I thought that regular visitors to this site would be interested in seeing pictures of a model in the course of construction and I have selected my current project of the 1/390 Stu Smith Jnr World Championship winning car.

Immediately after the World Final at Kings Lynn I went on holiday and I was unable to acquire the many photographs I needed of the No 1 car sporting the gold roof. Fortunately, my son Simon came to the rescue and I am grateful to him for some excellent shots taken at the subsequent Belle Vue meeting. He knows, from experience, the angles and close-ups I must have to help with building the model.

Below are some pictures showing the early stages of construction - the chassis, the bodywork and finally after an initial coat of paint.










On my return from holiday, I've made some progress on the model and below are pictures showing the addition of a coachline, the chequered flag to the bonnet and then signwriting to the bonnet.

Other pictures show further signwriting to both sides of the car, the wheels after cutting out and sanding, the blank aerofoil before painting and signwriting and the car's accessories before fitting.

The model was finished after 75 plus hours of building and signwriting.

Below is a pic of the finished StuJnr car alongside a model of his brother Andy's World winning car from 2006.

Below are models of the Smith Dynasty of World Champions.

I hope this trip behind the scenes during the construction of the Stu Smith Jnr model has been of interest.