Vintage & Historic F1

Last updated: 13 January 2022

Vintage F1 often refers to 1960's F1 cars while Historic F1's are any kit with a non-modern (say pre-1990) body shell. 

Vintage F1

Options to buy Vintage cars:

1.  GP3D

3D printed RC cars that are fully functional – GP3D

2. Fenix make the Classique 2

Available with 3 different body shells and with either a ball diff or gear diff - Fenix

Historic F1

Options to buy Historic cars:

1. Carisma Lotus 98T

Carisma

2. Tamiya

Tamiya produced the first F1 RC car kit in 1977 and since then has created a staggering range of highly detailed F1 body shells and a number of F1 chassis kits. Here are links to some of our articles on these kits and the history of RC F1:

• Tamiya Tyrrell P34 Six Wheeler
• Williams Renault FW18 (F103RS) - article includes some great photos of other vintage cars released by Tamiya including: Lotus 107B, Sauber C12, Ferrari 412T1, Newman Lola T93/00 Ford, and more.
• Tamiya - History of Tamiya F1

Here are some more photos:

And if you like the older F1 cars check out our full scale links page which has a history section.