RevoSlot Porsche 911 GT2 Jägermeister & Pink Pig - Printable Version

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RevoSlot Porsche 911 GT2 Jägermeister & Pink Pig - woodcote - 20th-Aug-21

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RevoSlot RS0109 Porsche 911 GT2 #25 Jägermeister. RRP £71.95. Expected November 2021
RevoSlot RS0110 Porsche 911 GT2 #23 Pink Pig. RRP £71.95. Expected November 2021

I continue to be impressed by RevoSlot's growing 1990s GT range - the unique layout with metal chassis and BRM parts, plus an attempt to re-create a 90s GT grid has been a welcome innovation in the slot car world. Less impressive were the spate of generic Martini liveries that appeared on the Marcos and Porsche GT2 bodies. These two new releases - plus a couple of Rothmans cars - fall somewhere in between... not actual 1990s Porsche GT2s, but rather nice homages to famous Porsches of the 1970s.

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The 'Pink Pig' (also known as Big Berta and 'The Truffle Hunter') was a one-off car produced by Porsche in conjunction with French company SERA. The 917/20 was an  attempt to combine the features of both the long and short-tail 917...

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It's the livery that endures - Porsche designer Anatole Lapine creating a pink body shell and labelling each of the body parts according to classic butcher cuts. The #23 Pig Pig caused a sensation at Le Mans 1971. Despite arriving at La Sarthe untested, it was the fastest car during qualifying. During the race, the 917/20 running in fifth position dropped out shortly before the end due to an accident. A modern-day Pink Pig returned to Le Mans in 2018 to celebrate the 70th birthday of Porsche. The #92 911 RSR won the GTE Pro class, driven by Michael Christensen, Laurens Vanthoor and Kévin Estre.

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Jägermeister liveries sell well on slot cars... and this is a particularly nice heritage livery, based on the #25 Max Moritz Porsche 934 turbo that won its class at the 1976 Nürburgring 1000 Kms - driven by Derek Bell and Günter Steckknig...

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Both cars are available for pre-order now at Pendle Slot Racing in the UK and 132SlotCar in the US.

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