73 Porsche RS

[rastta]

Found this online and decided to give Fujimi a try.  Maybe it's just me but I was less than impressed with the kit overall.  It was an odd mix of extremely detailed castings, along with lack of detail on other aspects of the kit - like the wheels - which also didn't fit correctly.  Also the attachment points on the parts to the tree were odd and resulted in a lot of mangled parts just trying to get them trimmed correctly.  Lastly - the overall fit of the body was just bad.  I trimmed, sanded, trimmed etc. and nothing I could do could get it to fit correctly.  There is near 3mm gap on the hood.  I also tried MCW finishes Lacquer paint in Grand Prix white.  Liked the paint and will most likely use it again. 

I'm included a picture of a RS restoration which I based the model on.  Had a little bit of fun along with the frustration.

Picture of restoration parts.

Undercarriage layout of the model parts

 

 

Edited December 5, 2019 by rastta

[drodg]

Well it looks good from here.  I have the 356 Fujimi kit and kinda scared to build it for all the reasons you mention. 

[Funkychiken]

Looks fantastic, may have been an old mould that meant some lack of details on some parts

[Dann Tier]

Looks Great to me!!...curious though, these Porsche Enthusiast kits usually go together great...

[Scalper]

Looks great to me.. when I built mine. I had to do a lot of work to get the stance right and the wheels tucked in the wheel wells. took lots of work. did not have a issue putting the body on.. you must have something interfering with it 

[Scalper]

[Rich Chernosky]

Good looking model,  I have built several of these and did not encounter all the problems you  did. I fixed the wheel problem by bolting them on with jeweler screws. Glue didn't seem to hold them.  

[beeRS]

Looks great to me!

It is a complex kit to put together, but worth the hard work.

[GeeBee]

Looking good, I built the cabriolet kit a few years ago, apart from getting the stance correct i didn't have the problems you mentioned, but took a lot of work to get it from looking like a 4x4 

[GeeBee]

14 hours ago, drodg said:

Well it looks good from here.  I have the 356 Fujimi kit and kinda scared to build it for all the reasons you mention. 

I built one a few years ago, much better kit to put together than the 911, you'll have no problems.

[afx]

Nice work.  I've built this kit and they do take effort but I like the results.

[drodg]

3 hours ago, GeeBee said:

I built one a few years ago, much better kit to put together than the 911, you'll have no problems.

Thanks!  Maybe after I finish the EZ Snap Revell 356 1:16 I could get busy on that Fujimi!   i am being a bit sarcastic on the EZ Snap.   

[ChrisR]

NICE!!

[rastta]

Thanks for all the kind words.  Maybe I am being a bit harsh - but the whole hood not fitting no matter what I did just made me mad. 

17 hours ago, Scalper said:

Looks great to me.. when I built mine. I had to do a lot of work to get the stance right and the wheels tucked in the wheel wells. took lots of work. did not have a issue putting the body on.. you must have something interfering with it 

Yeah that's what I kept thinking.  I took that body on and off maybe a dozen times, but couldn't find what might have been interfering.  Not a huge deal, I was just disappointed as the "pre-fit" I did seemed to be ok.

[afx]

14 minutes ago, rastta said:

Thanks for all the kind words.  Maybe I am being a bit harsh - but the whole hood not fitting no matter what I did just made me mad. 

Yeah that's what I kept thinking.  I took that body on and off maybe a dozen times, but couldn't find what might have been interfering.  Not a huge deal, I was just disappointed as the "pre-fit" I did seemed to be ok.

When I build these kits I attach both the front and rear bumpers to the body before painting.  I find that helps align everything and produces a good fit.

Edited December 6, 2019 by afx

[Phildaupho]

I really enjoyed your set of photos. Very interesting to see all the separate parts

[Dave B]

Great build Joe, looks really good.

Dave B

[PappyD340]

Nice!!

[tkzwolf]

Looks great.  Fujimi Enthusiast kits are nice.

[slusher]

Great looking Porsche!!

[randyc]

I have the rally version of this kit.  Same tires I think.  I hope mine comes out as nice as yours.   I've had it for years and work on it every 2 or 3 years for a while.   I think the last hold up is painting the body.   I was living in a place where I couldn't spray.   Time to get it out again come spring maybe.

[ATHU]

Very nice build!!