Hanging a hubcap from a class air cooled Beetle on the wall is one thing. But car parts stretching seven metres wide and three metres tall? That’s something else entirely.
Currently up for grabs via Collecting Cars, this full-scale Porsche Carrera RS “Airfix-style” exploded installation is arguably the ultimate man-pad adornment for big kids that refuse to let go of their childhood.
It takes one of Stuttgart’s most revered machines — the 1973 911 Carrera RS 2.7 — and reimagines it as a giant, deconstructed model kit mounted to the wall. And the best thing? You don’t have to spend hours glueing and painting the thing.
Inspired by classic Airfix sets, the installation presents the Carrera RS as if it has been carefully taken apart and laid out mid-build. Body panels, wheels and key visual components are arranged across a galvanised steel frame, creating the illusion of a car suspended somewhere between blueprint and reality.
The original RS 2.7 hardly needs introduction. Built as a homologation special for Group 4 racing, it paired a lightweight body with a 2.7-litre flat-six and the now-iconic ‘ducktail’ spoiler — a shape that has since become one of Porsche’s most recognisable design signatures. This installation leans into that heritage, complete with Fuchs-style wheels, period-correct Pirelli CN36 tyres and bold Viper Green decals.
Measuring approximately 7m wide by 3m high, it’s a serious statement piece designed to dominate a showroom, studio or suitably ambitious living space. Despite its size, the structure can be dismantled into sections compact enough for pallet transport, making installation far less daunting than its footprint suggests.
In a world of framed prints and fiddly LEGO Technics sets, this is something altogether more outrageous. Because sometimes, a poster just won’t cut it.
