1974 911 Carrera RS 3.0 [1/24 Fujimi Enthusiast Series]

[e30lover]

74’ 3.0 Carrera RS is not as popular or well known as the 73’ RS that fetches crazy money on auction blocks, but when it came out it was a serious track-focused machine with 917 brakes and suspension from RSR. Porsche saw a good success with 74’ RSR which had later became a basis for the 934.

It’s an old Fujimi enthusiast kit that I built back in 2009 and stayed in somewhat neglected environment. Bunch of parts were broken off and the whole body was caked in dust, so I did what I could to bring it back to presentable state.  Overall it's a must buy kit for 911 enthusiasts.

Original build summary:
Tamiya surfacer and three coats of TS-14 black
Polished w/o clear coat
Hood was cut open and a few details were added to engine bay and frunk area
Gold Carrera decals were not salvageable unfortunately

Hope you guys enjoy!

 

Edited December 9, 2020 by e30lover
typo

[afx]

Another great 911 build Chang.

[grodudulle77]

Very nice build, awesome paint work !! ??

[Matt Bacon]

Beautiful build and fantastic photography as well...

best,

M.

[iamsuperdan]

Really, really nice. Beautiful paint!

[e30lover]

2 hours ago, afx said:

Another great 911 build Chang.

Thank you!

2 hours ago, grodudulle77 said:

Very nice build, awesome paint work !! ??

Color hides a lot of flaws! Thanks!

2 hours ago, Matt Bacon said:

Beautiful build and fantastic photography as well...

best,

M.

Thank you! My current lens setup makes the photos a bit too soft for my likings but I'm working on getting another lens!

2 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

Really, really nice. Beautiful paint!

Appreciate it!

[TransAmMike]

Treat job Chang, everything is beautiful?

[porschercr]

Very nice Chang.

[89AKurt]

I would say that's a killer model!

[Spottedlaurel]

Another great build from you. I like the look of it without decals, a bit more discreet.

[doubleyoung2003]

awesome!!??

[e30lover]

10 hours ago, porschercr said:

Very nice Chang.

Thank you!

8 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

I would say that's a killer model!

It one of the best enthusiast kits out there!

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

Another great build from you. I like the look of it without decals, a bit more discreet.

Thanks! I'm not sure if they re-released this kit with fresher decal. I kinda want to build another one

41 minutes ago, doubleyoung2003 said:

awesome!!??

Thank you!

[PappyD340]

Very nice, beautiful paint!!

[Bainford]

What a lovely Porsche. It looks wicked mean. Gorgeous paint. Love it. 

[AMT68]

That is an amazing polishing job. I would've thought that was cleared. It has that perfect sheet of glass look. 

Edited December 10, 2020 by AMT68

[ChrisR]

Awesome!

[majel]

Amazing paint job, love the weathering on the chassis/undercarriage.

[e30lover]

On 12/9/2020 at 10:23 AM, PappyD340 said:

Very nice, beautiful paint!!

Thank you! 

On 12/9/2020 at 8:01 PM, Bainford said:

What a lovely Porsche. It looks wicked mean. Gorgeous paint. Love it. 

Black suits on pretty much any car. Thank you!

On 12/9/2020 at 8:14 PM, AMT68 said:

That is an amazing polishing job. I would've thought that was cleared. It has that perfect sheet of glass look. 

Thank you! Back then I was into polishing solid colors w/o clear. In retrospect it's pretty inefficient because you can never know until you polish through the paint. 

14 hours ago, ChrisR said:

Awesome!

Appreciate  it! 

6 hours ago, majel said:

Amazing paint job, love the weathering on the chassis/undercarriage.

Thank you! If I were to do it these days I'd add more brown to simulate the typical oil leak

[tkzwolf]

The paint looks great. Awesome build.

[slusher]

Beautiful Porsche,  fantastic black paint!!

[e30lover]

On 12/12/2020 at 2:01 PM, tkzwolf said:

The paint looks great. Awesome build.

Appreciate it! 

On 12/14/2020 at 12:58 AM, slusher said:

Beautiful Porsche,  fantastic black paint!!

Thank you! Black is one of my favourite colors!