Porsche Martini 917K 1971 Winner Le Mans, 1/43 Ixo

After a while, here I am with a new post. And there is a Porsche on the blog again. One of the most iconic cars from Endurance championship. White Martini Porsche 917, winner of 24h Le Mans race 1971. The actual car was driven by now one of leading people in Red Bull F1 team, Helmut Marko who is head of Red Bull driver program. 

Posle toliko vremena evo mene opet sa novim postom. Danas na blogu jedan Porsche. Jedan od uspješnijih automobila i sigurno jedna od ikona Le Man serija, tj. danas Šampionata izdržljivost. Bijeli Marini Porsche je vožen 1971 na 24 sata Le Mana, i te godine je i bio pobjednik, drugi put za redom. Jedan od vozača je bio i danas poznati Helmut Marko, tj. Dr. Helmut Marko koji je jedan od čelih ljudi u Red bulu zadužen za njihov vozački program. Inače Dr. Marko je bio i školski drug sa prvim i jedinim šampinom F1 koji je titulu osvojio posthumno. Ali o toj legendi će biti jedan post nešto kasnije, zar par nedelja obećavam a ne godina kao sad. 

The model here is made by Ixo in 1/43 scale. The model is crafted nicely, it was relatively cheap at the time. The model is die cast (made of metal) and is painted nicely. There are no inconsistencies in the paint and the decals are nice. Especially nice detail is photo etching, there are a couple of parts that are photo etched, like part of the exhaust mount, gas cap and windscreen wipers. So it is a nice detail for a model that is now more than a couple of years old. 

Model je Ixo, pravi Ixo, u rezmjeri 1/43. Ixo kao Ixo solidan ima prednosti ima i mana, ali svakako simpatičan i odaje na prvi pogled utisak zaista pravog modela. Farba je dobra, bez grešaka i debljih ili tanjih slojeva, naljepnice su sasvim OK, tu i tamo po neka malo omaši mjesto ali to su toliko sitne greške da se slobodno može reći da tražim dlaku u jajetu kad pišem o ovom. Par foto rezanih detalja je super stvar posebno ako se uzme u obzir da je ovo nešto stariji model, kod mene je jedno 5 godina, a i tada je bio vremešan pa vi računajte. (foto rezani djelovi su dio nosača auspuha, brisači i poklopac za gorivo)

E sad što se mana tiče tu ima par riječi da se kaže. Prvo mora se imati u vidu da je ovo stariji model ali da počnem. Pinovi u farovima su nešto što iz prve upada u oči, ali i zadnji farovi su previše obični i plastični i to nikako ne izgleda dobro. Enterijer je OK ali bi mogao biti bolji, i glavni problem po meni je to što se nakako model čini krupnijim, ne generalno većim u dimenzijama nego kao da je otečen ili kao da se posle penzionisanja iz sportske karijere udebljao. Ali to je možda moj pogrešan sud.

As far as the flaws of the model are of concern, there are a couple of the cons. For sure this is the model that sits at the lowest at the quality range. There are Minichamps and Spark models that are better but Spark is resin and PMA is die cast model. This Ixo is true Ixo, nice models, but at the entry level of quality. One of first things that will caught your attention are pins in headlights. It is something that was usual back then but now are not that much. The second are plastic, painted and plain back lights with indicators. The interior is nice but it could be better. And overall the model somehow feels little bulky and swollen. And the actual car is not like that, so the whole model should be slicker.

However the price of 15-20 Euros, that is now the value of this model on market is fine and gives it the advantage over more priced (double or triple that amount) Minichamps and Spark models. If you like Le Mans car, and generally Endurance beasts this one is just fine as some entry model. Very well made for the amount of money it is sold for, and you will probably be happy with it, at least I am. I really like this one!

Svakako sa cijenom od 15-20 eura je ovaj model na prvom nivou i kvaliteta ali i cijene. Postoje mnogo kvalitetniji Minichamps i Spark modeli, a mislim da je i AutoArt radio ako ne istog (ovog 1971 Le Man pobjednika sa brojem 22) onda neku srebrnu varijantu sa Daytone ili neke trke sličnog karaktera. Svakako moja preporuka za ovaj model, meni se sviđa i dosta mi je drag. Baš onako što bi Englezi rekli „cheap and cheerful“.