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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 17, 2023 20:17:28 GMT -5
I'm definitely in the "Yep" camp on this one (although I'll take Vegemite of course ).
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Post by JSB33 on Jan 18, 2023 5:15:35 GMT -5
All in on this one and orange suits it well.
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Post by 105epaul on Jan 18, 2023 12:40:29 GMT -5
I have no desire to own a real 914 but do kind of like them. This model is very nice and I would love to have one in my collection. If I recall correctly didn't a 914/6 do pretty well in the 1970 LM, finishing about 6th overall? Solido did a model of it in period which I bought, it's white but they did it without the big arches as I guess it was basically made as a toy and as they made a road version there was no reason for them to modify the casting.
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Post by reeft1 on Jan 18, 2023 18:17:00 GMT -5
What we really need is the yellow/green BP 914/6 from the Tour de France. An obvious base re-use.
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Post by jager on Jan 18, 2023 23:05:24 GMT -5
I have a few 914/6 in my collection, but not this exact one. However, one of my 914/6's is an orange Jagermiester 914/6 from 1972, so I wonder what are the chances it's the same car? Racingsportscar doesn't have a lot of chassis information for the Romand car, so we may never know.
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Post by JSB33 on Jan 21, 2023 12:48:09 GMT -5
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Post by LM24HRS on Feb 9, 2023 15:57:45 GMT -5
I like it Cheers Paul, me too Beautiful, little beast! What's not to love from that bygone era? Yep, beast in orange man! Truly the marmite of cars, although in this colour and with the blistered arches it looks great to even the less discerning car nut. Never too old to get into 914s, and this is a great one to get you started! I think the 914 has matured over the years.
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Post by LM24HRS on Feb 9, 2023 16:02:07 GMT -5
I'm definitely in the "Yep" camp on this one (although I'll take Vegemite of course ). Oh yes Vegemite for you guys. Cheers Martin All in on this one and orange suits it well. Cheers Jeff. Seems to have us all in favour, nice. I have no desire to own a real 914 but do kind of like them. This model is very nice and I would love to have one in my collection. If I recall correctly didn't a 914/6 do pretty well in the 1970 LM, finishing about 6th overall? Solido did a model of it in period which I bought, it's white but they did it without the big arches as I guess it was basically made as a toy and as they made a road version there was no reason for them to modify the casting. You are correct Paul. It was a white 914 that finished 6th at LM70 in terrible conditions. I never ventured into Solido so will take your wise words.
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Post by LM24HRS on Feb 9, 2023 16:05:32 GMT -5
I have a few 914/6 in my collection, but not this exact one. However, one of my 914/6's is an orange Jagermiester 914/6 from 1972, so I wonder what are the chances it's the same car? Racingsportscar doesn't have a lot of chassis information for the Romand car, so we may never know. No surprise yours is a Jagermiester 914/6 Ian. Must admit I didn't get as far as investigating it's lineage. Leave that one for another day.
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Post by LM24HRS on Feb 9, 2023 16:14:02 GMT -5
My next offering is at the other end of the colour spectrum. AWESOME IN AQUAMARINE – Porsche 962c – CK-6, Le Mans 1987 & 1988
I’ve mentioned it before, but colour is one of many an important ingredient when considering my model purchases.
Some might view this as “all show and no go.” Fair comment and to be truthful, there could well be a pocket-size element of that in my collecting aspirations. Oh Humm. However, I’m not that perturbed, colour does draw a crowd when displaying models, so I’ve noticed. Personally, I think it helps deliver a good presentation. That’s surely why some sponsorship colour schemes in motorsport are never forgotten and where some, don’t even need the strap line or product name to know what is being advertised. For example, Light blue and Orange (Gulf), Black and Gold (John Player Special), Purple and White (Silk Cut), Purple (Wynn’s oils), Blue and Yellow (Elf fuel). The list goes on and on. What about aquamarine then?
Without question, the mass of bodywork enveloping a Porsche 956 and/or a 962 in the Group C era were ideal for striking colours of sponsorship liveries. Some were okay, but a few were superb. Leyton House was one of the best incarnations of using colour, I think. There was no other colour on the grid like it. It looked crisp and fresh whatever the circumstances.
