Having completed both cars, it was now time to turn my attention to the Marshall figures. Again the ever-fantastic Denizen figures were used, but all of them needed to be modified to a certain extent.. all the figures came with their own heads/helmets, but none of them looked like the open-faced helmets as worn by …
Having completed the second McLaren of Ayrton Senna, it’s not time to begin work on the other figures in the diorama. Completing the McLaren was fairly straightforward, with more reference being made to the photographs is found of the scene in question. I noticed that the right-hand wheels of the McLaren had grass on them …
The final instalment of the Jenson Button gallery brings him to his first podium finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix in 2004. Having missed out at the same race in 2002, Button was released by Renault at the end of the season to make way for Flávio Briatore’s protégé, Fernando Alonso. This saw Button …
Continuing the theme of Jenson Button’s F1 career, here is a mini-diorama I made back in 2003/04 from a now deleted Provence Moulage kit of the Renault R202. After a lack-lustre performance at Benetton Renault in 2001, Button survived Flávio Briatore’s attempts to replace him in what was now the Renault works team for 2002. …
Having taken the time to photograph the Brawn/Button diorama, I thought I would take the time to photograph and share some other models I have made over the years chronicling Jenson Button’s F1 career. This model depicts (vaguely), Button’s BMW Williams on the starting grid prior to the Monaco Grand Prix in 2000, Button’s first …
The vast majority of the models I make are from the 1980’s and 1990’s, but every now and then I venture nearer to the present, as I did with kit of the Brawn BGP01 which I started in 2010, and finally finished in 2015. The reason I built this model was as a tribute to …
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Some more progress being made on this diorama now… at the price of my sleep! Also my first post since upgrading to www.badwolfminiatures.com, exciting times!! You can also follow progress on these models (should you so wish), by following me on Twitter at @badwolfminif1. The Senna figure was painted with a Tamiya spray can, before being left …
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Some more slow progress being made on the second McLaren of Brazilian legend Ayrton Senna. This is the first project that I have worked on where it has been necessary to build two identical kits… which brings its own challenges. The Prost car was a success, so the pressure is on to build another car …
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The first update here in a long while… lots of things going on outside model making means there hasn’t been an enormous amount of progress to report on. Having finished the Alain Prost figure back at the end of March, I started work on building Prost’s car, the McLaren Honda MP4/5. The successor to the …
The 1989 Formula 1 season has always been one that has interested me. The season-long battle between McLaren drivers Ayrton Senna & Alain Prost reached new levels of bitterness and acrimony, and culminated in the pair’s infamous collision at the penultimate race of the year, the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka. Having completed my …
