{"id":1261,"date":"2018-06-18T22:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T01:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=1261"},"modified":"2020-01-15T12:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:12:45","slug":"mclaren-f1-gtr-59-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/mclaren-f1-gtr-59-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren F1 GTR #59 – Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1995 McLaren F1 GTR<\/strong> 
Pilots: J. J. Lehto, Y. Dalmas, M. Sekiya 
Team: Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing<\/em> 
Race: 1st GC (GT1 class) at Le Mans in 1995 
Minichamps - 530154359 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
 Published 05\/27\/18 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gordon Murray, the father of the McLaren F1<\/a>, originally saw his creation as the ultimate road car. Even though the car had many race car<\/em> characteristics, it was basically just a passenger car. However, in 1994, with the creation of the BPR Global GT Series, the use of modified sports cars became feasible. And with that, a few racing teams immediately thought about the McLaren F1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At first Murray was totally against the idea. With time, however, he gave in and agreed to modify a few F1 chassis with all-out racing in mind. These race-specific cars were called F1 GTR<\/strong>. The stock F1 was basically a race car for the streets, so the conversion demanded very few modifications. McLaren stripped the interior and added cooling ducts and a roll cage. They also swapped stock brakes for high-end carbon units and added large wing the rear. Legend says that the F1 GTR could drive on the ceiling of a tunnel at only 160 km\/h! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cool car, very nice model, but that antenna…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Powered by BMW\u2019s S70\/2 V12<\/a>  engine, the F1 GTR boosted 592 hp. Interestingly, that was less than  what the road car delivered. That’s because race regulations at the time  demanded the use of an air restrictor to limit engine power. Though less  powerful, the GTR was still faster and more nimble  due to a lowered overall weight. For the 1995 season a total of nine  chassis would be built, and of these, seven were lined up for the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 1995, with four of them finishing in the first five places. Car #59<\/a>  (chassis #01R, the original GTR prototype), though starting in 9th  place, and under almost constant rain, managed to finish in 1st place.  Chassis #01R only raced at Le Mans in 1995, and currently is in the  McLaren museum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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F1s at Le Mans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
So let\u2019s see: one of the most fantastic road cars of all times and the  first victory at La Sarthe for a McLaren car and a BMW engine? That  spells g-r-a-i-l model. Though I fully appreciate what the McLaren F1<\/a>  represents, I confess I\u2019m not exactly a huge fan of the road car. BUT,  the GTR is smoking hot in my eyes (yes, I\u2019m a sucker for wings). So even  though I\u2019m not hot for the regular F1, the F1 GTR #59<\/strong>  was a must buy for me. Another standard model from Minichamps, with  pretty good detail overall and a VERY nice representation of such an  important car. I really liked the model but that ugly aerial is  bothering, so I\u2019ll see if I can do something about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
UPDATE!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Published 05\/30\/18 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I presume most people think that guitar strings are ideal to make good aerials, but I never used that technique. What I used back in my 1:18 days was acupuncture needles<\/em>, and they always worked fine for me, and can also be used for 1:43rds. My Le Mans winning Mac had a bad aerial, that was a tad too thick and worse, was crooked. So I thought of making it look better using a needle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Acupuncture needles come in different sizes and thickness, from hair \nthin to about 0.5 mm \u00f8. And best of all, they come with a handle that is\n perfect as the base for the aerial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In terms of price you will spend literally pennies for one antenna.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
You will need a pair of tweezers, a good cutting pliers and obviously glue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Cut them big and then you trimm to the correct size.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
So I cut a section of the shaft of the needle and a small piece of the  handle, and than it was just a matter of removing the ugly plastic one  and stabbing the new one in the hole on the roof, with an itsy-bitsy  drop of glue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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NOW it looks good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
A 5 minute job and my F1 GTR #59 looks much closer to the real thing<\/a>, a LOT better than how it arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1995 McLaren F1 GTR Pilots: J. J. Lehto, Y. Dalmas, M. Sekiya Team: Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing Race: 1st GC (GT1 class) at Le Mans in 1995 Minichamps – 530154359 (diecast) Published 05\/27\/18 Gordon Murray, the father of the McLaren F1, originally saw his creation as the ultimate road car. Even though the car had many … Continue reading “McLaren F1 GTR #59 – Minichamps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1261","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1261"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9522,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1261\/revisions\/9522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}