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THNKS CAL.....I CHECKED THEM OUT AND I THINK IN MY NEXT PAYCHECK WILL TRY TO SNEAK 40 WITHOUT THE WIFE KNOWING IT PLEASE TURN ON YOUR SPEAKERS AND ENJOY...... AFTER THIS BRAIN WASHING VIDEOS IF YOU R NOT IN THIS BUILDOFF PLEASE GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND CHECK FOR VITALS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6D5CAf0pxU

THANKS CB BUT WHEN I HAVE LEARN FROM GREAT BUILDERS THAT DO DETAILS THAT YOU HARDLY SEE BUT IF YOU LOOK FOR THEM, YOU FIND THEM SOMETIMES I GO TO SHOWS AND WHEN I LOOK IN THOSE LITTLE WINDOWS....I WANT TO GET IN THEM BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO COOL. HOPEFULLY WHEN I DETAIL THE CHASSIE MORE I CAN DET THAT EFFECT. I WANTED TO OPEN THE DOORS, BUT I DECIDED TO KEEP THEM CLOSE CAUSE I MIGHT USE BODY FOR SLOT CAR RACING LATER. THANKS FOR THE COMENTS.

I REALLY BELIVE IN "PRACTICING WHAT YOU PREACH" SO LET ME START THE PROGRESS PHOTOS FOR THIS BUILD. PROJECT: 1970 LE MANS WINNER -917K...K IS FOR KICK A!!! THE PARTS ON THIS FUJIMI ARE STRAIT AND DETAILD. MOLD LINES R MINIMAL EXEPT ON THE ENGINE COVER TOP IT HAD TWO CIRCLES AS BIG AS A QUATER AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PART OF THE BODY, BUT DID NOT MADE SENCE, SO LOOK AT REFERENCES AND OUT THEY WENT, SANDED THEM OUT. I GOT THIS KIT SO LONG AGO THAT I FORGOT THAT I EVEN GET A STUDIO 27 DETAIL METAL PARTS FOR IT. OHHH YEAH TO MY SURPRISE I WILL START THE BODY, SANDING, BONDO, AND PREP FOR PRIMER. HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE READY FOR RED MONDAY. INCREDIBLE THE AMOUNT OF PARTS THIS THING HAS FOR BEING A CURBSIDE. I WILL BE CHECKING IF I CAN GET AN ENGINE KIT FOR IT BUT ONLY IF I CAN FINISH IT FOR JUNE 12, IF NOT IT WILL STAY CURB SIDE, BUT INTERESTING THAT THIS FUJIMY...THE ENGINE COVER IS REMOVABLE AND IT SHOWS DETAIL TOP OF THE FLAT 12...ENOFF TO GIVE AN IDEA ALRIGHT...ROUND ONE, TIN!!!!!!! TIN !!!!

OHHHHH YEAH.....I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS CAR AND WHEN I SAW THAT IT RAN IN LE MANS IT BLEW MY MIND.......WELCOME, IT RAN ON THE TRACK AND ITS PART OF THE HISTORY OF IT, IT COUNTS. DEVERSITY, AND EDUCATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME. I WAS THINKING OF THIS CAR WHEN I WAS CHECKING THE CHEVY MONZAS THAT RAN IN LEMANS. BY THE WAY I SAW THE TRUCK AND I LOVE IT.......YOU HAVE GREAT TALENT.

I KNOW WHAT FOXER IS SAYING AND I KNOW I SET THE RULES BUT THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS BUILD IS TO HAVE FUN AND GET TO KNOW PEOPLE. SO FAR GT FANS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODS. FOR THAT REASOND I AM NOT MAKING A BIG DEAL OF IT. AT THE END WE ARE LETTING THE FOLKS IN THE FORUM JUDGE. AT THE SAME TIME YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THIS THING DEVELOPES. THINK ABOUT A FUTURE BUILDOFF WERE YOU HAVE TO CREATE A FANTASY LEMANS CAR USING ANTIQUE CLASSICS WITH MODERN RACE CARS. OR CARTOONISH REMDERINGS OF THE 1:1 ETC. LET'S KICK THIS THING, WHERE IS THE REST 300 + VIEWER AND ONLY 5 BUILDERS....COME ON

COOL- THE PORSCHE WAS THE ONE THAT COUGHT FIRED ??? BUT WILL NOT WANT SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HAPPEN TO THIS ONE

