Joest-Porsche-WSC95 1996 Lemans Winner

[Gramps46]

This chassis had a very varied history.   Reference Wikipedia: The Porsche WSC-95 (sometimes referred to as the TWR WSC-95) was a Le Mans Prototype originally built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing. It was modified by Porsche from the original Group C Jaguar XJR-14 from which it derived,[1] and run by Joest Racing. Originally intended to race in the IMSA World Sportscar Championship, the WSC-95 saw very little race action even though it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1996 and 1997 without being acknowledged as a factory supported project. It was later upgraded to the Porsche LMP1-98 before being retired. Only two cars were ever built.

The kit is by Le Mans Miniatures in 1/24 scale and was a real challenge to get the decals right.

Hope to see some more Le Mans 1/24 models here.

Edited July 27, 2020 by Gramps46

[Rich Chernosky]

Very Nice Gary...and thanks for the history.  

[cobraman]

Looks great !  Good job on the decals.

[Silver Foxx]

Nice to see something different like this on here , looks real nice , great decal work .

[afx]

Very nice Gary.

[PappyD340]

Looks great!

[randyc]

I love building stuff like that.   Would like to try again soon.  May get some recommendations from you.  

[Gramps46]

Thanks to all for your comments.  Can we get a Le Mans racer thread going?

[Brudda]

On 7/27/2020 at 11:31 AM, Gramps46 said:

This chassis had a very varied history.   Reference Wikipedia: The Porsche WSC-95 (sometimes referred to as the TWR WSC-95) was a Le Mans Prototype originally built by Tom Walkinshaw Racing. It was modified by Porsche from the original Group C Jaguar XJR-14 from which it derived,[1] and run by Joest Racing. Originally intended to race in the IMSA World Sportscar Championship, the WSC-95 saw very little race action even though it won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in both 1996 and 1997 without being acknowledged as a factory supported project. It was later upgraded to the Porsche LMP1-98 before being retired. Only two cars were ever built.

The kit is by Le Mans Miniatures in 1/24 scale and was a real challenge to get the decals right.

Hope to see some more Le Mans 1/24 models here.

Holy cow that’s beautiful!!!!! Fantastic work!!!!!!’

[Brudda]

This is the only lemans car i built. 1/12 mfh. Ferrari P4. I will try to build more. Thank you Gramps46 for your kind words during my cancer problem. 

[Gramps46]

Your P4 is a beautiful large scale build of an iconic racer.  Thanks for sharing it with us Bruce and glad to see you back in the saddle again.