side by side on the cool down lap into turn 1.
In the midfield, Kimi had another solid race well into the points, but it was Sainz who is the form driver at the moment, with another excellent drive to fifth. Norris was unlucky to drop some places through a pitstop mishap (which were prevalent during this race), but ultimately Sainz would have finished ahead anyway. McLaren probably deserve to be nearer the front, but after the last few years, they are doing an excellent job cementing their fourth place.
McLaren's highs are adding to Renault's woes. Ricciardo had to start last, whilst the team he left started on pole. Hulkenberg had a public moan saying the team have not moved forward at all from this point last year, in fact they've gone backwards when they should be pushing to close the gap to the top three teams.
At the back, Russell was so close to getting into Q2. In truth it was a bit skewed as Ricciardo and Perez ruined each others laps, but Russell just clicked with the car this weekend when Kubica really didn't. He outraced Stroll and Giovinazzi and is showing signs of his quality, as well as the progress Williams are finally starting to make. Check out Russell's first lap on this onboard highlights:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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 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
