Mal's Motorsport Emporium

Can't remember the brand but high end resin



Racing 43



Same as the other Celica



and finally another Racing 43

Superb Mal!

mal you've been busy................... some lovely additions there, well done m8!  

Yes, a very busy bunny you've been..... and that's without taking account of the touring cars, Mal! Hint!  

From your (clearly wide) experience with kits, which manufacturers would you recommend to buy and to avoid?

Cheers, Steve

Nice builds Mal, I think the Celica's are Scala 43

All are stunning!

Great builds Mal, really like the Monte Celica

Superb builds Mal  

Zeus wrote:Nice builds Mal, I think the Celica's are Scala 43

Thankyou, was on the tip of my tongue but old age and debauchery was having an effect.

Thanks guys. The individual Celica is the latest build, the others are older builds. Just someone asked for me to put up photos of them a while ago.

Best kits in order, if you don't mind fiddly, BBR, Scala 43, Arena, Renaissance, Racing 43, Meri, the old Provence Moulage/Starter, then you start getting into Jemmpy etc. There are other brands that would fit into the list but are not as common such as Mini Racing, SMTS, Heco, CJM. Also, some are very basic even in the brands and just because one is resin and one is metal, does not mean one is better. If you are wanting to start out, the old Provence Moulage kits are cheap and some of the Racing 43 stuff is. Maybe when buying, look at after market decals as some of the older kit's decals can be all but useless.

Hi Mal,

Thanks for your post. Very helpful info there. I have two or three Jemmpy kits to build and having built one already, found them to be very good to work with once I'd tidied it up a bit which is normal for any kit, resin or metal.

I'm now intrigued to know how much better a BBR or Scala 43 kit can be than the Jemmpy one!   Oooer! If either company make or made a Rover/ MG/ Austin or Triumph rally or race car, I'll be a happy (and intrigued) bunny!

Thanks again, Mal. Cheers, Steve

My feedback is remarkedly similar to Mals. Ive built Starter and Provence Moulage kits and found them good but decals are a bit delicate 10 years+ on from when they ceased manufacturing these. Racing43 do nice kits which build good models. Dont like Provence Miniature - even for a recent release i found the decals super fragile. Mini Racing i like a lot and whilst not the cheapest, are straight forward builds with plenty of detail and good casting. If it wasnt for the fact they make models nobody else makes i wouldnt touch tip top kits with a 10ft bargepole - a nightmare to make. I have a renaissence kit which i am dreading picking up because of the fiddly bits and fat finger syndrome. Jemmpy are pretty straight forward. Never built a tron kit but i do have unbuilt arena, smts, meri kits and scala43 kits which look nice quality in their boxes. Grand prix racing models are reasonable but casting details arent as accurate as more recent kits. Never built a bbr kit but they are meant to be very good. And finally, whilst i have a number of k&r replica kits, proportions can be a bit hit and miss. Hope this helps.

More old builds

Arena Possum



Slower Models - Possum. This is actually one I made for someone else.



Can't remember the kit maker. Small box, not so good white metal



Same brand

Gee I need to take better photos.

PM kit, Waldegard



PM Kit, Gardemeister



PM kit, Sainz

There are others but no photos at this time, here are some 1/24 stuff

Tamiya - converted to Possum



Hasegawa Datto Safari



Very old Esci kit. pre-computers so all logos etc painted



Modern rendition with ragged edge decal

great stuff mal!  

Lovely build Mal. You certainly like your kits.

Great builds

all great builds Mal.
but we also look forward seeing your lovely 1/18 builds

Mal - whats the yellow Escort mk6 kit car on the prior page?

Thanks!

The Escort is a 1/24 Revell (old Esci) kit. Decals from Ragged Edge Design. Car as it ran in 1980(?) in the Southern Cross rally here in Australia. Car is official Ford Australia entry. The team had a few cars and converted one to LHD for Waldegard.

Here are some more 1/24 kit builds.

Old esci kit with a renaissance trans kit



Racing 43 / Big - metal oob



Hasegawa with modified studio 27 decals



Tamiya kit - modifed



oob Hasegawa kit, door plates have yellowed

Tamiya kit with studio 27 decals



Tamiya - modified



Old esci kit way back when they originally came out. Greg Carr in an official Ford entry in the old Burma rally. Can't remember where I saw the original photo for this as it is soooooo long ago



Another Racing 432 / Big - metal kit - oob

And a couple for Steve. 1/43 racing stuff

Commodore -Monza


BMW -ATCC


BMW -ATCC - decal conversion


BMW -ATCC - decal conversion

BMW -Bathurst

Chev -Transam

BMW - ATCC decal conversion


Chev -Germany Frank Gardner


BMW - ATCC


BMW -Macau decal conversion

Superb collection Mal.  

cracking