WHAT ABOUT THIS USE THE NAME PART OF THE GRAPHIC AND GET RID OF THE BACKROUND. GET A GRAPHIC OF A SOLID LINE OF A MODEL TREE BRANCH, WITH THE PARTS ON IT OR PHOTOGRAHP ONE BLACK ON A WHITE BACK ROUND. GO TO PHOTOSHOP AND CREATE A GRAY SCREEN OF IT AND MAKE A DECAL OF IT...BIG TO COVER THE HALL CAR. PAINT THE CAR SILVER,,,AND WITH THE SCREEN, IT WILL GIVE IT A GRAPHIC ON A DARKER SILVER TONE LOOK. REMEMBER THE BLACK C9 WITH THE ELECTRONIC LINES LOOK??? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEN PASTE THE NAME, BUT THE TOP VIEW IN AN ANGLE ON THE BACK COVER THE CIRCLE WITH THE NUMBER, GET RID OF IT AND USE THE STANDARD WHITE SQUARE THAT THEY USE IN LEMANS WITH ALL THE CERTIFICATES THEY HAVE....MAY NEED A DECAL SHEET FROM ANOTHER CAR TO GET THEM. IF YOU ARE GOING MODEL CAR SPONSORS, DO OF MORE MODEL CAR STUFF RELATED, LIKE "REVELL - PAINT BRAND - MAKE YOUR NAME AND DO INSTEAD OF DRIVER - BUILDER .....EVEN THE NAME OF THE HOBBYSHOP YOU GOT THE KIT.....JUST AN IDEA..... OR JUST GO SAFE AND GET THE MOBIL 1 DECALS.

you got me scrtchin my head...I think I can tell the difference between the two, one thing It was a black car newman drove this car in Daytona...but I remember seen that car with flames CAN ANYBODY TELL ME IF THIS GT1 WAS REPAINTED. If not I problably confused in my head this car with the later car he drove when he was 80 years old.

IT WAS FOR A PRIVATE TEAM...THEY PROBLABLY ASK HIM TO DRIVE IT FOR THE WEEKEND. IT WAS BLACK WITH FLAMES, VERY RARE, WILL CHECK TOO. BUT NOT LIYING THEIR WAS AN INTERVIEW AND IN THE INTERCOME HE WAS MENTION.

BRO, BEEN THERE AND THATS WHY MOTIVATION IS SOOOO IMPORTANT IN THIS HOBBY. THIS MORNING BEFORE I WENT TO WORK DIG IN THE CLOSET WHERE I KEEP MY STASH....."MODELS" OK JUST IN CASE I GET A KNOC BY THE COPS... ANYWAY GOT MY TWO BOXES FOR THIS PROJECT AND GOT HERE AND CHECK EVERYTHING INSIDE.....STILL IN THE RAPPERS...DECALS, PERRFECT ON BOTH AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS LIKE IT WAS A BIBLE, I WILL STAR CLEANING THE PARTS TODAY AND START POSTING PHOTOS OF THE PROJECT. I AM EXITED, ITS MY FIRST 917. IF I AM YOU, CONCENTRATE IN THE CAR, THE IDEAS FOR THE DECALS WILL COME "YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME" I SAW A GT1 IN DAYTONA, DRIVEN BY THE LATE PAUL NEWMAN...IT HAD A FLAME JOB I THINK IT WAS HIS LAST RACE BEFORE HE GAVE UP DRIVING HE REMINDS ME OF STEVE McQUEEN IN THE MOVIE LOVE THIS QUOTE...."RACING IS LIFE, ANYTHING BEFORE OR AFTER...IS JUST WAITING. ONE DAY I MIGHT TRY TO RE DO THAT CAR IN 1:24. ANYWAY...THATNKS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS THING SO FAR WE GOT NICKF40-CAL-EL DESTRUCTO INC-FOXER AND MY SELF 3MEN2S 5 TOTAL WE NEED 5 MORE TO MAKE THIS THING WHILD AND DEVERSED...IT WOULD BE COOL TO GET 24 FOR THE 24TH HOURS OF LEMANS AND STOP AT 24 TO MAKE IT EXCLUSIVE

CAL...YOU ARE ALL OVER THIS THING DO YOU THINK AUDI HAS LEMANS ON THE BAG THIS YEAR WITH THE NEW MODEL OR PEGEOT STILL TO CLOSE.

