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TEDDY MAYER, ALAIN PROST, DIDIER PIRONI and GÉRARD DUCAROUGE at the 1980 AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX

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Review: Aoshima F-1 series 1/32

Introduction:

Aoshima Bunka Kyozai Co. Ltd., commonly truncated to Aoshima, is a Japanese model manufacturer based in Shizuoka Prefecture. It produces plastic modelkits of a variety of vehicles under Aoshima brand along with some other brands. The company was founded by by airplane pilot Jiro Aoshima in 1924 which named Aoshima Airplane Research Institute. In 1932, model-airplane was designated as an educational material in Japanese schools, and "Shizuoka model-airplane association" was established. Jiro Aoshima acceded to the chairman's post. There are many lines established by Aoshima brand but, in here I'm going to focus on their F-1 series. Judging from their respective boxarts, the cars were seemingly based on the 1987 Formula One World Championship. Which pressumably released way earlier than both Tamiya, ARII and Fujimi released their own Mini F-1.

1. Lotus Honda 99T (Ayrton Senna):

As depicted from the box art, Aoshima produced the legendary Lotus Honda 99T owned by the late Ayrton Senna. The car was designed by Gérard Ducarouge for use by Lotus in the 1987 Formula One World Championship. The overall car's bodyshell color is yellow added with extensive sponsors livery, they even added some decal that was barely visible in the narrow position. The bodyshell was separated into 2 parts; main body and rear wing. Finally another car that belongs to Senna that is not McLaren or Williams, the 99T also proved to be competitive in Senna's hands; the Brazilian won twice and scored six. Thus earning the title as one of Senna's iconic car.

2. Williams Honda FW11B (Nelson Piquet):

Yup, another Williams car but, belongs to Nelson Piquet. It was designed by Frank Dernie as a serious challenger to McLaren and their MP4/2C car. The car took over from where the FW10 left off at the end of 1985, when that car won the last three races of the season. The bodyshell was originally white colored plastic but with added livery details, the car mainly got 3 colors; white, dark blue and yellow but, there're red and black colors in several parts such as livery trims and sponsors. Like 99T, the car also got extensive sponsors livery which made the bodyshell looking like an actual FW11B car. The car won first time out in Brazil with Piquet in 1986, before Mansell laid down a title challenge with four wins. Well... Atleast, there's an achievement for this car from Nelson Piquet himself. Although, the decals was also included with Mansell's numbering car so, you can actually make Mansell version as well. However, in this review the conversion of this model kit is more focused on the box art depiction, which is Piquet version.

3. Lotus Honda 99T Nakajima Version (Satoru Nakajima):

Another variant of 99T which was based on Satoru Nakajima car but, you can still make Senna's version by using his numbering decal. This version replaced "Camel" font with "Lotus" but, the Camel picture logo remains there. Aside from the livery, there're several body mold differences; specifically on the rear wing, front wing and there's extra accessory for the hole part near the roll hoop. Nakajima was overshadowed by his teammate but, proved to be steady if the unspectacular driver. Nakajima's best finish in his first season was a 4th at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix.

Aoshima F-1 Chassis:

The chassis was build to fit with the bodyshells; which you'll have to fit the rear body's pegs into the front part of the gearbox's peg hole and snap in the front part of the gearbox with matching chassis peg for the hole on driver's interior, while the rear wing's location is right behind the gearbox. The chassis only got 2 gears which for motor and rear wheels so, there's no 4WD feature since they're not mini 4WD. The overall chassis is similar to Mini F-1 chassis but, slightly sturdier. Despite this, the front part is still the most fragile one due to many thin parts, which I accidentally broke some thanks to my carelessness. The good part for this chassis is; they don't look stand out thanks to the body almost fully covering them.

Driver parts are actually the only thing they didn't do much but, they still added decals for them. My friend did most of the helmet livery such as Senna and Piquet one.

Thoughts:

Unlike Tamiya and other brands, Aoshima seemingly fully licensed this model kit with extensive sponsors livery that pretty closely resembles their actual cars, seen from this conversion. They also included rear view mirror for this model kit, making this more detailed than what Tamiya, ARII and Fujimi did. However, for a 1/32 they're way smaller than I thought but, with that amount of extensive livery details I gotta admit Aoshima really nailed this conversion perfectly. This looks more like an actual miniature instead of your regular mini F-1 toys. Unfortunately, the frustrating part was on assembling 99T's bodyshell; which I had a real hard time dealing with the small parts and ended breaking several joint parts due to small peg holes but, gladly they didn't really stand out since mostly on the peg joints. You'll need to scrape the hole to fit the pegs, mainly on the roll hoop and driver holes. However, despite how detailed they looks, they're still overshadowed by Tamiya.

Repaint & detail by Archyd.

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Guy Ligier, Jaques Laffite  & Gérard Ducarouge (Ligier-Matra) Grand Prix du Brésil - Interlagos 1976 - source F1 History & Legends.

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Gérard Ducarouge & Martin Ogilvie / Team Lotus / Lotus... https://ift.tt/3IK7sdi -> Telegram Design Bot

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Designed in 1983 by Gérard Ducarouge and Mario Tollentino during the 1983 F1 season, unlike previous F1 models, this one was not designed by Autodelta!❗❤️🍀 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_r4GITlpro/?igshid=gcw192z65qtg

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El Lotus 97T fue un coche de carreras de Fórmula Uno diseñado por Gérard Ducarouge y construido por el equipo Lotus para su uso en el Campeonato Mundial de Fórmula Uno de 1985. El coche, una evolución del 95T del año anterior, estaba propulsado por un motor Renault EF15B V6 de 1,5 litros con turbocompresor y utilizaba neumáticos Goodyear. John Player Special siguió siendo el patrocinador principal del equipo, con Elf y Olympus como patrocinadores secundarios.

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# RIP Gérard Ducarouge # — "A key figure in Ayrton Senna's formative F1 career – the former Matra, Ligier, Alfa Romeo and Lotus designer Gérard Ducarouge has died at the age of 73"

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GÉRARD DUCAROUGE, ELIO DE ANGELIS, no one important & NIGEL MANSELL [in the car] showing off the Lotus 94T before the 1983 BRITISH GRAND PRIX

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GÉRARD DUCAROUGE and AYRTON SENNA at the 1986 GERMAN GRAND PRIX

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GÉRARD DUCAROUGE, ELIO DE ANGELIS & the other guy in discussion during the 1985 MONACO GRAND PRIX

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DIDIER PIRONI talking to GÉRARD DUCAROUGE before the start of the 1980 BELGIAN GRAND PRIX

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ELIO DE ANGELIS, with his Lotus crew, including Technical Director GÉRARD DUCAROUGE, during the 1985 FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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PATRICK DEPAILLER hanging out with designer GÉRARD DUCAROUGE during the 1978 ITALIAN GRAND PRIX

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GILLES VILLENEUVE with Ligier designer/team boss/technical directory GÉRARD DUCAROUGE at the 1979 ARGENTINE GRAND PRIX

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designer GÉRARD DUCAROUGE standing on the wheel of JACQUES LAFFITE's car

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GÉRARD DUCAROUGE congratulating NIGEL MANSELL on his third place at the 1984 DUTCH GRAND PRIX