WIP : Why not build 8 Le Mans winners at the same time?

Now that the 2005 Le Mans 24 Hrs are coming close, my interest is drawn to one of my building projects that need attention : modeling every post-war Le Mans winner in 1/43 scale, forming a complete collection in a showcase.

The picture shows my showcase and all the Le Mans winners form 1949 until 2004. I added the not-built kits to the completed kits to motivate myself to complete the ones still to be built. But building one model at a time is pretty demotivating since you don't really see the progress, so I decided to build 8 at a time. The ones with a red line around them are the ones I'm building. The first models are a little further in progress, the last one still has to be spraypainted. This method has one big advantage : I never have to wait to let somethig dry, I can always continue another model.

I keep you posted!

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Bloody h*ll, Sennake!!! That is one cool showcase! I love line ups like this. Happy modelling with these 8 ones, I'll follow you´re work. The start looks promising.
best regards
Joel

Crikes!!! I get confused with one model on the go at 1/24 scale, let alone 8 at 1/43 scale.

You're some guy, Guy!

I have no doubts all 8 will be stunning

You´re killing me! I´m just jealous and won´t look at this thread any further! :smooch:

What a phenominally cool project ! I wish I could do the same, but in 1/24...of course I would need to build an addition on to the house just to display them all :) Keep up the awesome work !

Mick Sz.

Cool idea an very impressive collection!!
From which manufaturer is the mirage?

From which manufaturer is the mirage?

DAM.

Really nice display and novel way to keep motivated (as long as you dont lose the parts for the unbuilt ones).

Cool! I think we'd all love to have that on our wall!!

Nice work. Admiring from a-far.

Murray

Well, things have been a bit slow because of the Roland Garros Tennis Tournament (in which the ladies' title went to my fellow Belgian Justine Hénin), but now I've picked up the pace again and so I decalled 2 more car bodies...

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Nice, that 956 looks outstanding. Are you sure these are 1/43??

Very very nice. Congratulations on your beautifull display!

Nice, that 956 looks outstanding. Are you sure these are 1/43??

Pretty sure yes :grinyes:

No, 88C-V?

Also is that a R89C I see there?

No, 88C-V?

Also is that a R89C I see there?

Since these are all le Mans WINNERS, you won't find any Toyota's or Nissans I'm afraid...

The 8 cars I'm building here are :

Mirage Ford (1975)
Porsche 936 (1976)
Porsche 936 (1977)
Porsche 956 (1982)
Jaguar XJR-9 (1988)
Sauber Mercedes C9 (1989)
Peugeot 905B Evo 1C (1993)
Dauer Porsche 962 GT (1994)

Amazing collection - keep up the great work

holy cow!! Awsome idea, awsome work! Love it.
stevenski

I finally finished the bodies (paint + decals). Some of the decals are still missing because they should be matt, so I will mount them after spraying the gloss coats...

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http://www.depaddock.net/sennake/models/1994_02.jpg

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They all look as sweet as candy but I especially like the Gulf-car. It's something with that livery that just appeals to me, no matter which car it's on.

Niclas

So now this project really is finished. it took a lot of work , but I enjoyed every bit of it.

Here are some last pictures of the 8 completed models together :

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If you want to see more pictures, check out my homepage at this URL :

http://users.pandora.be/sennake/moca_recent_8_lm_winners.htm

Awesome!! I like them!

Nice work! To me the picture of all of the finished cars represents why I mostly build 1:43rd. You cn put together a large colection of cars with out needing a vast amount of smace, and they just looks so nice sat together. Great build(s).