Fujimi Porsche 356B

[papajohn97]

This is my second attempt at wrestling a 1/24 Fujimi 356 kit into a presentable finished model with all four wheels nearly touching the ground.  This one was no easier than first (a yellow coupe I build a year or so ago).  I used ScaleFinishes sixties Ford base paint for the ivory exterior, "Corinthian White", and Tamiya acrylics and Alclad metallics for the other colors.  Despite the challenges, I love the look of these Fujimi bathtub Porsches, I think its the fabulous looking wheels that come with these kits that makes them worth building. Cheers, John.

(PS - the rear tail lights are wrong, the red should be outboard/ orange inboard....always something!)

[Kah puts]

This looks like the Bullet 356, anything related to Steve McQueen is a big deal, and the fact this is  a hands down trophy queen just adds to the appeal, uber sweet. 

[70 Sting]

Beautiful job. 

[afx]

Very nice.

[ChrisR]

Looks great!

[Jim B]

Cool looking Porsche.  Well done.

[Peter Lombardo]

Excellent job on a difficult, at best, kit to build.  Very nice, and the rather "bland" color suits it perfectly for the period.  Well done.

[Bainford]

Beautiful Porsche, John. I understand these kits are a bear to get right. I have always wanted to build one, though. Yours turned out fantastic. Nice and clean, and I love the colours. Very well done.

[drodg]

Beautiful build.  I have at least one of these stashed away and I am scared to build it.  Congratulations.

[iamsuperdan]

I think it looks great! Colour choices are perfect for this car.

 

One questions though, what's up with the decal on the dash? Did it come from Fujimi with the spelling mistake? ?

[1959scudetto]

Excellent build of a complicated kit - I will be happy if I could manage it like you (I have 4 of these in my stash)

[Rich Chernosky]

Gotta luv those Enthusiast kits.  You have mastered this one. 

[happy grumpy]

Awesome and gorgeous. I like the color and this reminds me of Bullitt.  Great job

[sjordan2]

Wow.

[Beamerman]

I have a couple of theses beautiful Fujimi Kits. I tried to build one and failed very hard...i never touched one again...you did a great job! This kits are so cool but very special to build...great work!

[papajohn97]

Thanks guys for the encouraging responses. Also thanks SuperDan for pointing out the misspelling on the dash decal -that gave me a good laugh. I can’t promise that there won’t be spelling errors on any future builds I post, my spelling skills suck!

One thing I did different on this second go round on this kit which helped was to fully assemble the engine + trans + differential before installing into the chassis (instructions call out installing the trans + diff to chassis first). The rear of the engine still suffered downward angular  “sag” off the rear axle pivot point but this was fixed by just pushing the sagging engine back up into the chassis/body and bonding the rear of the exhaust pipes to the body cut-outs. 

[grodudulle77]

Very nice build, awesome work !! ??

[slusher]

Absolutely stunning build!!  

[Lobo2me]

Sharp! Really nice. Love the paint and details in the frunk.

[89AKurt]

Beautiful!  I built that exact kit last century, and the Model Master ivory!  I didn't use the chrome sticker for the windshield, think that's when I discovered Bare Metal foil.  Sold it from a hobby shop window, for what you would be lucky to get a kit for today.  It was my first detailed Enthusiast Series build, so I sympathize with your lead-in comment, you did well.

[ATHU]

Excellent build!! I built the Speedster in a similar paint scheme some years ago.