International Scale Modeller

A fitting title for my Porsche build...they usually are a Soap Opera.
The box art has a pair of Soap opera-looking stars on it in a weird marketing strategy to attract younger buyers maybe???

So found this in the stash and it seems like it should be a good quick build as it is a curb side model.
Plan is to make it alongside the re-do of a 911 Slant Nose I have been banging away at slowly but surely since the spring.
We shall see how that goes 'cause I have ALL the time in the world

Sprue shot with instructions and a note to myself when purchased and how much I paid.....hmm that was smart, need to start doing that again


I hate those style wheels, but am going to try to build this straight OOB if I can, which is unlikely

Searching through some of the wheels I have, going to go with the 18" Nismos pictured in the middle and make them deep dish with low profile tires.


Also going to shave the side door bumper thingy off and get a smoother line on the door
Was looking at the quality of the model after watching Paul's video on his Revell...the Fujimi is not much better.
Lots of flash and indiscriminate detail. No engine as is curb side and I have a broken body at the rear of the hatchback
The Fujimi Enthusiast kits are of MUCH better quality

Got to be new wheels

exmoor wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2017 7:10 pm Got to be new wheels

Ya, I strongly dislike the kit ones
Hey, what colour do you do the floorpan of these beasts??
Black, silver or body colour???

This is the idea of my build...smooth sides, darker blue Tamiya Royal Blue or black paint and deep dish spoke wheels

Ya, so nice quick build, curbside kit, just gonna throw some paint on and job's done

But maybe take that door guard thing off oh and add some flares perhaps........




Why do I do this to myself

Doing OK Scott look good with flares did you sort out your floor paint

exmoor wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2017 7:08 pm Doing OK Scott look good with flares did you sort out your floor paint

Ya kinda...just went Ultimate grey. Looks ok
My BMW has everything black underneath , but as the model will be painted black or dark blue,nice to have a smidgen of contrast

Not looking forward to picking out all the details with hand painting
Smoothed the left flares out and added CA glue over top for strength and seal all the little air holes

"That's me. But I am really enjoying it, oh yeah"......going to do some Sam quotes as we go along

Coming along good Scott yep been hand painting myself today with tamiya paints

Some things just cannot be skipped or scrimped on in a kit...hollow seats??.really??
Making seat backs out of thin styrene sheet and TET


As seen on the left, the styrene is thin so, you can just trim with a blade to get it flush then sand...sooooo much better

Belly painting finished with a smidge of weathering and blackwash...exhaust still to go with my signature chrome tips of course


Messing with new wheels...deeper dish lip on the rears, smaller on the front



A test view with wheels tires and body...not bad, better than those phone dials


Got some adjusting around to do with the wheels as they have a weird attatchment pin unlike all other aftermarket wheels I have seen
Thinking about some colour to the spokes and maybe a matching stripe under the doors as well

" That's me for tonight, I am off to bed"

This is a bit of a boring car, so trying to spice it up a little bit
Day worth of progress. Interior painted.
I added a metal decal to the seat headrest areas and then sprayed Ultimate flat black...the whole darn interior


Then a bit of play with the body and a ROUGH test
Will do an orange stripe and want to add either the black logo or the chrome one...meh, not sure yet





Then for the wheels, this is what I think I will try with the spokes


To end up a bit darker blue than this, but similar idea

Anyhow, that is where I think this thing is headed

Coming along great there Scott love the look of the final car

exmoor wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2017 8:46 am Coming along great there Scott love the look of the final car

Ya, me too..too bad it is a Gt3!!!
Much nicer shape than this lug of a 928

I did a little interpretive colouring to mock up the paint scheme and translated the Japanese Soap Opera box language for you

Paint will be a bit darker blue X-3 Tamiya, not quite Gulf shade but a bit of a nod to that scheme

Nice Work Scott

Mate this is looking amazeballs...

Coops wrote: ↑Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:02 pm Mate this is looking amazeballs...

Thank you my friend for the kind words
It is OK...not as cool a version as other Porsches, but it is a road car. My Favourite Porsche is a 944 and then the little 914-6

If you want to see amaze balls, have a peek at exmoor's Rothman's Porsche build.
That one is sweet and I have Porsche envy

Decals for interior just finished off. The dash dials and some faux rear carpet decals


Paint is going to be another day or so as still working on getting the fender flares smooth enough
I ate that cookie crumb on the right of the pic after the photo

Some of you guys have already finished your beautiful Porsches.
Lack of detail in this kit means I have to make my own disks and calipers.
So cut out some circles from sheet styrene


Mounted circle onto a mandrel and into a battery powered Dremel


Sanded two at a time against a course file then a Ultimate stick until perfectly round


In pairs drilled some holes


Better than having nothing

It's looking great Scott I can see your putting in some work on this one

exmoor wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 5:57 pm It's looking great Scott I can see your putting in some work on this one

Indeed, more work that anticipated, but that seems pretty usual these days

Really stepping off the cliff now
I have to attach these wheels somehow and they are set up wrong for this kit.
I will stick to Fujimi's aftermarket wheels from now on as these ones came without tires and a weird mounting

So cutting out the centre hub and installing a brass machine screw


Then tapping threads into a brass sleeve to accept the screw and allow me to tighten up the wheels


