1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0: New Project

[Jordan White]

This build will ultimately be a representation of the 1974 Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0, and will be built using the Doyusha Porsche 911 Turbo kit. This kit has its share of issues, since it was designed to be motorized and to have an electrical system to power some lights. The other problem is this kit was designed to resemble the 1973 Porsche 911 Turbo concept, but does not have any discernable turbo assembly in the engine bay.

Here's the kit I'll be starting with (image courtesy of The Creative Explorer):

The nice thing is the bumpers and wide body were used on both the Turbo concept and the RS 3.0, as well as the larger spoiler. I plan on painting mine lime green, which there was at least one documented RS 3.0 painted in this color. The one thing I'm going to do away from stock is give it a set of 19" Fusch wheels, using the tires from the 2010 Shelby GT500.

Anyways, the engine was already started by myself before, However, the top shroud and rocker covers were painted orange based on one pic I found, but in reality the shroud should be red, and the rocker covers should be black based on further research. The intake assembly was also an odd design compared to what I've found in pics, so I removed it.

I attached the rear inner fenders to the floor, since it will all be painted body color, and I fitted in the engine cradle to see what needs to be done. I found that I need to add a filler piece between the cradle and the firewall that will also be used to mount the shocks.

For the front, I found that the trunk/fuel tank area is not like any actual cars I can find. The closest one is a early 70's Carrera 2.7, but the fuel tank in the kit is too close to the passenger cabin. What I did is cut the fuel tank off, and I will create a filler piece that will move the fuel tank closer to the nose of the body. I also plan on dumping the "spare tire" as well.

[maysula]

Nice to see this :-) I built this many years ago, one thing I remember is that the body itself is a little to narrow, if you have the Tamiya 934 you can compare them.

I didn´t know this when I built it, but I think it looks rather good anyway.

Thomas

[Jordan White]

I did not notice that, but for all the work that would be required to fix it, I'm not too bothered.

[heinz74]

hahaa..i rarely see this kit..judging by the pictures it doesn't seem to be very detailed..so to pass as a reasonable model you've got your work cut out for you

those old kits are allways a surprise..i just recently bought an Otaki Corvette in 1/12 scale ..the box looked toylike..but inside the kit is surpisingly good detailed and sorted when you open it

(i'm not building it though)..but this seems the opposite thing..

good luck with it..!

[Jordan White]

I have that Corvette also, but it's under the Doyusha label. I do agree that it is much better detailed compared to the Porsche!

[vintagercr]

Look forward to seeing more pics