Perhaps it was a scale model you would build from scratch – anything from a classic car to a fighter plane or warship.

F1 has ventured into the world of Hot Wheels, with eight teams having versions of the iconic models available to buy.

He was looking for a hobby project, and, when you are a master engine builder, a scale model of the exterior of a car is not quite enough. So he settled on building a 1/2 scale model of a 1967 ...