Freitag, 30. November 2018

Porsche 911 RSR Carrera Le Mans 1974/1975 - Catch me if you can!

ACAR Custom Slot Car im Maßstab 1:64 - Pop Art Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1974 and 1975

Pop Art Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1974 and 1975

#68 Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1975 Slot Car Custom

Once again, I was intrigued by the liveries of two Porsche @ Le Mans. The Cachia - Bondy #70 and HCC Skiwear, two cars, representing the 70s approach in design and fashion, with bright colors and bold graphics. Because the decals were not available in 1:64 scale, it was necessary to custom make those as well. Researching logos and type from the area is time consuming but will sometimes reveal interesting aspects. Not all sponsors have survived to the very day. Therefore, information is scarce in many cases. Today we think in corporate design, including a color code. It seems in the 70s people would use what was available. The cars would participate in races and were not considered irreplaceable artifacts.

#70 Porsche 911 RSR Le Mans 1974 Slot Car Custom

The bodies for the Porsche 911 RSR derive from the AFX Porsche 934/5. The body had to be heavily modified in the front and back. The fenders were flared slightly. Resin bodies were casted from a prototype. Some of the cars feature an interior. The ones in question are still in need of a cockpit. All the custom bulit Porsche 911 RSR and 934 sport the AFX Magnatraction chassis with custom wheels, trying to represent the original. A good source for inserts is Custom FX. Anthony Hill makes photo etched inserts of the popular BBS or Fuchs rims.

AFX Tomy Slot Car Custom 24h Le Mans Porsche 911 Carrera RS

Every custom built goes thru various steps from preparation to detailing to finishing to provide the desired quality. With each built experience grows and ideas change how to approach a model. Discovering the sources for correct team colors made live easier. Judging color from images is very difficult. The same car looks very different on each picture. Especially the Vaillant green has proven to be tricky. The yellow and green of these two featured cars in this post have been carefully chosen. Bright green and Orange, sometime even fluorescent, were popular. VW used the bright colors on a Jeans Käfer with the younger customers in the 1970s.

Custom Sot Car AFX Tomy Faller AMS TYCO h0

#70 Porsche 911 RSR 24h Le Mans 1974
Team: ASA Cachia - Bondy, Driven by: Raymond Touroul (F)/Henri Cachia (F)/Denis Rua (F)
Result: 10th, Sponsors: opal lubrifiants/DARTY REAL

Slot Car Race Custom h0 24h Le Mans 1974

#68 Porsche 911 RSR 24h Le Mans 1975
Team: Guy Verrier, Driven by:Florian Vetsch (CH), Guy verrier (F), Jean-Robert Corthay (CH)
Result: did not finish Sponsors: HCC Skiwear