Porsche 935, Matchbox, 1/32

[Matt Bacon]

Ageing Matchbox kit, first issued in the seventies. The bodyshell has a top and two sides, in a real throwback, but you can see why. Fortunately the Revell Germany site has downloadable instructions for their (Jagermeister) reissue of this kit, which are much clearer and have better painting info than the original Matchbox version. Engine modified and detailed, and aftermarket driver figure  added from the Penelope Pitlane range. Decals from Patto's Place for the iconic Martini livery, which presented a few problems in getting them to fit and conform to the body, but overall not bad at all. And yes, I know that the wheels are wrong... this car should be running on gold BBSs or possibly black versions of these dished wheels, but I like the effect of the Dayglo wheels on the "Baby" 935, so since the whole kit and decals are a bit inaccurate anyway, what the heck...?

It's an "interesting" kit. I'm sure there'll be a Porsche Experten along in a mo' to correct me, but as far as I can see, the kit is a bit of a hybrid. The single turbo engine and rear screen/engine cover arrangement makes it a 1976 or early 1977 car, but the front end with single headlights and slots above the wheel arches is a late 1977 arrangement. By the time that style came in, rear view mirrors were fitted using fairings on the bonnet, raising the wing topline, there were wide "running board" sills under the doors, a channeled intake instead of each rear quarter light and a second rear window streamlining into the wing. Incidentally, that's the shape that ran in the orange Jagermeister livery that Revell offers their version of the kit in, so there's a LOT of work to do to make it into an accurate model of that car.

After quite a lot of searching online, and flicking through the Veloce book on 930/34/35 racers that I have, the ONLY 935 I've found with the Matchbox configuration and engine style appears to be the Tamiya 1/12 kit, released in 1977. The Matchbox was released in 1979...

best,

M.

[afx]

Turned out nice Matt.  I wish 32nd scale would have become the predominate scale.

[Gramps46]

You have done a very nice job with this Porsche Matt.

[zakdoggi]

Cool build. Have one in my kit stash. Nice to see how it builds up.

Did you use Patto's waterslide or vinyl decals?

[Matt Bacon]

Thanks, guys. @zakdoggi these are waterslide decals, though I did get the vinyl as well as a backstop. The decal carrier film is very thin, but the ink is some form of CMYK hi resolution printing, rather than screen printed single colours. That makes the ink layer quite thick, so getting the decal to conform to the compound curves around the intakes is fairly tricky. If you want to do one in these colours, I'd recommend the Indycals decals, which are screen printed, and look much thinner...

best,

M.

[zakdoggi]

Thanks Matt. I've used quite a lot of Patto's waterslide decals as he's a fellow Aussie, and always found them fit for purpose. Haven't yet tried the vinyl ones, so was just wondering what you had used.

Cheers....Geoff

 

[Silver Foxx]

Real nice work , looks great , just finished one of these myself .

[Dann Tier]

AMAZING job on this, bud!!!, I didn't even know this kit existed!