Wolf WR1

Retornamos hoje com dois kits de um carro que gosto muito, o Wolf WR1 de 1977, os kits são Tamiya, escala 1/20 (mais detalhes em inglês aí embaixo, peguei no wikipedia porque estou com preguiça de escrever... o que não tem no texto é que o carro vermelho foi usado em 1978 pela equipe Theodore).
The blog returns with one of the most beautiful cars all time, the 1977's Wolf WR1 here in two versions (the red one was used by Theodore Racing in 1978), Tamiya's kits 1/20th scale. In 1975, the Slovenian-Austrian-Canadian businessman Walter Wolf had started to appear at many of the F1 races during the season. A year later, he bought 60% of Frank Williams Racing Cars while agreeing to keep Frank Williams as manager of the team. Simultaneously Wolf bought the assets of the Hesketh team that had recently withdrawn from F1. The team was based in the Williams facility at Reading but used most of the cars and equipment once owned by Hesketh Racing. The Hesketh 308C became known as the Wolf-Williams FW05 and soon afterwards Dr. Harvey Postlethwaite arrived as chief engineer. Jacky Ickx and Frenchman Michel Leclère were hired to drive. The team, however, was not very competitive and failed to qualify at a number of races during the year. Leclère left after the French Grand Prix and was replaced by Arturo Merzario while Ickx failed to perform and was dropped after the British Grand Prix, to be followed by a string of pay-drivers. At the end of 1976, Wolf decided that the team needed restructuring. He removed Frank Williams from the manager's job and replaced him with Peter Warr from Team Lotus. Disillusioned, Williams soon left the team, taking Patrick Head and several others to set up Williams Grand Prix Engineering. Postlethwaite's WR1 was a conventional Cosworth package but with Jody Scheckter hired from Tyrrell, the new-look team presented a strong package. No-one, however, expected that the team would win its first race in Argentina. It was in many respects a lucky win with Scheckter starting tenth with six of the cars ahead of him retiring. During the 1977 season, Scheckter went on to win the Monaco Grand Prix and the Canadian Grand Prix and also six other podium finishes which enabled him to finish second to Niki Lauda in the World Championship and gave Wolf fourth place in the Constructors' Championship. The team remained the same for the 1978 season. Postlethwaite produced the WR5, a new car for the ground-effects era. This did not appear until the Belgian GP. Scheckter finished fourth in Spain and second in Germany but the WR5 soon made way for the WR6 with which he ended the year with a third in the US Grand Prix and second in Canada. He finished seventh in the World Championship. In 1979, Scheckter was signed up by Ferrari and Wolf signed James Hunt to replace him. Postlethwaite designed the WR7 which ran with Olympus sponsorship. The car was not very successful and retired more than 7 times during the first half of the season. The WR8 soon followed. In mid-season Hunt decided to retire and Wolf quickly hired Keke Rosberg to replace him. The appearance of the WR9 did little to change the team's fortunes and at the end of the year Wolf grew tired of his F1 adventure and sold the team to Emerson Fittipaldi, who merged its assets into Fittipaldi Automotive.

Jordan 192 reformada

Consegui decais para reformar o Jordan 192 (aquela conversão feita a partir do J191 da Tamiya, já apareceu por aqui antes mas com tom de azul meio suspeito), seguem fotos do resultado, na última foto o trio "sasol" J192, 193 e 194.

Stewart SF01 e Jaguar R5

Outro tópico apressado, hoje com o Stewart SF01 pilotado por Rubens Barrichello em 1997 e o Jaguar R5 pilotado por Chrintian Klien em 2004, kits AMD e Red5 escala 1/20.
Another rushed post, showing the Stewart SF01 driven by Rubens Barrichello in 1997 and the Jaguar R5 driven by Christian Klien in 2004, kits AMD and Red5, 1/20th scale.

