
Porsche 911 996 GT3 Cup #17 R. Westbrook Team Morellato Porsche Michelin Supercup 2006 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- PORSCHE-265645
- Year
- 2006
- Era
- 2000s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- One-Make Cup Series
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
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About the Porsche 911 996 GT3 Cup #17 R. Westbrook Team Morellato Porsche Michelin Supercup 2006 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Porsche 911 996 GT3 Cup #17 reproduces R. Westbrook's Team Morellato entry from the 2006 Porsche Michelin Supercup. The body is sealed with no opening panels. This is a used model, its box showing traces of storage.
The Porsche Supercup has run alongside Formula 1 weekends since the early 1990s, and its 2006 season, contested in the 996-generation GT3 Cup car, produced a deep field of privateer and factory-backed entries like this one.
Diecast Precision for a One-Make Racer
Minichamps casts this GT3 Cup as a single sealed zinc-alloy body, which is standard practice at 1:43 where hinge mechanisms would compromise the tight panel gaps a scale this small depends on. Every detail that identifies this as the Westbrook/Morellato car lives on the exterior: the roll-cage silhouette, the correct rear wing, and tampo-printed sponsor and team graphics registered across the doors and rear deck. The casting carries genuine weight for its size, a density that separates a proper diecast from a lighter toy-grade piece, and that solidity matters when the model sits permanently on a shelf rather than being handled often. As a used example, this piece shows expected wear from prior ownership, and its box carries storage marks, though neither affects the casting or the printed livery itself.
The 2006 Michelin Supercup Grid
Team Morellato ran as one of the privateer outfits populating the Supercup's mid-2000s grids, competing against factory-supported entries in identically prepared cars where driver execution, rather than mechanical advantage, decided results. Cataloging individual driver and team pairings from a specific season, as this replica does with Westbrook's #17, is exactly the kind of detail Supercup collectors chase, since it lets a themed shelf reconstruct an entire season's field rather than a handful of headline names.
Collecting a Full Supercup Season
Because the Supercup ran identical GT3 Cup hardware across the grid, distinguishing one entry from another comes down entirely to livery and sponsor graphics, which makes assembling a complete season's roster a legitimate long-term collecting project. This 2006 Westbrook car slots into that pursuit as one specific, well-documented entry, and it displays cleanly alongside its Supercup contemporaries from the same year.















