Two Scales, One Passion: Porsche

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Same silhouette. Same stance. Same character. Different scale.

15

YEARS OLD

Porsche Through My Lens.

A personal photography project blending scale models and real Porsche moments.

MiniFlatSix is my personal Porsche photography project, built from a passion for both scale models and real cars.

At 15, I bring a different perspective—one that focuses on detail, atmosphere and storytelling rather than just the subject itself.

I create photo series using 1:64 and 1:43 Porsche models, often taking them to real locations such as events, dealerships, museums and unique automotive environments. By placing small-scale models into real-world settings, I aim to blur the line between miniature and reality.

MiniFlatSix is more than a portfolio. It’s an evolving visual project with its own style, story and point of view, shared through the Gallery, the Journal and ongoing work on Instagram.

Koen

FROM THE JOURNAL

Wheels Mariënwaerdt 2026: Two 356s, a Spirit 70 and a Field of Gulf Blue

On 12 September 2026 we spent the day at Wheels Mariënwaerdt, held on the historic Mariënwaerdt estate in Beesd. Old trees, long lanes, a concours lawn and cars everywhere you looked. It is the kind of setting where a Porsche 356 looks as if it has always been parked there.

Two 356s became the heart of my day. I photographed both of them with their scale counterparts, and in both cases the owners took the time to talk. About the history of their cars, the restoration choices, the small details only an owner knows. Those conversations shape the photographs. You look differently at a car once you have heard its story. Later that day one of the two won the concours. Standing close to a car in the morning and seeing it honoured in the afternoon was a lovely way to watch the day unfold.

There was more. A 911 Spirit 70, the limited edition Cabriolet with its seventies inspired details, offered a completely different mood: modern, playful and full of references to the pas

t. And then there were the Gulf cars. Porsches in every variation of the famous blue and orange, from race inspired liveries to subtle road car interpretations. Together they formed a colour theme that kept returning throughout the estate.

The scale models came out of the bag again and again. Mariënwaerdt gave me soft light, beautiful backgrounds and owners who enjoyed seeing their car next to its miniature. I

could hardly ask for more.

The full galleries from this trip will arrive on the site in the coming weeks. Follow @miniflatsix on Instagram to be the first to see them.

Close to Home: A 992 GT3 Touring and Three Minichamps Models

Some shoots ask for a long drive, a border crossing and an early alarm. This one started around the corner. In the streets and lanes around my hometown I met the owner of a Porsche 992 GT3 Touring, and what followed was one of the most relaxed sessions I have had in a long time.

The Touring is the quiet one in the GT3 family. The big wing stays at home, the four litre flat six stays exactly where it belongs, and the result is a car that looks understated until it starts. Seeing it in familiar surroundings, on roads I drive every week, made it feel even more special.

I brought three Minichamps 992 GT3 models in 1:43 scale. Three versions of the same car, each placed against the real thing in a different setting. The owner gave me all the space I needed. He moved the car when the light asked for it, waited patiently while I lay on the ground with a model a few centimetres from the front splitter, and between the shots we simply talked. About the car, about driving it, about why a 911 keeps pulling people in. That conversation is as much a part

of this series as the photographs.

This is what MiniFlatSix is about for me. A real Porsche, its scale counterpart, and an owner who enjoys the idea as much as I do. Generosity like this is what makes the work possible, and I am very grateful for it.

The full galleries from this trip will arrive on the site in the coming weeks. Follow @miniflatsix on Instagram to be the first to see them.

Pit Stops and Green Machines: The Nürburgring and Manthey Racing

The road home from Stuttgart had one more surprise in store.

Passing the Nürburgring, we arrived in the middle of a 12 hour race. For a Porsche photographer that means one thing: head for the pit lane. I was able to witness a pit stop up close, with a Porsche 992 GT3 Cup and a GT3 R in action. The choreography of a racing pit stop is something photos barely do justice. Tires, fuel, hand signals, seconds. And then the flat six screams back out onto the most legendary track in the worl d.

Just around the corner from the circuit sits Manthey Racing, the team behind Porsche’s greatest Nürburgring victories and the wizards responsible for the Manthey kit that turns GT3s into ring weapons. I grabbed a quick photo at their home base. It felt like a first handshake rather than a full visit. This is a place that deserves time, and I hope to come back for the photos it truly deserves.