Primarily associated with the, what was March Formula 1 team but soon also adorned Group C sports cars, the most well-known Japanese consortium group undoubtedly was real estate conglomerate Leyton House. Headed by the fanciful Akira Akagi. Portrayed as a benefactor, he brought back the iconic March team in 1987 with cars donning a superb aquamarine livery. The association as sponsor was short lived and by the early 90’s the aquamarine livery was never seen again. However, without any misgivings, it lives on even to this day as one of the immediately recognisable, yet simple liveries to adorn a sportscar. Today there is actually no need for the consortium name on the car, as soon as your see aquamarine in motorsport the association is instantaneously, “Leyton House”.
Within the volumes of motorsport annuals around this period we are reliably informed, there was apparently financial dodgy dealings going on behind the scenes. That said it is quite a legacy to hold some 30 years since, simply on one colour scheme.
There are times when exploring the history behind the cars our models depict, can have very sad consequences. I started this article completely innocent of its history. As always, upbeat and keen to add another to my knowledge. Labelled as chassis 118, it started life at Le Mans in 1986 as #10 coloured black, sponsored by Kenwood under the private entrant, Kremer Racing. The car didn’t finish that year due to a shocking and one in a million accident, which was fatal for the Austrian driver Jo Gartner. I’m not one to dwell on such awful matters but from a mechanical standpoint the circumstances were unparalleled. Travelling down the Mulsanne straight and accelerating past 160mph, just past the famous café in the middle of the night a detached shift fork on the gear selector rod had jammed fourth gear in the transmission and as Jo changed up to fifth the effect was to engage two gears at once. The rear wheels locked instantly. I don’t think I need to describe what happened next but at that speed with locked rear wheels the outcome was horrendous.
The car was subsequently written off. Building a new monocoque chassis was not an easy task, so help was called in from John Thompson and TC Prototypes company based near Northampton in the United Kingdom. One of the first two chassis built by Thompson used the 962-118 chassis number of the car destroyed in the LM86 fatal accident. It became known as Porsche 962C-118 with Kremer ref CK-6.
At the 1988 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, there were twelve 962s on the start line but at least four of these had never seen the inside of the Porsche Motorsport facility at Weissach. These were built around fresh, more sophisticated chassis provided by third-party specialists. They used Porsche-sourced engines, and many other major components explains why they could still be fielded as Porsche 962Cs and fooled many untrained and even trained eyes. Among the most famous of these Porsche 962-based derivatives was the CK6 created by Kremer Racing with the help of John Thompson TC Prototypes Ltd.
Built around one of the first John Thompson manufactured aluminium honeycomb monocoques, this chassis was first raced at Le Mans in 1987. Like many of the early CK6s, it used the 962-118 serial of the Kremer car destroyed at Le Mans a year earlier, undoubtedly for carnet reasons. Driven by George Fuché, Franz Konrad and Wayne Taylor, it finished fourth overall.
It was uprated ahead of the 1988 season with the latest aerodynamics package, which included a reshaped venturi, it was entered for Le Mans once more. Fouché was joined this time by Kris Nissen and Harold Grohs and they went on to finish eighth. After its second Le Mans outing, this car was retired from contemporary racing and re-numbered CK6-87 to 'free up' the 962-118 serial for a new car. Retained by the Kremer brothers until 1998, this highly original survivor was acquired by the current owner from notable Porsche collector Henry Pearman in 2006. Early in 2019, it was consigned to the Gooding Amelia Island auction.
As a result, the Kremer Porsche 962 CK6s are a historian’s nightmare even though they were raced at a period when correctly documenting chassis numbers at events was already a well-known practice. This was of course of no concern to Kremer Racing as the only thing that counted was getting their latest 962 CK6s on the grid.
Not every 962 is the same then! For some of us that might be of no importance, however for me colour is. I’m enjoying my awesome aquamarine acquisition.
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Post by Tom on Feb 9, 2023 16:37:49 GMT -5
LH livery is always a winner for me. Fab model.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Feb 9, 2023 19:17:39 GMT -5
Great colour!
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Post by jager on Feb 9, 2023 19:57:14 GMT -5
Very eye-catching. You miss this one in the cabinet.
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Post by reeft1 on Feb 10, 2023 4:50:38 GMT -5
Always been a fan of the Leyton House livery. That is a cracking model. Spark?
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Post by Alfaholic on Feb 11, 2023 21:23:01 GMT -5
Very nice indeed. For true authenticity, does the model come with a 1:43 bankruptcy petition Paul .
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