Jacky Ickx/Jochen Mass Porsche 935-77

[1961redlegs]

I just finished my latest build this afternoon-the Porsche 935-77 Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass drove to victory in the 1977 Silverstone Six-Hours.

The Martini Rossi Distillery has sponsored a wide array of cars, including Formula One, rallying, and sports car racing. Their liveries are ubiquitous and perhaps the most revered and respected in the sport. In addition, some of the best all time drove for them, including
Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass, who saw tremendous success in their tenure with Martini, including the 1977 Silverstone Six Hours. The duo won the day after a determined pursuit by Bob Wollek snd John Fitzpatrick, completing three more laps than the second place pairing.

This is the Bandai/AMT/Italeri kit and it was a straightforward build. It isn’t a Tamiya or Beemax kit, but it is a decent, solid kit that went together well and looks the part when completed. I used Indycals decals (which were great as usual), Tamiya pure white on the body, Tamiya Fluorescent red on the valence, and Tamiya semigloss black on the rear of the car. Now to celebrate, a glass of Martini-Rossi sparkling wine with my salmon for dinner.

[quattro]

Very nice. Tasty looking car in a lovely livery well executed.

Tempted to find one now. Italeri are bringing out some nice stuff again.

And boy does it bring back some memories.

This goes back to me first following the sport as a 12 year old.

Watched this thing going round late in the race after a day out with my uncle and Aunt

up country and stopping at the track on the way home.

From what I recall it was so late they were not even manning the entrance gates.

That meant no need to further convince the elders to go in.

I had no real idea who was in the cars but didn't care.

Must have seen only 20 minutes or so at the end but was really happy my Uncle indulged me.

Thank you for posting these pics.

Hope the aperitif went down well!

[1961redlegs]

The good news is Spotmodel has this car listed as being reissued by Italeri in the next few months!

I’m glad this build brought back some great memories for you! I knew a guy on the Randy Ayers’ NASCAR modeling forum who said he didn’t build models, he built memories. I can look at some of my builds and recall races long past, and others I can remember watching. Models can be nice mementos and milestones along our lives.

By the way, the apertif did go down well. A nice conclusion to the citrus herb salmon and broccoli dinner I had.

[alwaysindy]

Jerry “The Machine” is at it again!
He spits these beauties out like it is no big deal...great paint? Check. Great decaling? Check. Done in no time? Check. There must be at least 1,000 cars in the Sudduth Museum by now...
Great job!
Tim

[Gary Davis]

Both of those cars look GREAT. The Veno looks pretty darn good also.

[drums01]

Those look really nice regardless of the age of the kits. Nice job!

That was a really great era of racing too....

Ben

[bevital]

I always thought that this was a simple, honest kit that could give an excellent result if well built and painted... this is the demonstation... Bravo!

[indycals]

Great job as always Jerry. This is definitely an underrated kit. Note that AMT released it twice - once labeled as 1/24 and once as 1/25. Rest assured, the 1/25 kit IS 1/24 - it even says so on the sprue

[indy]

Jerry, this is a great build. Nice and cleanly done, the pop of fluorescent color really adds something.

Jordan