drodg Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) Trying to replicate my 95 Porsche 993. Here are some pictures of my work in process. I bought the Burago metal kit to get the Cup 2 wheels. Edited February 10, 2020 by drodg
drodg Posted February 10, 2020 Author Posted February 10, 2020 Here is a picture of my 1:1 car in Aventurine green
drodg Posted February 10, 2020 Author Posted February 10, 2020 I just need to stay on this! So far it is going together okay. The Burago wheels are a weird offset on the front so working on that. The wheels that come with this kit and the Revell kit (cabrio) are not correct for a 993. The overall body shape is pretty good though. Thanks
keyser Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 Adventurine Green is great color. Wheels are huge issue for these. I've got a Cab and a Turbo, Maisto Boxster wheels in Turbo box but odd offset too. Great garageful.
DiscoRover007 Posted February 10, 2020 Posted February 10, 2020 Almost bought one of these kits the other day. Will be following closely. I know a lot of people use the Tamiya GT2 headlights for this.
drodg Posted February 10, 2020 Author Posted February 10, 2020 43 minutes ago, DiscoRover007 said: Almost bought one of these kits the other day. Will be following closely. I know a lot of people use the Tamiya GT2 headlights for this. Thanks for that tip.
drodg Posted February 13, 2020 Author Posted February 13, 2020 Another picture. Working in trying to get the body smoothed out and spraying some suspension pieces. Yes I am working at our kitchen table!
Dann Tier Posted February 17, 2020 Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/10/2020 at 12:10 PM, drodg said: Here is a picture of my 1:1 car in Aventurine green LOVE your car!!!!!
drodg Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 So working on the chassis and trying to sand out the mold lines in the body. Got my paint and planning on finishing up the chassis this weekend.
drodg Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 So using Burago Porsche 993 cup 2 wheels for the car. The problem is they have holes in the middle where there should be center caps. I kind of at a loss at what to use for center caps. Thought about just using Tamiya filler but not sure how messy that would become. Anyhow any recommendations would be helpful. I have Porsche emblems to cover whatever center cap I end up using. Thanks
afx Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 That looks like a pretty nice kit, might have to track one down.
drodg Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 1 minute ago, afx said: That looks like a pretty nice kit, might have to track one down. It does have a good shape. The chassis is really for a 964 and the wheels that come with it are also for a 964. I bought one of the metal Burago 993 kits for the wheels because they are the same that I have on my 1:1 car. This is the only 1:24 scale except for the Tamiya GT2 kit, so you kind of got to go with what works. I think the 993 chassis off of the Tamiya Gt2 kit is much more accurate but didn't really want that kind of adventure merging the two. Thanks love your Yellow bird you are doing!
afx Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 Posts some picture of your wheels and we can try to come up with some suggestions for the center cap.
Rich Chernosky Posted February 21, 2020 Posted February 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, drodg said: So using Burago Porsche 993 cup 2 wheels for the car. The problem is they have holes in the middle where there should be center caps. I kind of at a loss at what to use for center caps. Thought about just using Tamiya filler but not sure how messy that would become. Anyhow any recommendations would be helpful. I have Porsche emblems to cover whatever center cap I end up using. Thanks I would think that a piece of styrene rod the right diameter would do. Cut off the right width with a sharp razor blade and glue it in with craft glue. Paint silver and decal it.
drodg Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said: I would think that a piece of styrene rod the right diameter would do. Cut off the right width with a sharp razor blade and glue it in with craft glue. Paint silver and decal it. That is a good idea. Thank you!
drodg Posted February 21, 2020 Author Posted February 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, drodg said: That is a good idea. Thank you! Makes me want to say duhhh why didn't I think of that!
Rich Chernosky Posted February 22, 2020 Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/21/2020 at 11:08 AM, drodg said: Makes me want to say duhhh why didn't I think of that! Sometimes the obvious eludes us. It often takes an outside perspective to see what we don't. You were wise to ask for help and I was just as happy to provide it.
Twokidsnosleep Posted February 22, 2020 Posted February 22, 2020 On 2/17/2020 at 5:52 AM, Dann Tier said: Keep up the great work!!! Ya me too super clean ???
drodg Posted February 24, 2020 Author Posted February 24, 2020 Thanks everyone. This weekend I got the side skirts on and finished the suspension.
drodg Posted February 24, 2020 Author Posted February 24, 2020 On 2/22/2020 at 10:39 AM, Rich Chernosky said: Sometimes the obvious eludes us. It often takes an outside perspective to see what we don't. You were wise to ask for help and I was just as happy to provide it. Thank you!
drodg Posted March 14, 2020 Author Posted March 14, 2020 Finally getting some work done today. I am closer on the body but still have the from hood to work on. Primed the interior and will painting it a light grey. The interior is actually for a 964 not a 993 but nobody would really know that anyhow thanks for looking
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