On the whole, Porsche's season was not the greatest, coming in 4th with just 35
points compared to Mercedes glorious 110 points in first place. Porsche was 4th
behind Team BMW Motorsport (2nd at 85 points) and Gulf Team Davidoff (3rd at 37
points). In the drivers championship, the highest Porsche driver was Bob Wollek
on 12th position with 21 points and 4 DNFs. UT does both #7 and #6 versions,
this one here is the #6 driven by T. Boutsen and H.J. Stuck.
The model is finely reproduced by UT. The paint and proportions are very
accurate and well made. After closely comparing the model with the 1:1, I can
say that UT made an average job on this model. First of all, the vents on the
sides and on the bonnet are just painted black and the grill at the front is
not perforated. Furthermore, a number of small details such as pins and hooks
have been omitted, especially from the back.
During the course of the season, some sponsors positions where either changed
or removed as a whole. However, from the pictures I have found, all show that
there is another decal under the IBM sponsor on the rear wing, it is omitted
from the model. Also, at the front, the Michelin sponsor decal should be on the
black lip not on the front bumper.
UT used a mix of decals and tampos and unfortunetaly, its starting to show. The
blue and red designs that cover a lot of the body are indeed tampos and they
are perfect, however, the rest are decals which are starting to crack and peel.
Such a shame, I would have loved to have this car all in tampos (like the 1998
car by Maisto) as it is truely beautiful.
The front light of this model are great and if it weren't for that large and
visible stud at the center, I would have said that they are perfect. The side
indicators are however, just painted on. The backlights are well made and are
an accurate representation of the real car. Just the grey part should be a
little more towards the middle of the car.
The wheels and rims are well made. The rims are accurate in the bronze and
silver combo and the Michelin and Pilot SX names on the rubber are correct
aswell. However, I cannot give a 100% judgement as most of the wheels I have
seen on the 1:1 are either marginally different on each race or filthy with
race debree. In conclusion, from what I can make up, these should be accurate.
The brakes are well... completely omitted, there is just a piece of round black
plastic, very poor from UT.
The model's doors open and the rear engine cover comes off. The front part of
the model is sealed. All shut lines are very tight and sit well into position.
The passenger doors are held with doglegs.
The cockpit is quite spartan but from the limited pictures I saw, it looks well
replicated. The seat is a racing type seat and has Recaro wirtten on it. The
seatbelts are just painted and moulded onto the seat. The steering wheel is
quite toyish and the rest of the dashboard is just a decal as are the gauges.
Only the centre console has some sort of shape for the buttons and looks good.
The engine looks well made however it lacks most of the details which would
classify it as good. Most of the details are just painted on and are not
separate pieces. Most of the engine (like the 1998 Maisto model) is hidden
under a plastic looking cover. The two exhaust come out straight from the
engine, they are painted well and are hollow, the end is visible, but its not
very easy to see.
The undercarriage is flat and sealed as with all of these GT1 race cars. Most
the undercarriage is filled with holes for screws which hold the model
together. At the backside of the undercarriage, the 911 GT1 has the traditional
fins which help airflow.
In conclusion, I love this model, but unfortunetaly, it will in time ruin
itself because of those decals. I do reccomend it to any Porsche fanatic, but
at the same time, it needs to be done again for two main reasons. Some fine
details are missing and even worse, the decal the problem should be solved by
using tampos for the whole livery.