THE ONLY TWO CHOICES I CAN THINK OF IS THE REVELL AND THE TAMIYA....DID ANYONE ELSE DID THIS KIT? BY THE WAY I HAVE THE TAMIYA GT1 MOBIL 1 ENTRIE AND A 956 TAMIYA ROTHSMAN A 935 MARTINI PORSCHE 1:18 SCALE AND A 935 BABY TURBO MARTINI...BUT THIS ARE FOR ANOTHER DAY MAYBE WE DO THIS NEXT YEAR TOO.

BRO, YOU LOST ME AT HELLO THAT WILL BE GREAT IF YOU CAN BUILD THAT GT1 FOR THIS BUILD OFF, YOU ARE NOT DOING IT IN A 24 HOUR BUILDOFF....THE DECALS ALONE TAKE THAT MUCH......SO WHAT DO YOU SAY R...............U....................IN !!!

YOU R DANGEROUS..THE KIND OF MODELER MY WIFE WARNED ME ABOUT. DO YOU HAVE MORE PICKS?

I AGREE...BY THE WAY WHERE DID YOU GET THAT WEBBER SET UP? FROM WHAT KIT?

ONE OF MY FAVOTITE LE MANS RACER. YOU MADE IT LOOK VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINAL COUNTER PART. SWEET.....BY THE WAY I STARTED A LE MANS BUILD OFF R U INTERESTED, CHECK IT OUT IN WORKBENCH. COOL CAT MAN

THE PHOTO IS A LITTLE DARK. BUT STILL THE STANG LOOKS GREAT. TAKE MORE PHOTOS WITH NATURAL LIGHT.....SWEET RIDE.

I am super slow with this, but I think from know it will survive the back in storage period. I am determent to finish it....more progress shots I goy the chassie done, and the front suspension. ]

let me present my self Im Danny Rodriguez, living in west palm beach, fl and I have been around cars like many of you. as a matter of fact, I am in the states because my dad got a job in miami, working for a race team that ran the camel gt series. and we loved FLORIDA so we sold our house in Puerto Rico and moved here. For a race fan is a great state back then I got to see in my back yard 2 WEST PALM BEACH GRAND PRIX and felt in love with the 962 porsches. 3 hours away DAYTONA 24 hours and 3 times I have visited SEBRING a 2 hour drive. AND MIAMI GRAND PRIX an hour away not mentioning HOMESTEAD........AND FOR MY DELIGHT THEY JUST FINISHED PALM BEACH INTERNATIONAL WITH A BRAND NEW CIRCUIT..WERE I JUST ENJOIED A HSR HISTORIC RACES....WERE I GET TO SEE MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CARS....... Hope I did not bored you, but just to show you how much I enjoy the sport and how I really appreciate your gt models. so with this buildoff I will get to see more. MY PROJECTS WILL BE TWO AND IF I HAVE TIME 3. MY FIRST ONE, IF I HAVE TO PICK ONE OF THEM ALL IT HAS TO BE THIS ONE THIS THING IS THE REAL FAST N THE FURIOUS IT WAS MADE FOR SPEED...A REAL DRIVERS RACE CAR I KNOW THE MARTINI PORSCHES WERE MORE POPULAR BUT THIS RED 917 HAS A EVIL LOOK TO IT AND WINNING LE MANS IT GIVES THE CAR A REPUTATION. I HAVE A FUJIMI, CURBSIDE IN THE CLOSET AND IS COMING OUT TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS SINCE I GOT IT. MY SECOND ENTRY...ANOTHER PORSCHE. I LOVE EXPERIMENTAL CARS EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT SUCCESFULL, BUT IS A STEPING STONE TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. THE TURBO ERA WAS GREAT AND GERMANY WAS ON TOP OF IT. ONE OF THE FAVORITES OF GT FANS ARE THE 935 TURBOS, HOPE I SEE SOME OF THEM GET DONE IN THIS BUILDOFF BUT WE HAVE TO THANK THIS BABY FOR THAT I ALSO HAVE THIS MODEL WAITING TO BE DONE GOT IT IN EBAY ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO, DON'T KNOW HOW THE DECALS ARE....BUT IF I HAVE TO LEAVE IT SILVER UNTILL I GET NEW ONES SO BE IT. BUT THIS CAR IS FEARS. AND IF I HAVE TIME, WILL DO THIS ONE another car made for speed, but it had a problem in duration but so what...I love this car, MOBY DICK.....and if I have time will do a TAMIYA curbside. well fokes, I am in, what about you

HEY CAL DID YOU FORGET THE LIST OF ...... NEVER MIND THANKS SO FAR WE HAVE NICK40 FROM NEW HOLLAND, PA EL DESTRUCTO FROM FAIRFIELD, CAL CAL I GUESS FROM "CALIFORNIA"...IM I RIGHT? AND MY SELF 3MEN2S FROM WEST PALM BEACH, FLA WE ARE OFFICIALLY OPEN PLEASE LET'S HAVE MORE PARTICIPANTS COME IN TODAY.

