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Porsche 962C #17 Jägermeister T. Boutsen / F. Jelinski 1000km Spa 1986 Minichamps 1:18

Porsche 962C #17 Jägermeister T. Boutsen / F. Jelinski 1000km Spa 1986 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Porsche
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155866517
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About the Porsche 962C #17 Jägermeister T. Boutsen / F. Jelinski 1000km Spa 1986 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Porsche 962C #17 reproduces the Jägermeister-liveried car driven by Boutsen and Jelinski at the 1986 1000km Spa. The bright orange colour scheme remains one of Group C's most instantly recognisable sponsor liveries.

Some racing liveries need no introduction, and Jägermeister orange is one of them, a colour scheme that stood out on grids decades before modern branding made bold sponsor colours the norm.

Getting a Bright Livery Right at 1:18

A saturated orange finish is genuinely harder to reproduce cleanly than darker liveries, since any inconsistency in the paint shows up immediately under normal lighting. Minichamps holds the colour evenly across the 962C's long bonnet and sculpted flanks, with the Jägermeister branding sitting sharp and centred rather than shifted off register. The 962C's low prototype stance and rear wing mounts carry the same tight panel definition found across the series, and the cockpit glazing sits flush against a genuinely complex curved surface.

A Familiar Livery From a Golden Group C Season

The 1000km Spa in 1986 sat within one of Group C's strongest overall seasons, with Porsche customer teams like this one competing alongside factory efforts across a genuinely deep field. Boutsen and Jelinski's pairing reflects the mix of established and rising talent that characterised customer Group C racing at the time. This diecast works particularly well as a standout piece in a Group C collection, since the livery alone draws attention before any race result needs explaining.

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