Last update: September 27, currently 63 collections online
As the home page shows only the last 20 collections, here are the links to all collections that I put on display so far. The oldest first.
#001 Gulf Racing Porsche 911 RSR (February 2024)
The GTE category existed from 2016 as successor of GT2 and lasted until the end of 2023. Gulf Racing has always been present with their beautiful blue and orange Porsches.
number of models in collection: 4
#002 BMW Art Cars (February 2024)
Hervé Poulain is an amateur racing driver, art collector and auctioneer from France. It was his idea to have famous artists paint brand new racing cars and race these at Le Mans. He and BMW started a complete new kind of racing cars.
number of models in collection: 11
#003 TWR Jaguar (February 2024)
Tom Walkinshaw was quite successful as a racing driver before he started TWR. With TWR, he built, prepared and raced many Jaguars and took victories in Spa, Le Mans and Daytona.
number of models in collection: 13
#004 Zakspeed Ford Capri turbo (February 2024)
Erich Zakowski was famous for his well prepared Fords. In 1977 his Escorts challenged to keep up with the BMW 320’s and the turbocharged 2002 from Schnitzer, so for the 1978 season he developed a revolutionary car.
number of models in collection: 13
#005 Martini Porsche 911 Carrera (February 2024)
The success story of the 1973 Porsche Carrera RSR begins by winning the 24 hour race on its debut. Many successes followed and also some very interesting technical and aerodynamical evolutions.
number of models in collection: 12
#006 Sunoco Penske Racing (February 2024)
Penske Racing (nowadays Team Penske) founded in 1966 still operates at the highest levels in endurance racing both in IMSA and FIA WEC, Indy cars and NASCAR. Sunoco was the team’s first sponsor.
number of models in collection: 10
#007 Coca-Cola Porsche (February 2024)
Coca Cola sponsored a number of teams and drivers. In this collection I focus on the American team from Bob Akin and a few other Porsches.
number of models in collection: 11
#008 Gulf Aston Martin GT (March 2024)
Prodrive had been very successful with turning the Ferrari 550 in to a winning racing car in GT1. Their next project was to do the same with the Aston Martin DBR9 which lay-out was quite similar; V12 engine in the front, rear wheel drive.
number of models in collection: 8
#009 Toyota GT-One (March 2024)
Toyota was reasonably successful in the last part of the Group C era. The 3-liter TS010 and turbo-charged 94C-V both finished on the podium at Le Mans, without winning however. When the set of regulations changed towards GT1, Toyota saw new possibilities.
number of models in collection: 10
#010 Jägermeister Porsche 956 & 962 (March 2024)
The Porsche 956 was the ideal car for the group C regulations. When Porsche first brought it to Le Mans in 1982, they scored a convincing 1-2-3 finish. Porsche had many customer teams and these also could buy 956’s. Brun was one of them.
number of models in collection: 12
#011 Mazda Rotary (March 2024)
Group C gave constructors a lot of freedom to achieve the best result. Multiple concepts were successful, but Mazda did something completely different and mounted a 4-chamber normally aspirated rotary engine.
number of models in collection: 14
#012 Schnitzer BMW 2002 & 320 turbo (March 2024)
Schnitzer has been a racing team since 1967 and mainly raced BMW’s. The team often represented the BMW factory as official works team, but before that, they developed a range of turbocharged cars on their own.
number of models in collection: 15
#013 Martini Porsche 935 (March 2024)
The new group 5 regulations were a perfect fit for Porsche. The 911 turbo was the perfect car for this series and the Germans already had a lot of experience with the RSR turbo and 934.
number of models in collection: 14
#014 Corvette Racing (March 2024)
This blog begins with the factory Corvettes racing in Le Mans in 2003. I show the factory cars and privateer Corvette models that are in my collection.
number of models in collection: 16
#015 Ferrari 333 SP (March 2024)
The Ferrari 333 SP was Ferrari’s car for the new World Sport Cars category, the successor of the IMSA GTP. The WSC cars were open-top, flat-bottomed sports-prototypes with production based engines.
number of models in collection: 14
#016 Joest Audi R8 (March 2024)
Audi had been very successful in international rallying and several touring car championships. But the German luxury brand wanted more and set their target on Le Mans. Well, that turned out quite good, especially with Joest as partner.
number of models in collection: 16
#017 Joest Audi TDI (March 2024)
Audi dominated sports car racing from 2000 to 2005 with their R8 (and nephew Bentley Speed 8). In 2006 Audi did something completely different and again shocked sports car racing: They threw a very big diesel engine in.
number of models in collection: 17
#018 Audi R8 customer teams (March 2024)
A limited number of customer teams that were often supported by local Audi distributors, received a one year old Audi R8. When Joest stopped racing the R8 at Le Mans and the American Le Mans Series, these teams took over.
number of models in collection: 18
#019 Nissan Group C & IMSA GTP (March 2024)
Just as many other manufacturers, Nissan wanted to play a part in Motorsport history. In this blog I will give an overview of the many cars that Nissan raced in Group C and IMSA GTP and that I have a 1/43 scale model car.
