Looking great, good paint job, that livery is an eyecatcher!
Thank you Stu for clearing this up, i put it on my looooong list.
Thank you Stu for clearing this up, i put it on my looooong list.
Hi Ronnie, fully agree with you....those cars were really amazing....and i Knowles WhatsApp you are saying: i'm also fifty-nine!!ronnie1972 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 1:30 am The build looks fantastic! Such a iconic livery! Funny thing is that I remember back during the glory days of the 935, I always thought it was such a homely car. I’m fifty-nine now, and it’s funny how one’s perception changes. When I was a teenager & young twenty-something I always thought the Group 5 cars of the mid-seventies through the early eighties had faces only a mother could love, but when compared to the devices we see in contemporary racing, they are absolutely gorgeous! I always adored the Group 6 cars of the seventies (Ferrari 312PB’s, Matra’s, Mirage’s, Alpine-Renault’s, Porsche 936’s, etc) thought they were so sexy, and still do!
Thanks CK!!CK wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:31 pm The Tamiya 1/12 1976 Porsche 935 caught my eyes in the local hobby shop window. It was a finished model on a turning table. This was how I start looking into race cars. The Gr 5 & 6 and later F1 cars.
I am in the same age group. I don't have a very specific preference for race cars. I love machines, all sorts of machines. The only cars that I don't like are the Gr 5 BMWs that were raced against the 935s. They are too boxy.
My first car model is Tamiya's 1/24 1978 Porsche 935 Turbo - "Moby Dick". I have a second box waiting to be built.
Jesus, keep up the great work!
wow..tremendous story and thanks for sharing it!!ronnie1972 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:45 am I can tell a brief, poignant story about the Bob Akin Coca-Cola sponsored cars. I was at the 1986 Mid-Ohio IMSA round, and it was a very somber atmosphere in the paddock. Jo Gartner who was a member of the winning Akin car at Sebring along with Hans Stuck, had lost his life at Le Mans the week before, and you could feel the loss within the team. Their 962 had a big black stripe across the Coca Cola liveried nose. The Akin team gave their best, but you could tell it was hard on all of them to be there.