{"id":161,"date":"2018-06-14T04:13:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T07:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:11:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T13:11:42","slug":"about-w143","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/about-w143\/","title":{"rendered":"What is W-143 about?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/+article\/me-sky.jpg\" alt=\"W-143\" class=\"wp-image-2191\" style=\"width:280px;height:400px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m from Brazil and I&#8217;m 56 years old, though my wife swears that mentally I&#8217;m only 12. I&#8217;m an avid cyclist and I&#8217;m VERY serious about my coffee, and always had an interest in all things mechanical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started collecting diecast cars by the end of 2002. Back then, 1:18s were much more plentiful than 1:43 here. And, being a gearhead, the ability to see the engines of the models sealed the deal for me. I even created a website, <a aria-label=\"Mini.Werner (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mini.werner.med.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mini.Werner<\/a>, where I displayed my collection. I ended up amassing quite a collection, and learned the hard way that 1:18s take quite a deal of space. So I got to the point that it was either buying a second house or letting the 1:18s go, so I liquidated 99% of my 300 cars or so. With that, I also shut down Mini.Werner \ud83d\ude25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In early 2017, living now in a bigger house, I started collecting again, but this time I got smart and went the <strong>1:43<\/strong> route. Why 1:43? For a bunch of reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>They&#8217;re small &#8211; you can fit basically four 1:43s in the space of only one 1:18!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theme &#8211; I always adored the <strong>24 Hours of Le Mans<\/strong> race, and (at the time) 1:18 basically sucked in terms of Le Mans cars. The same goes for another passion, Silver Arrows &#8211; only a rare few in 1:18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price &#8211; 1:18s became absurdly expensive nowadays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"158\" src=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/coffee1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Therefore, <strong>W-143<\/strong> is where I display my 1:43 collection. In essence, I collect cars from Le Mans and <em><a aria-label=\"Silberpfeile (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/silberpfeile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silberpfeile<\/a><\/em> (Silver Arrows &#8211; German race cars from the Golden Age of Grand Prix racing in the 1930&#8217;s). I also have some specific <a aria-label=\"passenger cars (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/road-cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">passenger cars<\/a> and a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/miscellanea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">race service vehicles<\/a>. Moreover, you will also see some special (to me) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/other\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">non-Le Mans<\/a> race cars, like rally cars. And even a few models that I customized myself. In the end, despite my collection approaching the large end of the scale, it is not a broad collection. In fact, I would classify it as very specific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And an important fact that I would like to point out. I never tire of saying that a model can only be as good as the story behind the real car, therefore I&#8217;ll <strong>always <\/strong>try to show some facts and stories about the real cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So get a cup of (<strong>good!<\/strong>) coffee and enjoy W-143! \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/+article\/roubaix1.jpg\" alt=\"W-143\" class=\"wp-image-68\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><em>In memoriam<\/em> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/15\/sad-news\/\">Gary Blythe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11689\" style=\"width:80px;height:80px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary.jpg 404w, https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gary-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 85vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m from Brazil and I&#8217;m 56 years old, though my wife swears that mentally I&#8217;m only 12. I&#8217;m an avid cyclist and I&#8217;m VERY serious about my coffee, and always had an interest in all things mechanical. I started collecting diecast cars by the end of 2002. 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