number of models in collection: 21
#020 Rebellion (April 2024)
Rebellion. An up-market watch maker, but also a serious racing team that would fight the big brands such as Audi, Porsche andToyota.
number of models in collection: 17
#021 Gulf Ford GT40 (April 2024)
This one is about the JWA racing team that raced the GT40’s and Mirage M1 in Gulf livery after Ford quit because the regulations changed and the big V8’s that Ford was using, were banned.
number of models in collection: 8
#022 Jägermeister BMW (April 2024)
Jägermeister is a German liqueur producer that sponsored a lot of cars and teams, especially in the German and European championships, here I will focus on the many BMW that wore the bright orange livery.
number of models in collection: 16
#023 Mobil1 (April 2024)
Mobil1, part of ExxonMobil, is a lubricant and oil producer of which stickers can be found on many racing cars. But here I only show the cars that have an actual Mobil 1 livery, not just a sticker.
number of models in collection: 16
#024 Flying Lizard Porsche (April 2024)
Flying Lizard made its debut in the American Le Mans Series scene in 2004, becoming a Porsche factory-supported team in 2007, racing in the GT categories.
number of models in collection: 9
#025 Lancia Martini (April 2024)
Italian liqueur brand Martini has been faithful sponsor of the works Porsche team for many years. But in 1980 they switched to Lancia and achieved great successes together in racing and rally.
number of models in collection: 11
#026 Rothmans Porsche (April 2024)
After Martini left Porsche for Lancia, the German factory team teamed up with tobacco company Rothmans. It was a successful relationship with 4 Le Mans wins, many more world championship victories and success in the grueling Dakar rally.
number of models in collection: 16
#027 Gulf McLaren F1 GTR (April 2024)
The McLaren F1 GTR was designed by Gordon Murray as the ultimate street car. It also was the ideal car for the GT1 series were it competed against the Ferrari F40 and Porsche 911 GT2 and exotics such as the Venturi 600 LM.
number of models in collection: 14
#028 Porsche 917 Spyder & turbo (April 2024)
The 917 was a bit too heavy and lacked power to be a winner in Can-Am, so Porsche had to think of a different solution to gain additional horsepower.
number of models in collection: 18
#029 Racing for Holland / Racing Team Nederland (April 2024)
We, Dutch have the awkward need to use our country name in their team name: Dutch National Racing Team, Racing for Holland, Carsport Holland, Racing Team Nederland …
number of models in collection: 20
#030 BP (April 2024)
British Petroleum sponsored many racing cars in the 70’s and 80’s of the previous century. Of course many more teams and cars used BP oils and fuels, but here I present only the cars in the yellow and green livery of BP in my collection.
number of models in collection: 19
#031 Peugeot (April 2024)
Peugeot came to Le Mans and the world championship full force in 1991, but only for a short while. More than 15 years later they would be back again.
number of models in collection: 18
#032 Toyota Hybrid (April 2024)
Toyota was developing a hybrid racing car for the Le Mans LMP1 category. Plan was to test in 2012 and make its debut in 2013, the ACO asked Toyota if they could speed up the program and race at Le Mans already in 2012. And they did.
number of models in collection: 12
#033 Porsche Salzburg (May 2024)
Porsche entered many sports cars in races, and to support the factory external semi-factory teams were set up. In 1969, Porsche Salzburg became such a works team and competed in the World Championship in 1970.
number of models in collection: 11
#034 BMW Motorsport (part I) (May 2024)
When BMW started their works team in the 1970’s, they introduced a new color combination to the race tracks thatis still in use; the red-purple-blue on a white background.
number of models in collection: 20
#035 BMW Motorsport (part II) (May 2024)
The famous BMW color scheme is still in use. In this blog you will find my models from 1993 until now.
number of models in collection: 20
#036 Pink Porsches (May 2024)
The new designed Porsche 917/20 was wider and shorter than the regular 917L. Someone called the car a pig and Porsche designer Anatole Lapine’s idea for the new livery was born. It was the first of the Pink Porsches and quite a few would follow.
number of models in collection: 16
#037 Porsche 907, 908 & 917 (May 2024)
The factory cars in the early years were often grey but between 1967 and 1969, Porsche System entered mainly white cars with distinctive colors on the front.
number of models in collection: 25
#038 Ferrari prototypes (May 2024)
A new generation of Ferrari sportscars and prototypes evolved where the space frames were covered with aluminium panels and later replaced by a full monocoque chassis.
number of models in collection: 11
#039 Transporters (May 2024)
It’s nice to race different race tracks all over the continent with your GT or sports car, but first … you have to get there. In the history of motorsport we saw many great transporters, of which I have a few in my collection.
number of models in collection: 14
#040 Ford prototypes (May 2024)
The GT40 with its 4.7 liter Weslake engines was not quicker than the Ferraris and far from reliable. But when Caroll Shelby put 7-liter Nascar engines in the improved GT40, dubbed MkII, things changed.
number of models in collection: 19
#041 Bentley (June 2024)
The Volkswagen Group bought Bentley in 1998 and with technical support from Audi, the Bentleys returned to Le Mans.
