F1

I have been a racing fan ever since I was small. My heroes were Mario Andretti (when he drove for Lotus) and Niki Lauda. Its ironic because up to now, I dont have any of their cars in 1/43. I love watching Formula One. Call it boring, but for me, I think that is the pinnacle of motorsport.
Nothing compares to F1 racing.

I admit, yes, the car sometimes seem identical to each other except for some minor changes, but thats how formula one nowadays are. Gone are the days where the cars look entirely different from each other. During the 70's, A Tyrrell P34 could never look like a Wolf Wr1. Why? Because the P34 has six wheels :)
This is why I look forward to getting classic F1 cars rather than newer ones.

I love collecting cars of my heroes, like Michael Schumacher's Benetton B192 (which he won his first grand prix), Fernando Alonso's Renault R25, which was the championship winning car of 2005, Ayrton Senna's 1988 Mclaren MP4/4 (which he bagged his first drivers championship) The list goes on and on.
I still have a lot of cars that I need to complete my collection.

Formula one is what got me to start collecting diecast cars. I started collecting because I want to have an exact replica of the car and the driver who drove it. Minichamps can replicate the drivers helmet and the car very well in such a small scale! :)

Aside from Formula One diecasts, I also collect formula one magazines. From 2001 till the present day. I also have a few formula one books and a F1 encyclopedia which has pictures of every car that raced from the 50's till 2002.
One might not be able to understand why I love the series so much, unless they had a chance to watch a race or understand it even :)
I might grow tired of other things, but one things for sure, I will never grow tired of watching Formula one. :)

Manila Motorshow April 2005

The 1st Manila International Motor Show
28-30 April 2005, World Trade Center, Metro Manila

I have been asked by Jerome, who is a long time buddy of mine, to display some of my Formula one cars at the Manila Motorshow. I was hesitant at first because I did not know if my cars would be safe or if there will be people who will look after my cars :)
Anyway, I did decide to display some of my cars. I did not know anyone from dcph then, except for a few members. No one has ever heard of me either.
To tell you honestly, I do not have a big F1 collection. I only have a few cars. A few cars that I personally like. I displayed some of my 1/43 cars. Too bad I only have one pic of my exhibit. I was so busy taking pictures of other cars then :)

Manila Motorshow Display

A few years ago, there are a few F1 collectors here in the Philippines. I am happy to see that a lot of people nowadays follow the sport. A lot of my friends from DCPH displayed at the motorshow. These are the displays that caught my eye:



Axn2003888 is the alias of my friend Jerome. I met Jerome even before I joined DCPH. I met him at an F1 message board in Canada. Jerome has a lot of Schumacher cars. He is also a big Michael Schumacher fan like most of the F1 fans here in the Philippines. Little did I know that he is also an Ayrton Senna fan. He displayed Senna's Mclaren championship cars during the 4 day exhibit:




Melvin is also one of those F1 collectors here. He just recently joined DCPH. I would say that he has a very impressive F1 collection. During the Motorshow, he displayed some of his Exoto cars:



Monpe, a good friend of mine, is a big Ferrari fan. He just started collecting 1/43 diecast cars and I would say that for a start, it's very impressive. He already got the Ferrari Transporters from Old cars and some old F1 cars. I hope in the future, he displays his impressive 1/18 Michael Schumacher cars.