1964 Porsche 356C Cabriolet with Hardtop [Fujimi Enthusiast]

[e30lover]

Here’s another Fujimi Enthusiast Series I built in 2009 while rest of my projects are on hold, waiting bunch of aftermarket wheels to arrive.

 

It was caked in dust and couple of pieces broke off during the move, but I was able to find most of parts and gave it a light polish.

 

I’d say this is one of the best Enthusiast Series kits. They even made parts for piston and crank, as well as seat adjuster handles! The fitment and plastics need a lot of dry fitting and work to get it right (if I were to do it again, I’d strip out all the chrome parts and clean them up with sandpapers) and it’s fairly fragile to build it as suspension bits are very realistic and there isn’t much room to put enough glue.

 

Build details are:

 

• Tamiya grey surfacer, then wet sanded with 2000 grit
• Three coats of TS-11 Maroon, then polished with Tamiya compounds without clear and TS-14 black for the hardtop
• Interior was painted with Tamiya Italian red over grey surfacer
• BMF’d window trims

 

 

It’s one of the kits that I really want to build another - especially 356A 1500GS!

 

[PappyD340]

Beautiful build!

[GeeBee]

Absolutely superb build....

[grodudulle77]

I really like the colors,  your paint work is awesome !! ??

[TransAmMike]

Great looking job on that one Chang. !!        Great color and paint quality?

[afx]

Another beauty Chang and an interesting color. 

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[89AKurt]

Nice job, classic color.  I built a Roadster last century, nice kit.

[Phildaupho]

Beautiful Porsche model. I still have not tackled an enthusiast kit but your model might encourage me to do so.

[Bainford]

Sweet little Porsche. Lovely paint work. Very nice!

[Funkychiken]

Beautiful little car, and a great colour! 

[e30lover]

On 12/19/2020 at 4:13 PM, PappyD340 said:

Beautiful build!

Thank you so much!

On 12/19/2020 at 5:07 PM, GeeBee said:

Absolutely superb build....

Appreciate it!

On 12/19/2020 at 5:39 PM, grodudulle77 said:

I really like the colors,  your paint work is awesome !! ??

Thank you! I really love the maroon color.

On 12/19/2020 at 5:53 PM, TransAmMike said:

Great looking job on that one Chang. !!        Great color and paint quality?

Thanks a lot If I were to do it again now I'd probably lay a clearcoat! 

On 12/20/2020 at 9:11 AM, afx said:

Another beauty Chang and an interesting color. 

Thanks! apart from dark navy and green, this is my favorite color for 356!

On 12/20/2020 at 9:55 AM, ChrisR said:

Very nice!!

Appreciate it!

On 12/20/2020 at 10:36 AM, 89AKurt said:

Nice job, classic color.  I built a Roadster last century, nice kit.

Thanks! It's somewhat tedious to build and I recall putting the body onto the underbody was a bit challenging but I'd love to do it again if I can buy another kit! 

16 hours ago, Phildaupho said:

Beautiful Porsche model. I still have not tackled an enthusiast kit but your model might encourage me to do so.

Thanks! It's a pretty amazing kit to build. hood and rear engine lid fitment isn't great for most of these so lots of dry fittings are required! 

16 hours ago, Bainford said:

Sweet little Porsche. Lovely paint work. Very nice!

Thank you!

8 hours ago, Funkychiken said:

Beautiful little car, and a great colour! 

Thanks a lot!