89AKurt

That's nifty! I'm more interested in the GTO you're working on! I've seen others have jigs, for when they have tube frame chassis and suspensions to make, thinking of making one out of wood for my Indy. Yours has style.

I'm liking the front flares. The rear flares, may need to be wider than that, and it's growing on me the more I look. The ducktail is not happening, have the wing. Now I see the door latch is something to also add, and the tow hook. Two wipers, instead of one molded onto the windshield. One interesting thing regarding the Porsche badge, the Indy kit art shows the nose badge, but the decals do not have it! I sketched over an illustration to see how the front should look, will stick the round turn signals out, move the rectangular lights outward, so I can maximize radiator opening. Thinking of an air diverter in the roof trailing edge. The Indy mirrors would look better than those.

Thought it would be a good idea to draw on paper, good thing to do. For starters, the engine without modification, is same height as the deck surface. I can cut down the intake stacks, and slim off the bottom standoff locator "pins", will also turn the plenum around, and make a bigger turbo-plenum pipe. I also noticed the rear suspension moves the hubs backward from the driveshaft at transmission point, so when I rework the A-arms, that will be fixed. I also moved the front track centerline forward a little, the fender will get flared slightly. The engine bonnet will get sliced and diced, extend only about 3 mm, but will also widen the rear end about 4 mm each side while trying to save the PORSCHE script, then will need to transition flare to the front. Undecided about adding more air intakes, will make the B-pillar ones bigger for sure. The lower body sides will get cut off, then rotate the bottom outward, keeping the same piece which will need to be lengthened or made into an intake. The front will get the air dam treatment, can't have a tiny opening and uplift shape, plus the radiator(s) or oil cooler will go there. The grill over the engine will be much larger, with screen or photo-etch. Will open the rear for more grill. I will make part of the interior tub part of the body in the rear window area, that is lame on the kit. Making the air filter with pipe, and exhaust with big muffler, should be easy enough. I know it's going to look stretched out, especially with the wing hanging off the back.

A little too well, literally sits on the belly. Will have to tweak the suspension to raise it. I couldn't leave this alone, *had to* start it, so I could think about what needs to be done. First sub-assembly was the engine/transmission. First hack was to hot-wire the body nose so the suspension could be tacked together. The engine/trans and turbo halves are permanently glued, everything else is barely tacked. Found some parts in my stash box from another Porsche kit, since the wheels have lug holes. Needed a steering wheel too. Found some rectangle light lenses and door panels. The Indy gauge cluster should work in the 904 dash pod. First thing to look at is the wheelbase. The tires stick far out, so need to do flares, perhaps 911 Turbo style. I may shorten the suspension arms, since it needs to tweaked anyway. The Indy fuel filler will look nice in that hole. The kit does not have steerable wheels, that is more important to me, than being able to roll (off the table and shatter). I want to use the Speedway wing. This is about how the longer wheelbase looks. I could stretch the body where the mold parting line runs behind the grill, or better yet add to the front of the engine bonnet, or a combination. That tiny air scoop is getting reworked! The pop-off valve is the highest, and farthest forward projection on the engine, will have to relocate to the rear of the plenum. You can see the front of the engine is against the seat backs. Will definitely extend the footwell! The angle of the wing support is almost the same as the body rear, I'm expecting to separate it and make it swing back on the rear bolts, and have something like a trailer hitch pin to lock in place, because the engine bonnet needs to open. Will also need to make an air intake with filter, and exhaust with a muffler, and plumb the waste gate exhaust into that. I have salvaged parts that will make nice spring/shocks to use. Looking at how to fill the wheel wells. I'm now thinking the chassis does not need to be shortened, will move the engine forward instead. Have lots of body parts to make wheel wells. Now I'm looking at the width. The Mauser gauge is a really handy tool to have. The width of the 904 body at the top of the lower belt line matches the Indy tunnel, I should try to keep the quirky lip but need to flare out for modern ground effect skirt. There, officially started this project!

You just have to rub it in.... CONGRATULATIONS for doing so well! I had to finesse and finish my Mongrel entry, so totally understand.

campaign rally, featuring

Here is the Common Kit category, and Ferraris I liked. Again, Teresi's Berlin Buick is not included out of spite, but I already took pictures, and you will see it in every magazine anyway. But I did take pictures of that goofy looking VW some guy dreamed up.

