Brudda

Trying to fit the doors. A lot of drilling , sanding, bending and boiling water to reshape the resin parts. Have not even looked at the engine and frame yet. Going nuts already.

Thank you sir

Beautiful find! I remember this kit and always wanted one but could not afford it back then. Great score!

Aligning doors on the Porsche 935/78. Building the hinges.

Polished the cobra

Here comes the fun!

Thank you Tim.

Mock up. Stance seems good. Strange shape. I guess that’s why people called it “Moby dick”. Flat 6 turbo with 800 hp. Clocked at 228 mph at lemans. Crazy.

All 4 finished. Now on to the engine.

Have 2 wheels finished. 2 more to go.

I have to agree with Pete, I like contests but would much rather have a picture in a magazine. It’s kind of like the golden egg. I hooked up with a couple of good friends at a IPMS show many years ago and learned from them , what to do. They were contest winners and one was a contributing editor in fine scale mag, So my skills improved and the awards started comming but nothing beats the photo. I keep trying and learning all the time. Some like contests and shows while others do not. Still it’s a great way to meet new friends and learn something along the way.

Wow ! Beautiful!

Machined wheel nut. These are the things you pay for on a mfh kit.

One rear finished.

Thank you Ray.

Hello Bainford. Porsche racing wheels are pretty cool and a little complex. As I am learning, Porsche does everything for a reason. Twenty fins each for the rear wheel. My 917/30 wheels are the same way. Painted the inside rim testors rattle can silver. The centers are trim black and the finned covers are orange. Redrilled the covers and now adding the pe fins. If you like detail, these MFH kits have a lot. I myself am not a detail guy. I like style and the shape of a automobile. I like to paint them. Anyway here are some pics of the 917/30 wheels and tires.

Hello Chris, I’m going out of order. I am going to paint the wheels orange. Since I’m going the gulf colors route. But now I’m looking at a fluorescent orange. Just might go a regular orange color. Cannot decide. Was also thinking a pearl orange and pearl blue. I need to stop thinking

Here is the rear wheel. A lot of holes to drill. I’m going to have to get more drill bits. This operation will take awhile. A lot of pe fins to put on each wheel.

Bought this at our club meeting yesterday

Hello Ray. These hiro kits are sometimes frustrating. Here is a pic of the parts and how they are packaged. No number reference. Just a pile of parts. It takes hours to sort this out and sometimes weeks to sort out the parts and fix things just to get started. Then on the other hand the detail is so real. After sorting out the parts you become familiar with them. Here are some pics of the parts. I put them in this container. This is my 3rd hiro kit and you start knowing what you need to do.

Hello TransAmMike. I do not have 5 but my friend Mark has 5, maybe more. He has a mfh collection like hiro boy in Japan. I was over there a few days ago and I bet there are over 100 mfh kits. He never had to work, as his grandfather was very rich and he inherited most of it. His model storage is around 4000 sf of space. With racks stacked very high. I believe he has over 5000 models , and all are very expensive. ( in the hundreds) . He gets things all over the world. Knows people all over the world. I saw a 1/6 scale tank model of a German tiger tank in pieces. I believe that was $15,000 alone. He made a trade with Mr Hiro. Mr Hiro is interested in wingnut wings. Mark has triple of every model wingnut has made. So he sent over one of those collections and Mr Hiro traded him a bunch of kits. Chris Smith , I, Steve and Mark are doing a build off on these 935/78s. And maybe Mike. He just gave us these kits. Very kind and generous person. He is also in charge of DeAgostini in the west coast. I have built a bunch of DeAgostini kits and painted some for the company. It’s great I get to build them and keep them. Currently building their ford GT. 1/8 Running out of space with these big kits. Anyway that’s why I have decided to do a “what if” build. Her are some pics of what I received and built from Mark. One made “one great model “ in the other mag. The white Shelby is from agora models , Mark knows Liam White and Liam sent me a free supersnake. 1/8

Cleaned up the rims and tires. Alignment of the body panels. The rear of the main body was a little warped so I started to put all the body panels on to get a overall picture. Put the body on a mirror to see how out of shape things were. A little boiling water on the body here and there and held it into shape. So far looks straight. Starting to get into this. I read this car had 800 hp? 228 at lemans? Not your average beetle. I’m going to paint it gulf blue with orange. This car was never that color. I’m doing a “ what if” . Since there are so many martini cars and the rest of the group are doing the other cars, I thought a “what if car” might be fun. And especially do not have to copy any one particular race car.

Yours should be there soon! It was great to see you and meet your wife.

Thank you guys. I compared the bodies of 5 of the same kit and 2 were bad. The others were perfect. But I took a lesson from my friend Mark about resin warp in mfh kits. Did what he said and my body now is fixed, Boiled water and put the parts in for only 30 seconds , took out the part and massaged the part to shape. With gloves on of course. I was a little worried about this. Had a problem with my resin cobra frame. Was a twist . Boiled water and did the same thing. Left the frame in a little longer because it was thick. Well now going to sort out the white metal mess.

Nice!