A little closer up and you can see the brass sleeve taped into place as I attempt to get the wheel locations correct
May put in an aluminum spacer to cover the threads and get the correct side to side dimensions


More work than anticipated, but I think it will work out

yep awesome that is all

Kingdan wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:25 pm yep awesome that is all

Thanks mate

A lot of problem solving went into this as once you cut the centre sprue off and drill out the hub you are kinda toast if it doesn't fly
Think I will wedge a long front and rear tube of brass that the screws will thread into rather than short sleeve I show taped, then cut threaded length off the screw and re-thread them with a die
Uggg simple curb side kit, all because I didn't like the mags

Haha you'll have it done in a jiffy but in all seriousness it's all about the skills that make you a better modeller for the next crappy kit you've got from when time began that at the time you think yeah that'll look really good till you have a proper look and it's a bag of errm stinking brown squidgy stuff I have faith in your modelling ability and engineering skill to overcome all them problems and make a silk purse blah blah

Jebus Scott!
I have a few days off while I find my feet in my new job and when I come back you are completely reengineering your kit

Looking good mate, you will figure it out

Fridgy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:48 am Jebus Scott!
I have a few days off while I find my feet in my new job and when I come back you are completely reengineering your kit

Looking good mate, you will figure it out

I have no one to blame but myself

Some progress on the rear axle. I have threaded a brass rod and passed it through where the axel would sit, messed with a few bits to get the thicker brass in and supported.


Then screwed in the wheel bolt and got the proper side to side distance figured out.



Found a set of wider rear tires so I have offset skinny front and wider rears.


Still need to do the same to the front axle, make disk brakes and calipers,maybe paint the body?? that would be nice
Ready to finish this beast so I can put it away high up in the closet

Looking really cool Scott great scratch build work on those brakes mate.
How about this as a potential colour scheme?

RossiM1 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:52 pm Looking really cool Scott great scratch build work on those brakes mate.
How about this as a potential colour scheme?

Oooo, I like that combo for sure
I was thinking I will likely do a mix of Tamiya blues and see where I end up
Just gotta get the darn body mods smooth

I like where you're going with this, keep up the great work.

HIghAltitudeScale wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:05 pm I like where you're going with this, keep up the great work.

Thanks Bret...I wanna see more of your 914!!

That's a heck of a job Scott.

Matt58 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 1:11 am That's a heck of a job Scott.

Thanks Matt...I still may muff it up before mid September

Great work Scott

exmoor wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2017 4:10 pm Great work Scott

Thanks Paul
back at ya

I think I am getting closer...RHS test set up. I have to lower the front end a bit or the wheel gap is excessive
Testing it out here, everything is loose still...rims, brakes, tires, axle




I have everything sanded and now Ultimate white primer, might shoot some colour soon

Starting to come together mate
Looking good

Itso looking good Scott your on your way

exmoor wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:25 am Itso looking good Scott your on your way

Thank you kindly

I stayed up last night and roughed out and flared out some aluminum pipes
Before..Boooooooorrriiinng!!!!


After...these are smokin cool

Nice Phat tips


Making a crazy aluminum metal exhaust is one of my favourite detailing things on cars

Painted the Orange detail stripe last night and then painted Tamiya's royal blue tonight
I have her sequestered in a closed cabinet to keep my GD mitts off of it until paint is cured
I gotta get moving to complete her on time, only have one more weekend to finish!!!

mammoth effort Mate.. as said.. Amazeballs work...

Coops

The first layers of paint outcome.....meh, not bad so far, actually pretty happy



I like the orange accents




Tamiya X-3 with Tamiya Laquer thinner. The Laquer thinner really lets the Tamiya flow and lay down smoothly. I go about 60:40 thinner:paint. It is mostly by feel and look of paint in the cup.
The thinner was RossiM1's suggestion for my yellow Tamiya on the Sea King build and I think I will use that method often
Thanks again for that tip bud you are a lifesaver

Wish I could go MRP or Zero paints, but thankfully the Canadian Gorvernment, aside from trying to over tax my azz even more, protects import of such terrible substances into Canada. Fentanyl is ok, but no volatile model paints

Love the colour man..
Yo need to become a border pirate and slip some MRP paint into the country and make a killing... Arrrrr that paint flows so well...I ended up doing 4 coats because of dust bunnies and still half a bottle left...

Getting closer.....dry fitting glass, interior tub, wheels on axels, mirrors, pipes, wing and plates


928 has always had a nice curvy bum

You have put in a lot of work on this and it's paying off .great work love the colour scott

Yea really liking what you've done dude the blue and orange look killer, only a week left (just saying)

Kingdan wrote: ↑Sat Sep 09, 2017 11:06 am Yea really liking what you've done dude the blue and orange look killer, only a week left (just saying)

Thank you Dan, classic colour combination indeed
Good progress for a Saturday, have to basically finish this weekend as unreliable time and energy during weekdays

I always say Wheels and tires make a car, so worked on just that today
Got the wheels painted up and the disk brakes, air valve and the rotors done.
A dry fit picture before popping on the rubber tires and torquing them into place




Sorry my lighting is so shitty, not sure why
Might re take these pics with some morning light instead of all this LED light

lOVING THE BLUE WITH THE ORANGE eH! All coming together nicely mate.Eh!