Friday, May 28, 2010

FORD FOCUS WRC MARLBORO MOBIL 1 J KULIG J BARAN 2000 RALLY SAN REMO

The late Janusz Kulig, to me was the best Polish racer, oh well maybe before Rober Kubica came into picture. Made a breakthrough into WRC scene in 2000 in Escort WRC then in this Focus Evo1. Won his first WRC event in 2003 but I think was later stripped due to some irregularities in his Mitsubishi Evo VII.

Thursday, May 27, 2010

BMW 318 iS FINA BASTOS 1994 SPA 24 HOURS MARTIN SLAUS HEGER

In 1994 Spa, 318 iS Bastos clean swept the top four. This one steered by Jean-Michel Martin, Patrick Slaus and Altfrid Heger to finish 3rd, after starting 4th on the grid.

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

FORD ESCORT COSWORTH RS BASTOS PATRICK SNIJERS DANNY COLEBUNDERS 1997 BOUCLES DE SPA

One last Cosworth RS driven by Patrick Snijers as new Escort WRC was introduced in the same year. Almost identical with the car in 1996 season except for its wheels. For that, I have to sacrify another model for just being a donor to the wheels.

Saturday, May 22, 2010

BMW M3 MARLBORO JOSE MARIA PONCE 1995 RALLYE EL CORTE INGLES

When it comes to Rally El Corte Ingles, it never fail to showcase some of the best dressed rally car in the world. This is a classic one, the same M3 regularly used by Ponce, but always in different theme every year. I think my windshield is a total disaster though.

PORSCHE 911 BELGA SC RS Gr B DROOGMANS 1984 RALLY HASPENGOUW . ..

With help from a friend who provide me some customized decals, I manage to make a good use of this ordinary 911 model. Still not 100% complete as there are few things I need to finish off like black headlamp casing, front signals etc

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

BMW M3 ROTHMANS BEGUIN LENNE 1987 TOUR DE CORSE

Hard to believe M3 E30 was the first car ever tuned by Prodrive, the same Prodrive made famous by Subarus. With BMW concentrated much on touring, Prodrive under Dave Richard basically was a privateer. But winning a WRC event in Corsica in the hands of Bernard Beguin and Jean-Jacques Lenne was a hint of what more to come for Prodrive.

Monday, May 17, 2010

RENAULT MEGANE MAXI FORTUNA LUIS MONZON JC DENIZ 1998 RALLYE EL CORTE INGLES

The nippy speedster with "Spain's No. 1" skin.  Monzon, the regular participant of Rallye El Corte Ingles or The Canary Island Rally, always wear Fortuna.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

1990 McLAREN HONDA MP4/5B AYRTON SENNA

The late Ayrton Senna with his 1990 championship car.
Additional tyre marking, after market decals, converted Minichamps figurine, that's the whole package to me.

Sunday, May 9, 2010

BMW M3 MARLBORO 1992 DTM COR EUSER

The mighty M3, as raced by Cornelius Euser in 1992 DTM. Won the Dutch Touring Car the year before. His car left a lasting impression on Marlboro scheme.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

AUDI A4 ROTHMANS TERRY MOSS 1996 SOUTH AFRICA TOURING CARS CHAMPIONS

1996, the year A4 took the world by surprise. And this one is something else as it came from the other corner of the world. Terry Moss, no relation with Stirling Moss, dominated throughout the season, earning him invitations to drive in 24hrs Spa and other races in Europe.
The Rothmans paint scheme is excellent as always. This model is of High Speed origin and doesn't look like one, only much better.

PEUGEOT 206 WRC BASTOS RACING TEAM B. THIRY J.M. FORTIN 2003 BARUM RALLY

Really I can't never get enough of Bastos cars. Bastos makes the car look racy and fast, even it is stationary. This one is as raced by Bruno Thiry and Jean-Marc Fortin in the 2003 Barum Zlin Rally. The car is retired due to engine problem but not before putting a good fight to the eventual winner, Pech Jun and Petr Uhel