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Porsche 911 SC/RS in Lego 1:14
In the eighties rallying was at the point where it became as popular as Formula One. Especially the now infamous Group B class, entered by many manufacturers had many fans worldwide and brought us the famous Lancia 037 and Delta S4, the Audi Quattro’s, Ford RS200, Austin Metro 6R4, and the most successful of them all: the Peugeot 205 T16.
On the rallying stages Porsche’s where not uncommon, but not the most advanced rally weapon to beat the Group B 4WD monsters. Secretly Porsche was developing the 959 to join the Group B hype, but things proceeded slow. A quick inbetween solution was needed; so based on the 911 a special version was developed to fill this gap: the SC/RS. In early 1984, the Porsche Motorsports department in Weissach built the necessary 20 examples of this SC/RS to satisfy the FIA’s Group B competition homologation rules.
The 911 SC/RS was basically a heavily stripped down ultralight 911 (in fact it lost about 1000 pounds of weight compared to a roadgoing SC model!), and was equipped with many special parts and a 290 bhp engine. The car was very good to handle and due to the low weight it was very fast as well, although not good enough to be a player in the WRC, as it lacked 4WD. It was however successful in the European Championship rallying, and the two models I have built are prime examples from that era.
Both Lego models are based on different entries in the Belgium Ypres rally, one of the top rally’s in the rally ERC. The Rothmans car, prepared by Prodrive is from 1984 and was driven by Henri Toivonen who won the rally in 1984. Rothmans did an expensive campaign with the 911 SC/RS and Prodrive prepared six from the 20 works cars for them. The Belga car was prepared by R.A.S, a Belgian team, and was entered in Ypres 1985. The car was driven by three times Belgian rally champion Robert Droogmans.
Model details:
Bricks ~ 1000, scale 1:14, stickers: Designed in close cooperation with: www.jaaptechnic.com/
Porsche 911 SC/RS in Lego 1:14
In the eighties rallying was at the point where it became as popular as Formula One. Especially the now infamous Group B class, entered by many manufacturers had many fans worldwide and brought us the famous Lancia 037 and Delta S4, the Audi Quattro’s, Ford RS200, Austin Metro 6R4, and the most successful of them all: the Peugeot 205 T16.
On the rallying stages Porsche’s where not uncommon, but not the most advanced rally weapon to beat the Group B 4WD monsters. Secretly Porsche was developing the 959 to join the Group B hype, but things proceeded slow. A quick inbetween solution was needed; so based on the 911 a special version was developed to fill this gap: the SC/RS. In early 1984, the Porsche Motorsports department in Weissach built the necessary 20 examples of this SC/RS to satisfy the FIA’s Group B competition homologation rules.
The 911 SC/RS was basically a heavily stripped down ultralight 911 (in fact it lost about 1000 pounds of weight compared to a roadgoing SC model!), and was equipped with many special parts and a 290 bhp engine. The car was very good to handle and due to the low weight it was very fast as well, although not good enough to be a player in the WRC, as it lacked 4WD. It was however successful in the European Championship rallying, and the two models I have built are prime examples from that era.
Both Lego models are based on different entries in the Belgium Ypres rally, one of the top rally’s in the rally ERC. The Rothmans car, prepared by Prodrive is from 1984 and was driven by Henri Toivonen who won the rally in 1984. Rothmans did an expensive campaign with the 911 SC/RS and Prodrive prepared six from the 20 works cars for them. The Belga car was prepared by R.A.S, a Belgian team, and was entered in Ypres 1985. The car was driven by three times Belgian rally champion Robert Droogmans.
Model details:
Bricks ~ 1000, scale 1:14, stickers: Designed in close cooperation with: www.jaaptechnic.com/