
Porsche 911 997 GT3 Cup #16 Barthiomeyczik Carrera Cup 2005 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 403056216
- Year
- 2005
- 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
- 4012138068049
About the Porsche 911 997 GT3 Cup #16 Barthiomeyczik Carrera Cup 2005 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:43 diecast reproduces the #16 Porsche 911 997 GT3 Cup from the 2005 Carrera Cup season. The body is a sealed zinc casting with tampo-printed livery. A useful marker for tracing the 997-generation Cup car's early years.
2005 marked one of the earliest seasons for the 997-generation GT3 Cup, making this an early example of a chassis that would go on to anchor Porsche's one-make racing program for several years afterward.
An Early 997 Cup Casting
Minichamps builds this GT3 Cup body as a sealed one-piece zinc shell, capturing the 997's cleaner, more integrated headlight and bumper design compared to the outgoing 996 generation. The #16 livery is tampo-printed onto the shell, holding crisp sponsor graphics and number treatment along the door panels. The rear wing and front splitter are separately molded and fitted, giving the casting the correct low, aggressive cup-car stance. Paint reads flat and functional, matching the appearance of an actual grid car rather than a glossy showroom finish.
An Early-Generation Piece for a Cup Chronology
Collectors building a generational study of Porsche's one-make Cup program will find this 2005 entry a useful marker point, sitting between the earlier 996-generation cars and the later 997 liveries elsewhere in this range. At 1:43, several Cup-generation entries share one shelf tier comfortably. Keep it out of direct light to protect the tampo graphics over years of display.