I posted on Fakebook some photos. I have already taken pictures of John Teresi's awesome models when he was at Desert Scale, I don't care to duplicate effort, same with other models that deserved awards. I also choose what trips my trigger. So these are just a fraction of the entries.

You know how eBay sends you emails to lure you in..... saw this and thought "it better be free shipping!" The Enthusiast Series 356s are running around $88 on up.

Hope it's okay that I stole my only award photo.

Thank you.

Wow.... I take back what I've been saying about 3D printed parts! Did Ferrari use these Webers?

Holy ________, that's a hero build if there ever was one! Will there be a nitro incense pot nearby when displayed?

Had to look again to evaluate.... it would be better to cut off and glue some parts together. The biggest issue is where to put the radiators, I should have copied the fans I just used on the Mongrel. Wheelbase needs to be adjusted, the rear wheels are too far forward on the 904, the first dimension to set is the wheel line to front of engine against the cockpit. About 3/4" will need to be cut from the chassis. Thinking the speedway wing should be kept, since the rocket bunny trend is to have wing mounts to go down and mount low, the transmission is perfect. Might as well have the front wings on it too. The 904 body sure is narrow! May need to widen the bottom, some sort of skirt ground effects. The suspension should be easy enough to make a narrower track. I also pulled out an old WIP, but this new project is still calling me, like I have an addiction or something.

with sound effects

HA HA, when I get to it. Don't hold your breath. I hope so. Already thinking about different air ducts, has anyone vacuum-formed clear plastic and covered with yellow carbon-fiber decals?

You're killing me! Thank you. Glad you like the hidden hydraulic suspension mod, which makes it go UP and not drop. Thank you. I am pleased with the unintended design result. Thanks. Thanks to you also!

Yes, that's almost exactly what I'm dreaming of.

of dead fish

I had this hat in my diorama Mercedes. Who is that guy?

until Esso contracted

Next project idea, simply posting to have some sort of incentive to go for it. Got the vintage Monogram Porsche 904 slot-car version at GSL, which is completely different than the version with an engine. Friend had the Monogram Porsche March Indy car at the Phoenix model swap meet, I noticed "Porsche" when we started packing up so got it for $5. I never knew Porsche tried Indy, looked up the history and saw it was a dismal attempt, so no wonder. The kit isn't worth anything, and nobody seems to like Indy models, so why not hack it up? The 904 had the nice Fuches wheels and P7 tires, probably Fujimi. The Porsche Outlaws & Hot Rods topic inspired me. I have to catch up with other things before getting possessed and obsessed about this project.

Kitbash of the classic Monogram Ferrari 275P curbside/slot-car, a 1990 reissue of the 1964 kit, and the Revell 360 Modena Spyder that is sort of a curbside since the hood did not open, but had a window over the engine. Work In Progress I found the 275P at a Phoenix model swap last month, then saw the Modena and it was crazy time. Started Tax Day with a mock up, started butchering on the 18th, worked like a dog until the 3rd at Noon, just before heading up to GSL, 132 hours. I did rush it, could have spent a couple of weeks sanding and polishing, and it would probably would have ended up in the box like a few other projects. I just wanted something different than the typical super dooper shiny muscle car on the table. I didn't have time to write a build document, but had this for the description: Blasphemous and sacrilegious kitbash of a historic Ferrari race car that won Le Mans two years in a row, and another Ferrari that only has a 3586 cc 395 HP V8. Story is, this car was found in a chicken coop somewhere in Venezuela, missing the 3285cc 320 HP V12 engine and transmission, the aluminum tub was badly corroded from chicken poop. The Modena was bought at a tax auction, it was rolled by the drug dealer during a police chase. Built by a shop wanting to do a reality TV show, but never got funding because it’s just a Ferrari and not an American muscle car. Some of these pictures were taken at Page on the way home.

Yea thought I was nuts too, when I started looking at it. Thank you.

Busy forum. Thank you. Thank you very much. The secondary reason I built this, paid off! This is the only award I got at GSL. I resisted the temptation to add slush to the award.