
BMW 1800 TiSA #4 J. Ickx / J. van Ophem 24 Hours of Spa 1965 Winners Minichamps 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- BMW
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Resin
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 107652504
- Year
- 1965
- Era
- 1960s
- Body Type
- Touring Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group Racing Historic
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138125681
About the BMW 1800 TiSA #4 J. Ickx / J. van Ophem 24 Hours of Spa 1965 Winners Minichamps 1:18
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 resin BMW 1800 TiSA #4 recreates J. Ickx and J. van Ophem's winning entry from the 1965 24 Hours of Spa. A sealed-resin touring car piece documenting BMW's early European racing history, decades before the M badge existed.
Long before BMW built its performance reputation around the M badge, the New Class sedans were already winning long-distance touring car races, and this 1800 TiSA is a direct piece of that early evidence.
Resin Livery Detail on a Period Touring Car
A 1960s touring car carries a simpler livery than modern DTM machinery, typically a race number and minimal sponsor marking over the production body, and Minichamps' resin construction suits that restraint well. The sealed body holds crisp panel lines along the 1800's upright, boxy sedan silhouette, a shape resin renders cleanly since there are no opening doors or hood to interrupt the surfacing. Race number 4 and the period livery are applied with the same clean registration standard the brand carries into its more elaborate modern liveries, proof that Minichamps' printing quality is not a recent development. The TiSA badge denotes the tuned, higher-output version of the 1800 sedan that BMW fielded specifically for competition use in this era.
An Early Chapter of BMW's Racing History
BMW's New Class sedans of the 1960s built the foundation for the brand's later motorsport reputation, and the 1800 TiSA's win at the 1965 24 Hours of Spa stands as documented evidence of that early competitiveness. For a collection tracing BMW's racing lineage from these New Class touring cars through to modern DTM machinery, this piece anchors the earliest chapter, a useful companion to the brand's 2000 Ti entry from the following year's Spa race.















