The Greatest sportscar ever - the Porsche 956/962
Porsche 956
Porsche 956
From its debut in 1983, the 956 immediately dominated Group C racing . Using a development of an unused Indycar engine project, the car's blend of fuel efficiency and aerodynamics proved almost unbeatable. From the outset Porsche sold numerous chassis to privateers ensuring close racing - and a range of arresting colour schemes!
Porsche 962
Porsche 956
Due to the introduction of new IMSA regulations in 1986, Porsche redesigned the 956 with a shorter nose section and longer body so that the drivers feet now were behind the front axle-line. Now called the 962, the car remained extremely competitive with much newer designs from Jaguar and Sauber Mercedes until the late 80's.
Building the Group C legend
Building the Group C legend
Tamiya, Hasegawa and Revell all released 1/24 kits of the car in the 1980s, with Tamiya actually producing kits of both variants.
Over the last few years, I have used all these kits and a range of specialist decal producers to build up a collection of ten 1/24 Porsche 956s and four 962s.
More recently MFH have issued the 956 in 1/12 scale - and I have built this as well!
Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 Porsche 956LM
Click here to browse photographs of my 1/12 MFH Rothmans-liveried 1983 Le Mans winner.
1983 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (6th - Wollek, Ludwig, Johannson)
1/24 Tamiya Kit - Purchased decals
1984 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (Winner - Pescarolo, Ludwig)
1/24 Tamiya Kit
1984 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (2nd - Rondeau, Henn, Paul)
1/24 Tamiya Kit - Purchased decals
1984 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (3rd - Hobbs, Strieff, Van Der Merwe)
1/24 Tamiya Kit - Purchased decals
1984 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (4th - Jones, Schuppan, Jarier)
1/24 Tamiya Kit
1984 Porsche 956 - Interserie (Bellof)
1/24 Revell Kit
1985 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (2nd - Palmer, Lloyd, weaver)
1/24 Tamiya Kit
1985 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (4th - Hobbs, Gartner, Edwards)
1/24 Tamiya Kit - Purchased decals
1986 Porsche 956 - Le Mans (3rd - Follmer, Morton, Miller)
1/24 Tamiya Kit - Purchased decals
1986 Porsche 956 - WEC Entry (Stuck, Bell)
1/24 Tamiya Kit
1988 Porsche 962 LM - Le Mans (DNF - Reuter, Lechner, Hunkeler)
Hasegawa Kit - Purchased decals
1989 Porsche 962 - Le Mans (3rd - Wollek, Stuck, Winter)
1/24 Tamiya/Hasagawa combined kits to make 962LM variant - Purchased decals
1990 Porsche 962 - Le Mans (DNF - Larrauri, Pareja, Brun)
1/24 Tamiya Kit
1991 Porsche 962 - Le Mans (DNF - Salamin, Olivar, Tarres)
1/24 Tamiya kit - Purchased decals