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This is a curbside build of the Fujimi Enthusiast Model No. 28...Porsche 356B/C Carrera 2 I used the 4-cam engine in the Bill Rutan Special...http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79988&hl= Paint is Tamiya TS-7 Racing White (kinda Ivory-like in appearance) being it's a curbside build, I parked it on the curb...(courtesy of Raul Perez): thanx for lookin'...

Excellent Peter "Ditto" on the Where's Waldo....

oh-h-h boy....this is great! lookin' forward to seeing it @ the NNL West in February

thanx Bernard... I do not know of a connection between Bill and Burt I was wondering where ya went Raul of "Raul's Construction Company" (remember him don't ya?) told me you were traveling good to hear from ya

Decided it would be a good idea to put some lug bolts on the car... will keep the wheels from comin' off

thanx Steve I'll give Norm (R&M) a call I've got lots of knock-offs in the parts box

One of the themes for the next NNL West is "Racecars from the 50's" I dug up an article in the extinct Model Racing Replica News magazine about modeling the Ferrari Bardahl Experimental (which failed to qualify for the 1956 Indy 500) Start with the Monogram Kurtis Kraft kit and parts from other kits(parts box) and decals are available from IndyCals The problem I need help with is the wheels, pictured below. I can not find them anywhere...have exhausted all online resources I could think of Looking for assistance on replicating these wheels: thanx...

hey buddy looks like fun... I really enjoy re-opening a relationship with a model which has found itself on the "get-to-later" shelf! sometimes good things happen and it finds new life or it just goes back, to be rediscovered at a later date good to see your back building...

geez I forgot about one, have a couple of cans in the paint drawer.... will decant it along Tamiya's Pure White and give'r a go thru the airbrush thanx

Just picked up this kit for a song...$5.00, just missing decals and instructions Martini Decals are coming from Pattos Place, don't need instructions...fairly simple kit Trying to figure out the best paint to replicate the Silver used on the the body of the Martini Racing Cars. MM German Silver is just too "silver"...the paint used seems to have a slightly blue cast to it Jameston from Scalefinishes is working on it, but thought I'd throw it out on the forum as well any help and suggestions would be great thanx

thanx John great "talking to ya today" I guess ya can say my car modeling is not stuck just on one "genre" lookin' forward to seeing your next project cr

thanx just sent a few photos of the model to Wayne Carini this morning...

Thanx for all the encouraging comments, this was a very enjoyable build and did go together fairly easy, as requested here are a few close up photos of the model, enjoy... thanx for lookin'...

Thanx, and yes it will be at the NNL West in February 2014

Was watching "Chasing Classic Cars" on Velocity a few weeks back featuring the Bill Rutan Special. Not a very attractive car and a definitly a different type of car which show host ol' Wayne Carini regularly diplays . Bill started with a 1945 VW and a 1958 Porsche Porsche 4-cam engine. He designed the frame rollcage, rear suspension, turned the engine around with the transaxle trailing for better weight distribution and relaced the the twin distributors with an 8 cylinder distributor. All together the Special only weighed in at 850 lbs. Bill's most famous race was the 1961 Mt. Washington Hill Climb, he had the fastest overall time on the dirt and gravel road. Second overall in this race was Carroll Shelby in a race-prepared Ferrari! The current car... Here be the completed model... work in progress can be viewed at: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79465&hl= thanx for lookin'...

Well got'er done... Only thing I'm not pleased with is the stance...I'd prefer it to be about 1/16th - 3/32nd of an inch lower Will be moving to "Underglasss" thanx for lookin'...

I was trying to test fit the engine/transaxle into the chassis, realized...after finally getting it in place - it wasn't coming back out! Went ahead and installed the wheels/tires thus enabling the installation of the rear suspension componets as pictured... Couldn't find a proper steering wheel in the parts box, so i added three spokes to the rim and center hub from the VW kit... constructing the exhaust from solder and parts box goodies... back to the bench thanx for lookin'...

I remove the mounting pins and move them up...fairly easy with the Revell kits, the mounting pins are quite large

Hey Neil... If your interested, there is model car club in your area...the Monterey Bay Scale Auto Association the models you are interested in building, pretty much cover the spectrum of car modeling in our club presently, we have about 5-7 active members and usually meet on the 1st Saturday of every month at different locations...Prunedale and/or Hollister you can message me for more information hope to hear from ya...

Nope, not me I be an overweight, bald old fart livin' in Northern California I did base the color on a picture of a real Ferrari 458 I found on the "worldwideweb" thanx

Here's a link to the 2014 NNL West: http://www.nnlwest.org hope to see ya there...

Thanx... I've seen both the dark grey and chrome finish on the headlight buckets...was gonna do the dark grey on this car (to stay with the color scheme) but forgot and glued the glass down. used canopy glue, so I can always lift the glass off and repaint

Here's a couple of trucks I've built using the same technique:

in the world of model cars...everything is legal, right?

James Welcome to the forum from Hollister you'll find scale car modeling is still very big in Northern California, even though most of the hobby shops have dissapeared (San Antonio Hobby) or gone downhill (D&J Hobbies). Put the 2014 NNL West February 1st on your calendar, biggest car model show in Northern California...non competitive show which allows modelers to bring a lot of model cars to display hope to see ya there Curt