Martini Brabham BT44B 1975
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2026 1:24 pm
This will be my second entry to this GB and predates Scotts BT46 as a race car.
I'm not sure I'll get it done by the deadline but I'll have a go
My first and thus far only one of these Tamiya 1/12 F1 cars I've built was...... er 50yrs ago...................
I worked and saved up all my paper round money for a year to buy it, they were really expensive for a lad back then.
The kit was Tyrrell 002 Ford F1 Jackie Stewart and it came with a driver figure. I've long since lost the kit gave it to a friends little boy, think I did a reasonable job back then, that was before I had an airbrush and a lifetimes experience.
I've got another 70's original sitting in my stash, as well as a few others, they are all original 70's accept the P34 and this BT44B I'm about to build.
I was a avid F1 follower back then, less so nowadays, stopped around the late 90's. My favourite era being the late 60's and 70's, just loved how the looked and how the constantly changed and updated the cars, to say nothing of their cool liveries
I know the cars today are marvels of engineering, so much, faster and safer but to me their too big, little opportunity for over taking just boring. When the BT44B arrived in F1, it was a wow 
moment for me, one of the best looking cars of all time.
More about the BT44B
The real THING
This later release (2021) kit includes PE but I'm going to add some other after market here and there just to bring it up another level, as mentioned I may not hit the deadline but here goes.
One of the great things about Tamiya is they correct things
I'm not sure I'll get it done by the deadline but I'll have a go
My first and thus far only one of these Tamiya 1/12 F1 cars I've built was...... er 50yrs ago...................
I worked and saved up all my paper round money for a year to buy it, they were really expensive for a lad back then. The kit was Tyrrell 002 Ford F1 Jackie Stewart and it came with a driver figure. I've long since lost the kit gave it to a friends little boy, think I did a reasonable job back then, that was before I had an airbrush and a lifetimes experience.
I've got another 70's original sitting in my stash, as well as a few others, they are all original 70's accept the P34 and this BT44B I'm about to build.
I was a avid F1 follower back then, less so nowadays, stopped around the late 90's. My favourite era being the late 60's and 70's, just loved how the looked and how the constantly changed and updated the cars, to say nothing of their cool liveries
I know the cars today are marvels of engineering, so much, faster and safer but to me their too big, little opportunity for over taking just boring. When the BT44B arrived in F1, it was a wow moment for me, one of the best looking cars of all time. More about the BT44B
The real THING
This later release (2021) kit includes PE but I'm going to add some other after market here and there just to bring it up another level, as mentioned I may not hit the deadline but here goes.
One of the great things about Tamiya is they correct things