DO IT !!!! IS CLOSE, I KNOW HOW HARD IS TO GET THE DECALS FOR THAT CAR. A FRIEND OF MINE IS TRYING TO LOOK FOR THEM. I KNOW THE HELLER ALSO BLOCKED OUT THE CIGARETT LOGO...BUT THE CAR IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT...WELCOME REMEMBER, WE ARE HAVING FUN, I DON'T WORK FOR FIA.

YOU GUYS INSPIRED ME TO DO THIS....KEEP IT UP.

DUDE!!!!!!! THOSE ARE CLASSICS. YEAH....DO THEM BOTH !!!!!! YOUR ARE IN ALRIGHT!!!

HELLO FRIENDS I HAVE AN IDEA FOR ALL THOSE GT FANS HERE. LOOKING AT THE FUN SOME OF YOU HAVE DOING A 24 HOUR BUILD OFF DURING LE MANS HAS GIVING ME AN ITCH. ONE -BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE I AM ALONE, NO CLUBS NEAR. TWO- EVEN IF THERE WAS A CLUB, THE LACK OF TIME TO BUILD MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE SOMETIMES. HAVING A FAMILY AND RESPONSABILITIES, I CAN'T EVER SEE MY SELF DEDICATING ALL DAY TO BUILD, ONLY IN DREAMS ANYWAY.....I'M SURE THERE R MANY LIKE ME. FOR THOSE IN THE SAME BOAT, I WILL LIKE TO DO SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE OF BUILDING SOMETHING TO CONMMEMORATE THIS RACE THIS YEAR BY DOING A BUILDOFF, IT IS NOT A 24HR BUILDOFF, IT WILLSTART THE FIRST OF APRIL AND FINISHING THE FRIDAY 12 OF JUNE. THE RACE WILL BE THE 13-14 OF JUNE.....THIS WAY WE CAN REALLY SEAT DOWN AND ENJOY IT WITH A GLASS OF MERLOT OR IF YOU PREFER A COUPLE OF 12 PACK OF BUD RULES: TO BE OFFICIAL WE NEED AT LEAST 4 PARTICIPANTS IT CAN BE CURBSIDE AND ANY SCALE. HAS TO BE A CAR THAT HAS PARTICIPATED IN LEMANS. MOST PROVIDE PHOTOS OF THE 1:1 CAR PROGRESS PHOTOS FROM BEGINING TO END. DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ENTRIES THE VOTING WILL BE JUDGE BY CLASSES,.... FOR EXAMPLE DECADE 1950 AND OLDER 1951-1980 - 1981 TILL PRESENT - CURBSIDE OR FULL DETAIL LET'S START BY PUTTING OUR NAMES AND PROJECT NAMES AND BY THE FIRST OF APRIL I WILL CREATE THE CLASSES. NO LIMIT TIME TO ENTER AS LONG AS YOU CAN PROVIDE PROGRESS PHOTOS AND THE CAR IS BUILD WITH IN THIS TIME. IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN ENTER AS MANY CARS AS YOU CAN. BUILDOFF WILL CLOSE THE 12 OF JUNE 2009 AT 12:00AM. AT THE END,... THE MODELS WILL BE POSTED HERE AND SO THE FORUM CAN VOTE. ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL FOKES.......HOPE WE CAN HAVE FUN THIS 3 MONTHS.

I DID ONE LAST YEAR, AND I CAN REALLY NOW APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID IN THIS ONE....LOOKS AHSOME I SAW THIS CAR RUN DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA AND GOT TO MEET ONE OF MY FAVORITES, DARREL GWING, SORRY IF I MIST SPELLED HIS NAME. EVEN DO HE'S STUCK TO THAT WHEEL CHAIR, YOU CAN SEE IN HIS EYES THE PASSION FOR THIS TOP FUELLERS....