The Nürburgring has a way of pulling you in. Consider this a promise to return.

The full galleries from this trip will arrive on the site in the coming weeks. Follow @miniflatsix on Instagram to be the first to see them.

A Quick Stop at Mechatronik: Porsche 934 in Pleidelsheim

On the way home from Stuttgart, one address was impossible to skip.

Mechatronik in Pleidelsheim is known among enthusiasts as one of the finest classi

c car specialists in Germany, a place where restoration reaches the level of art and the price tags follow accordingly. I knew a Porsche 934 lived there, and that was reason enough for a detour.

The visit was short, but the 934 delivered. Wide arches, deep splitter, the unapologetic stance of a Group 4 homologation racer. Even standing still in a showroom, a 934 radiates the intent it was built with. A few frames, a quiet moment with one of the rarest racing 911s ever made, and back on the road.

Short stops can leave long impressions.

The full galleries from this trip will arrive on the site in the coming weeks. Follow @miniflatsix on Instagram to be the first to see them.

Inside the Porsche Museum and Factory: A Day Among Legends in Stuttgart

Some days deliver more than you dare to hope for.

A trip to Stuttgart brought me to the heart of the brand, from the cars being born on the production line to the icons resting in the museum. And when the doors of the museum workshop opened, with time and space to photograph in peace, the day became something I will remember for a very long time.

The workshop is where the museum’s living history is kept running, and standing there with my camera felt like being let into the inner circle. The Porsche 911 GT1 was there, the Le Mans winner that blurred the line between race car and road car forever. Next to it the Carrera 906, all curves and lightweight purpose, one of the most beautiful racing Porsches ever drawn. And then the 917, the Le Mans winner of Gijs van Lennep. For a Dutch Porsche enthusiast that car carries extra weight, and I have an exact scale model of it in my collection. Photographing the real car alongside its miniature counterpart closed a circle I have been dreaming about for years.

Upstairs, the Race Born exhibition delivered another highlight. Among the racing heritage stood the Mission X, Porsche’s futuristic vision of what a hypercar can become. The scale model of it had arrived at my door just in time for this trip, as if it knew where it needed to be.

The museum shop delivered a small victory of its own. I picked up a beautiful 1:43 of the Porsche 992.2 GT3 Touring in pink, a car I had watched rolling off the production line that very morning. Seeing a car being born and adding its miniature to the collection on the same day, that is MiniFlatSix in its purest form.

Because the morning belonged to the factory. Watching the 911s come off the line, one after another, is something every enthusiast should experience once. They call it the Porsche string of pearls, a slow procession of brand new 911s in every colour, each one minutes old and already unmistakably a 911. The precision, the calm, the pride on that factory floor. This is where it all starts.

Porsche, thank you for the warm reception and for the opportunity to photograph. Days like this are why MiniFlatSix exists.

The full galleries from this trip will arrive on the site in the coming weeks. Follow @miniflatsix on Instagram to be the first to see them.

A Rally at the Doorstep: Porsche 356 Speedster and 911 F Model

Sometimes the Porsches come to you.

A local snackbar , the kind of place you pass a hundred times without a second thought. On this day it became a checkpoint for a small rally, a puzzle tour that brought a handful of classics rolling through the streets right near my home.

Two cars made the stop worth every minute. The first was a Porsche 356 Speedster, beautifully restored, sitting low and clean in the daylight. The Speedster is the shape that started an entire philosophy at Porsche: cut the windscreen down, strip the weight out, and let the driving do the talking. Seeing one parked casually at a snack bar, surrounded by rally paperwork and coffee, felt wonderfully out of place and completely right at the same time.

The second was a 911 F model in full rally trim. Where the Speedster whispers elegance, the rally 911 speaks in a different register. Auxiliary lights, purposeful stance, the silhouette that carried Porsche through the Monte Carlo years. A car built to be driven hard, doing exactly what it was made for, navigating a puzzle tour through the Dutch countryside.

I managed to grab a few frames before the rally moved on. The best photography days are often the planned ones, the collection visits, the big meets. But there is something special about the unplanned ones too. A camera, a snack bar, and two classic Porsches that happened to pick your neighbourhood for their route.

The full galleries from this trip will arrive on the site in the coming weeks. Follow @miniflatsix on Instagram to be the first to see them.