
Porsche 935/77 #66 R. Stommelen DRM Nurburgring 1977 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Porsche
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- New Model
- SKU
- 400776366
- Year
- 1977
- Era
- 1970s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Group 5 & Silhouette Racing
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- New
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138082311
About the Porsche 935/77 #66 R. Stommelen DRM Nurburgring 1977 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:43 Porsche 935/77 reproduces Rolf Stommelen's #66 entry in Germany's 1977 DRM championship, a domestic series distinct from the World Championship for Makes. The sealed diecast body shows the aerodynamic refinements Porsche made to the 935 one season after its Group 5 debut.
Germany's Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft ran alongside the international Group 5 calendar through the late 1970s, giving the 935 a second, more domestic stage on which to evolve. This 1:43 diecast captures that evolution one year removed from the car's debut season.
The 935/77 in Germany's DRM Championship
One Season On: Aerodynamic Evolution from the 935/76
Between its 1976 debut and the 1977 season, Porsche's engineers continued refining the 935's bodywork, adjusting the rear wing profile and arch flaring as teams learned what the Group 5 rulebook would tolerate. The DRM, Germany's national touring and sports car championship, ran a full domestic calendar separate from the international World Championship for Makes, giving factory and privateer 935s a second proving ground closer to home. Nürburgring rounds in the DRM tested the same demanding Nordschleife combination that international races used, but against a field shaped more by German manufacturer rivalries than an international entry list.
Stommelen's #66 Entry at Nürburgring
Rolf Stommelen, already a well-established Porsche factory and privateer driver by the late 1970s, campaigned this #66 entry in the DRM's domestic rounds, a livery and number distinct from the international Martini-backed entries running similar cars that season. The bodywork differs subtly from the earlier 935/76 in wing detailing and arch profile, evolution a collector comparing the two liveries can actually see rather than take on faith. Placing this alongside a 935/76 on the same shelf turns a single-car purchase into a study of how quickly Group 5 aerodynamics moved within twelve months.
Minichamps' Approach to This Livery
Distinguishing This 935 from Sibling Liveries
Minichamps builds this casting as a sealed one-piece body, the standard construction at 1:43 for bodywork this aggressively flared, and applies the #66 graphics and DRM-specific sponsor decals with clean registration across the panel lines. The absence of a hinge tolerance keeps the wide arch flares and low nose sharp-edged rather than softened by a working door seam, a benefit that matters more on a heavily modified silhouette racer than on a standard road car.
Wheel, Vent, and Wing Fidelity
The rear wing mounting and arch-vent detailing follow the 1977-specification car rather than a generic 935 shape, and the wheel design and offset match period photographs of the DRM-liveried cars. At Minichamps' mid-tier position within 1:43 diecast, that kind of subtle, season-specific accuracy rewards a collector who already knows the difference between a 935/76 and a 935/77. A raking display light picks out the arch-vent shadow lines nicely, a detail easy to miss under flat overhead lighting.
Building a DRM-Era Group 5 Lineup
This 935/77 pairs naturally with the earlier Martini-liveried 935/76 to trace a single platform's rapid development across consecutive seasons, and with other DRM-era entries to build out Germany's domestic sports car scene. At 1:43, several such silhouette racers share a shelf comfortably, letting a Group 5 collection grow season by season rather than demanding a single hero piece. For collectors drawn to the DRM's distinct character within 1970s German motorsport, this remains a specific and well-documented entry rather than a generic placeholder.















