1975 Hesketh 308 1/12 Scale
By: Mark R Oakley Pages: 70 ISBN: N/A Price: £25 Format: 306 x 218mm Web: www.tracklimitspublish.com
Military and aviation specialist Trackpad Publishing’s new imprint Track Limits is a bold step into motorsport, with the first release being a photobook dedicated to modelling the Hesketh 308B Formula 1 car, which gave James Hunt his first win.
While a new venture for the publisher, it is essentially a commercially and more widely available second edition of a work produced privately by the author – amateur modeller and F1 enthusiast Mark R Oakley. His builds are 1/12 scale and rely on a hybrid approach of commercially available parts (sourced from kits of other types) and scratch-building – here, Cosworth DFV engine and wheel rim components were sourced from Tamiya’s Brabham BT44B.
It is the model that takes the focus of the book – despite the fascinating stories of Lord Hesketh’s eponymous racing outfit plus the daring driving style and off-track antics of 1976 world champion Hunt, these are covered just briefly throughout. Key players do feature – designer Harvey Poslethwaite provided primary research and insight while Lord Hesketh inspected the finished model, but attention is predominantly on th…