number of models in collection: 7
#042 Can-Am & Interserie (June 2024)
The Can-Am was a racing series in North America for group 7 cars. There were virtually no restrictions to the cars. Here are Lola, McLaren, Chaparral, March and others, the Porsches are in #028.
number of models in collection: 25
#043 FATurbo (June 2024)
F.A.T. International / FATurbo EXPRESS was an international transport company that sponsored many Porsche teams in the 1980s and 1990’s.
number of models in collection: 16
#044 Renault & Alpine (June 2024)
Renault was one of the pioneers of the turbo engine. After winning Le Mans, Renault moved on and introduced the turbo to the Formula One.
number of models in collection: 17
#045 Ecurie Francorchamps (July 2024)
Jacques Swaters was a racing driver when he started Ecurie Francorchamps. Swaters is distributor for Ferrari in Belgium, so he only races these Italian cars.
number of models in collection: 15
#046 Porsche LMP & HY (July 2024)
Porsche had won Le Mans 1998 with the GT1/98, their last car based on the legacy 962 technology. The flat-6 engine is still being used in the 911 models, but the prototypes got new engines and some even hybrid technology.
number of models in collection: 20
#047 Spyker (July 2024)
The Spykers that raced at Le Mans competed against Porsche 911, Ferrari 360 and TVR Tuscans, all cars of which the street version were 50% cheaper. Not very good for your image, I guess.
number of models in collection: 9
#048 Vipers (July 2024)
The Viper has been developed and raced by the French Oreca team and this works team would make the Viper with its huge V10 engine, the leading GT before it was surpassed by the Corvette.
number of models in collection: 29
#049 Courage (July 2024)
Yves Courage began to build his own cars. The first were group C cars that were called Cougar, later he would change this to his surname Courage.
number of models in collection: 25
#050 Ferrari GT V12 (July 2024)
Ferrari is famous for its V12-engines. The modern V8 and V6 turbo versions are more powerful but don’t bring the emotion that a high-revving 12 cylinder does.
number of models in collection: 20
#051 Gulf Porsche 917 (July 2024)
JWA is most famous because of the Gulf liveried Porsche 917, which was the star in Steve McQueen’s movie “Le Mans”.
number of models in collection: 22
#052 Joest Porsche 956 & 962 (August 2024)
Joest Racing has been very successful since the early 80’s, they won Le Mans already 8 times. In this blog you will find mainly Porsche 956 and 962’s.
number of models in collection: 23
#053 Ferrari GT V6 & V8 (August 2024)
Ferrari achieved great success with their V8 powered cars starting with the famous F40. More recent the cars in the GT2/GTE/GT3 won many races and championships.
number of models in collection: 19
#054 GPX (August 2024)
GPX Racing paint their cars in the same famous liveries as historic Porsches that raced Targa Florio and Le Mans!
number of models in collection: 7
#055 Silver Arrows (August 2024)
To preserve weight and stay below the maximum allowed, all white paint was removed. The cars became the nick name “Silberpfeilen” or Silver Arrows.
number of models in collection: 11
#056 Hypercars & Prototypes (August 2024)
When we speak about Hypercars, we must not forget that half of the contenders come from a slightly different concept of LMDh prototypes (Le Mans Daytona hybrid) that run as GTP in the USA.
number of models in collection: 21
#057 Lancia (August 2024)
Lancia had some other famous liveries before they partnered with Martini, such as Marlboro and Alitalia. These and other Lancia’s can be found in this topic.
number of models in collection: 13
#058 Red Bull (September 2024)
In the 1990’s the Austrian energy drink was just starting to gain brand awareness. Dietrich Mateschitz chose the slogan “Red Bull gives you Wings” and began sponsoring motorsports.
number of models in collection: 22
059 Brumos Porsche (September 2024)
Brumos originated from BRUndage MOtorS and was a Porsche dealer in Jacksonville, Florida. Peter Gregg bought the company and retained the name Brumos, he was entrepreneur and an excellent racing driver.
number of models in collection: 15
060 Shell (September 2024)
Shell is one of the largest oil companies in the world and connected with motorsports for many years. In this topic I will show all the cars that have some kind of Shell livery and not just a small sticker.
number of models in collection: 20
061 Bastos & Belga (September 2024)
Bastos and Belga are both Belgian tobacco brands (both part of British American Tobacco) and were very active in sponsoring motorsports, especially touring cars at Spa-Francorchamps.
number of models in collection: 15
062 Gitanes & Gauloises (September 2024)
Gitanes and Gauloises were part of the French state-owned tobacco company SEITA. It those years, Gitanes was often seen on French racing cars such as the Le Mans Matra-Simcas and the Ligier Formula 1 team.
number of models in collection: 14
063 Marlboro (September 2024)
Marlboro is probably the most well known tobacco sponsor in motorsport for their long partnerships with McLaren F1 in the Lauda-Prost-Senna era and afterwards with Scuderia Ferrari and Michael Schumacher.
number of models in collection: 18
