Philippe de Lespinay started with Heller, the French model kit company in the 1960s as a designer and project engineer. He also also worked for Cox, who are now known for their remote control and gas powered vehicles, but also created many kits over the years. More recently, he was the curator of the Los Angeles Slot Car Museum. And he’s on the hobbyDB Advisory Board, so yeah, he’s our kind of guy.
hobbyDB will be regularly sharing his insights on particular models he has worked on including production kits, never-produced projects, and his own custom builds. We hope you enjoy the journey through his career as well.
Read more about his history in the toy and model business here.
Heller Porsche 907
After Porsche finished 1-2-3 at Daytona in 1966, the race was on to produce a model of this 1:24 scale kit. I made this drawing strictly from pictures provided by my friend, the journalist Gérard Crombac, and a single wheelbase measurement. The kit was really nice, simple and easy to put together.
I was always making sure that my “blown up” drawings would work, meaning that any part here could actually fit if all the parts were put together. Very few changes were made for the production kit.
Like for other Heller kits of the time the box art was drawn by Paul Lengellé.
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