HANGANG / 1:18 OWNER STORY

My Porsche 964 HANGANG Became a 1:18 Model

My Porsche 964 RWB HANGANG became a 1:18 model by ignition model. This is my account of receiving IG3878 and finding the details of my own car in miniature.

Front three-quarter view of the light-blue HANGANG scale model inside its display case
HANGANG recreated at 1:18 scale, seen from the front quarter. Owner-provided photograph.

The Instagram message that came to me

As HANGANG took shape, I shared photographs of the car and its build on Instagram. One day, the model-car brand ignition model sent me a message.

They told me they had been following the build and the photographs, and that the company liked how cleanly the completed car had come together. They also told me HANGANG was being made into a limited-edition model.

I had never asked them to make it. It felt special that a company had noticed my car and contacted me first.

They offered to send me one model as a gift to the car’s owner. I bought one additional model myself.

Side view of the light-blue HANGANG scale model with its wheels and rear spoiler
A side view of the small HANGANG, showing its silhouette, wheels and rear spoiler. Owner-provided photograph.

The details inside a small HANGANG

When I saw the model in person, the detail surprised me most. It captured the car’s shape as well as the little marks that were part of my own HANGANG.

Nakai’s signature, the RWB sticker on the rear window, and the LEGENDARY sticker were all carefully recreated. Finding the details I knew from the real car in this small model was deeply moving.

Inside the small HANGANG

The model’s steering wheel and interior details.
The model’s steering wheel and interior details.Source: @legendary._.official · photograph supplied for this story
A closer look at the model’s wheel and rim.
A closer look at the model’s wheel and rim.Source: @legendary._.official · photograph supplied for this story
The model’s rear spoiler and grille.
The model’s rear spoiler and grille.Source: @legendary._.official · photograph supplied for this story
RWB KOREA and LEGENDARY markings reproduced on the rear window.
RWB KOREA and LEGENDARY markings reproduced on the rear window.Source: @legendary._.official · photograph supplied for this story

I wish I had bought a few more

HANGANG is a car I spent a long time thinking about and building. Someone had followed that process, liked the result and recreated it at this small scale. That felt special.

Being able to keep a 1:18 version of my own car close by, and still find the HANGANG details I knew inside it, moved me in a different way.

The detail was so good when I saw it in person that I wished I had bought a few more.

READ THE ORIGINAL STORY

Before the model: the real HANGANG story

From restoring the 964 to the RWB workshop. Follow the original owner chapters to see how the car behind the model became HANGANG.