[Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion]

More work converting the 934





 

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

Bit more work on this one.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

I've sanded down the bleed through and Resprayed the white, you can still the blue through it, unsure whether to give it another coat since I'm going to spray the bule again in the same place.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

Hi all more done on this.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

Thanks mate.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

OK so a little bit of added detail (and it is little)

Take a piece of solder and flatten it.

Cut into 7mm lengths paint the tip satin black put a couple of bends in it, repeat 12 times and you have sparkplug retaining clips.

Take some heat shrink tubing cut into 2mm lengths

Add to end of plug leads and you have plug caps

[Monogram/Hasegawa 1/25 Porsche 904]

Hi all added some of the masking for the white stripe.

The engine in the kit is the 4 cam engine the one in the workshop is the 904/6 which is what I'm supposed to be basing this on 

I don't think I can modify the 4 cam engine into a 6 cylinder boxer engine  so I suppose I will have to try scratch building one 🤔 not sure my skills are up to that but we will see, and there I was thinking this would be an easy build

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

I wasn't happy with the scale of the kit supplied fuel lines (nearly double the size they should have been at just over 1mm (the actual lines are a tad over 6mm)

The only photo ref I have atm is this

I know they are metal in the pic but back then they were clear nylon because they were lighter than metal ones but when they added more ethanol to modern fuel they started to fail (the nylon ones that is) and so modern cars have metal, anyway I've gone of subject metal ones is the only ref I have atm and the nylon ones were a tad smaller so the kit ones are definitely over scale.

I stretched the kit ones which made them thinner.

I've done some weathering on the engine as well and added a few ancillary parts.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

Got the white on next is masking up for the blue, also got some of the engine and gearbox done.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

Start on painting the engine.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

Made a start on this primed the main body and glued the main part of the engine together, added some 1/24 scale kits for size ref.

[MFH Porsche 917-43 hippie]

Amazing detail

[Restoration of a Porsche 934]

Started the rusting on this (still a long, long way to go) it a fine line between beliavable and too far quite pleased with the start I know some of the rust looked very granular and there is not enough colour variation but it's definitely a good starting point.

I've decided not to have a tree growing out of it instead it will be a bramble (undecided whether winter spring or summer with nice juicy berries on it) im finding it very difficult to decide on the final setting, I was thinking of having the bonnet chucked on the roof with gouges and scratches or as it is now but I could sling the doors I could sling anywhere in the car or maybe even have one laying on the ground no where near the car almost over grown.

[Tamiya 1/12 Porsche 910]

It was supposed to arrive Monday cost 73 quid in customs charges then they wanted 12 quid to deliver it today, I didn't pay it but it still arrived today.

I'm sooo excited.

[Monogram/Hasegawa 1/25 Porsche 904]

Did a colour test (seems OK) got some sink marks to fix.

 

Here's what's in the box

[Restoration of a Porsche 934]

Started the rusting on this.

[Monogram/Hasegawa 1/25 Porsche 904]

Hi all my boss bought this for me to do 

But he wants it done like the one in the workshop.

[Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion]

Well this arrived for the samba bus conversion, fair bit of bodywork modification needed (doing it as the cafe mexicano version) made a start on the modifications. The kit itself looks really good all the molding is very crisp and sharp and detail looks well defined.

[Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion]

Did some more work on this.

[Restoration of a Porsche 934]

Hi all more work on the 934, first pic is my rendition of the tarpaulin over the engine (its just a bit of printer paper) second pic will be a couple of slabs of concrete when finished.

[AMT. 1/16 1957 Thunderbird .]

Beautiful result, great job.

[Revell 1/16 VW samba bus conversion]

Added some of the pipework, the heater ducting and started scratchbuilding the new brake servo we've added.

[Italeri 1/16 Mercedes SL 300 cabrio]

Well its done, it's quite a nice kit (albeit a bit basic) I've enjoyed it, I could have added more detail but most of it would have been underneath so not seen, tbh I couldn't be asked.
Well its done, it's quite a nice kit (albeit a bit basic) 

[Italari 1/16 Mercedes SL 300]

Nearing completion now (tomorrow I think)

[Italari 1/16 Mercedes SL 300]

The 300 SL nears completion. Just the exhaust and the fuel tank to add to the underneath then time to add body doors and details.