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basic design, with its white-and-pink color scheme, is certainly easy to spot on the track, but it definitely wouldn’t be my color choice. The early ’80s were quite colorful and flashy—and not just in music.
If you search for original photos online, you’ll find various photos of Porsche 935s with white-and-pink paint schemes, but they’re usually
The driver was “John Winter,” alias Louis Krages.
It is a build based on chassis 01-00020; this car, with start number 62, competed in the 1981 200-Mile Nuremberg race at the Norisring with John Winter … however, he was unable to finish the race due to engine failure.
In total, Kremer Racing (hence the “K” in the name) converted thirty-one Porsche 935s to the K3 specification between 1979 and 1980; this was the most successful model in the K series.
Here’s an interesting summary of Kremer Racing: http://www.pomosa.de/pdf/Kremer_Racing_in_Le_Mans_1970-1998.pdf
The model isn’t too heavy (under 100 grams) and can be driven quickly, but the short wheelbase makes it a bit finicky to handle at times. The lights, paint job, decals, etc., are all fine. The rear rims seem a bit too large to me, and the rear tires a bit too narrow. They could have pushed the axle width a little further. This would have visually enhanced the wheel wells and certainly improved handling stability as well.
There are enough variants of the Porsche 935 K3 to run a small series of its own—these DRM classics would certainly deserve it. Even though I'd love to see the cars in 1:24 scale, I'm not really holding my breath ;-)
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