Shadow

Voltamos aos anos 70, a era dourada do automobilismo, com dois carros da equipe Shadow, o DN3 de 1974 e o DN5 de 1975, respectivamente um transkit Jorgensen e um kit Iritani, ambos escala 1/20. A equipe é daquelas que, se não teve grande sucesso em termos de performance, ficou no coração e memória dos amantes do esporte, com 104 participações em GPs teve uma vitória (Áustria 1977, com Alan Jones ao volante).
Constructed in 1970 by Don Nichols' Advanced Vehicle Systems for the Can-Am series, there was nothing conventional about the first Shadow. The ultra small car worked well on paper, but in real life was never a contender. It was followed by more conventional, but very fragile racers in which Jackie Oliver managed to record only two finishes in as many seasons. By 1973 Shadow had become a fully settled Can-Am team and set up shop in England to expand into Formula 1.
Ex-BRM designer Tony Southgate was commissioned to design a new aluminium monocoque for Shadow's first single seater. His design was very straightforward and followed the coke-bottle trend. The popular Cosworth DFV V8 was bolted directly onto the chassis' rear bulkhead and served as a fully stressed member. Dubbed DN1, the Universal Oil Products (UOP) backed Shadows debuted in the third race of the 1973 season. Although it showed potential, the DN1 proved to be very fragile and only managed to achieve one point scoring finish that season.
The following winter was used to further develop the DN1's design and make it more reliable. The resulting DN3 qualified third at its Brazil debut in the hands of Peter Revson. In the race both cars retired early after sustaining damage in a crash. Tragedy struck in the third race of the season when Revson suffered a fatal accident at Kyalami. It was a big blow to the team as the results in the remaining races of the season clearly show. A rare highlight was a third place finish for Jean Pierre Jarier in Monaco.
The DN3 was used for two more races in the 1975 season before it was replaced by the DN5. Over in the United States there was more to celebrate with Jackie Oliver winning four Can-Am races and the 1974 and last championship. With the demise of Can-Am, Shadow could fully focus on Formula 1. Eventual one Grand Prix victory was scored, but it was all over before the end of the decade. Many key personnel had already taken off and formed Arrows when Teddy Yip purchased Shadows' remains to form Theodore. The DN3 is a transkit from Bill Jorgensen and the DN5 is an Iritani kit, both 1/20th scale. Sorry for the bad pics, I'll try to make new ones soon with the new camera.

Renault RE30

Hoje temos um kit reproduzindo o Renault RE30, modelo usado pelo time francês em 1981 e 82, kit Tamiya escala 1/20. The Renault RE30 was designed by Michel Tetu and Gerard Larrousse. Very different from its predecessor, the RE20. It incorporated carbon fiber into parts of its construction, a material which was becoming more and more commonplace in F1 at the time. The turbocharged engine was developed further and produced around 540 hp, with twin KKK turbochargers. Renault was joined by Ferrari in developing turbo engines for their cars. The RE30 had advanced ground effect technology, with concessions given to the new rules which banned sliding skirts. Renault replaced Jean-Pierre Jabouille with promising young Alain Prost to partner René Arnoux for the season. After a slow start to the year, in which Prost gained only one podium finish, he broke his duck with a win at the French GP at Dijon-Prenois in changeable weather, and followed up with wins at Zandvoort and Monza, which gave him an outside chance at the world championship. Unreliability cost him his chance, but he finished a respectable fourth in the final standings. Arnoux had a very unlucky season and bore the brunt of most of the mechanical trouble that affected the RE30's development, most of which was done by Prost. The RE30 didn't suit Arnoux's aggressive driving style, which may have caused some of the problems with his car. Tamiya kit, 1/20th scale.

Parnelli VPJ e Penske PC1

Postagem apressada, sem comentários, mostrando dois transkits montados no passado. Parnelli VPJ de 1975 pilotado por Mario Andretti e Penske PC1 de 1974 pilotado por Mark Donohue, ambos comercializados pelo camarada Bill Jorgensen, escala 1/20.
Here are two Jorgensen's transkits assembled some years ago, 1975's Parnelli VPJ and 1974's Penske PC1, both 1/20th scale.

F8D

Foto do Fitti F8D para comparação.