This website is about my personal collection dedicated to the history of Grand Prix motor racing, presented in 1:43 scale models.
Here you can find models of racing cars from the early city to city races in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the pre-war Grand Prix, as well as the modern era of the Formula 1 World Championship.
Models of many manufacturers, brands and magazine collections are presented in my collection. Some of my materials on the history of motor racing and scale models are also published here.
Please do not hesitate to leave any comments on specific cars, models or articles. You can also rate each model and compare your model rating with mine.
Please note that the models presented on this website are not for sale.
Formula143 collection at a glance:
252
Car Brands
40
Magazine Collections
Now only a part of my collection is presented on this site. However, Formula143 is constantly being updated. Stay tuned and subscribe to updates.
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ModelCarsHeritage
Online store based in St. Petersburg, Russia offers an amazing range of scale model cars, including many rare models and brands. Many cars and trucks models of Soviet and Russian manufacturers. ModelCarsHeritage is also the home of St. Petersburg Tram Collection, a manufacturer of high quality models of racing car transporters, trams/streetcars, trolleybuses, buses, subway cars 1:43 1:45 1:48 all around the world.
The website: modelcarsheritage.ru
CK-Modelcars
CK-Modelcars is the one of the world leader of car models retail. The online store based in Germany has extensive selection of scale model cars and related products, as well as great prices with many discount programs. CK-Modelcars offers also a exclusive editions of Minichamps racing cars and sports cars of CK-Modelcars own brands, Werk83 and CMR in 1/43 and 1/18 scales.
The website: ck-modelcars.de
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Part 2. Few words about technology. What are models made of?
Part 3. The Brands. What scale models are there and who makes them?
Part 4. The Market. How much do models cost and where to buy them?
Part 5. Photo Studio. How to make quality photos of scale models?