Nick F40 Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 Well, I was kinda meaning the 911 turbo kind? the ones with the polished lip and graphite centers. I wondered what Fuchs meant and what kind of wheels they are!
CAL Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 (edited) Well, I was kinda meaning the 911 turbo kind? the ones with the polished lip and graphite centers. I wondered what Fuchs meant and what kind of wheels they are! Means that they came from Fuchs KG Metalworks. I think they did all the Porsche factory wheels through the 993 Fuchs = Fox Edited July 7, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 9, 2008 Author Posted July 9, 2008 (edited) so it got a little color today. It needs another coat though. fixed my booboo. painted all the interior parts. Edited July 9, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 9, 2008 Author Posted July 9, 2008 (edited) hey it's like your avatar! Yeah, anit that cool the TV comercial was awsome. They say that this was the best selling car ad poster ever made. It is the exact same car as the model I am build... hence the AD 993 Edited July 9, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 10, 2008 Author Posted July 10, 2008 love the color, pick the wheels yet? I'm just going with the factory Fuchs. It's one of my favorite Porsche colors. It is almost the car I would own, but I would have a "buckskin" interior over black. But here is another reason why I love this company, at least on the 911, they will paint it whatever color you want. :ph34r:
Nick F40 Posted July 10, 2008 Posted July 10, 2008 I'm just going with the factory Fuchs. :blink: It's one of my favorite Porsche colors. It is almost the car I would own, but I would have a "buckskin" interior over black. But here is another reason why I love this company, at least on the 911, they will paint it whatever color you want. :ph34r: oh yeah, got to love Porsche! "Fuchs" yeah yeah
CAL Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 Arugg, I just realized this stupid thing hasn't got any headlamp buckets. That bites a rock.
CAL Posted July 11, 2008 Author Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) So what's a modeler to do, but figure out a way to make em. and of course they are handed so I have to make two different ones. Edited July 11, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 12, 2008 Author Posted July 12, 2008 (edited) Success at last, a couple headlamp buckets. The lenses are not right either. Edited July 12, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 12, 2008 Author Posted July 12, 2008 (edited) whoa... ......how'd you make them? Okay, it kind of went down like this. I made a couple attempts at scratching them from Evergreen, which probably would have worked eventually. I may do that on the next one that I plan on super detailing. I have devised a way to do realistic projector lights when I was working on Eleanor that I could adapt to this. But I robbed a set of buckets from a Tamiya kit and cast those. I took those castings and reworked them until the fit the Italeri 993 kit. I had to rework the body a little too. But I am getting close to finishing this bad boy up. some denibbing. Final color coat. Clear. Final assembly It is like one of those jigsaw puzzles though. Everything has to go in just the right sequence in just the right way. Not quite your standard build. Lots of places where it could go very bad if you are not careful. There are also a number of places where you have to think ahead. The side skirts and the lower wrap-arounds, which are body colored. The skirt glues the to side of the body and the lower glue to the floor pan. Once it is all together there a seem to deal with, which will basically have to be sanded, filled, painted and cleared with it completely assmembled. There is only LF handed wheels, instead of directionals. And the brakes are awlfully whimpy looking for PCCBs. I will still look good sitting on the shelf though. Edited July 12, 2008 by CAL
Nick F40 Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) Oh I hear ya and the wretched final assembly! It's really coming along and I really like it! PCCB is Porsche's cermic brakes right? and carbon or whatever? Edited July 13, 2008 by Nick F40
CAL Posted July 13, 2008 Author Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) Oh I hear ya and the wretched final assembly! It's really coming along and I really like it! PCCB is Porsche's cermic brakes right? and carbon or whatever? Thanks, it is coming along nicely if I don't say so myself. Sometimes you just never know when you first start a kit, particularly one you haven't built before. Yeah Porsche Carbon Cermic Brakes which is a trade mark. Edited July 13, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 13, 2008 Author Posted July 13, 2008 (edited) In the home stretch. It might even get on of those expensive badges in the background. Edited July 13, 2008 by CAL
CAL Posted July 15, 2008 Author Posted July 15, 2008 Just finished shooting the final clear on the body
Nick F40 Posted July 17, 2008 Posted July 17, 2008 Boy, that's purrty! I saw one of them and in that color it looked like at a local German car dealership!
CAL Posted July 17, 2008 Author Posted July 17, 2008 Boy, that's purrty! I saw one of them and in that color it looked like at a local German car dealership! I agree. There is one running around town here with a buckskin interior. It's always been one of my favorite colors.
CAL Posted July 19, 2008 Author Posted July 19, 2008 Just take care of these rocker seams and we can call this one done. Of course the hardest part is the last part on this model.
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