Joe Lange Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 Greetings All, A few years back I purchased built this kit from Profil24. Being a VW/Porsche enthusiast, (i.e. NUT!), I thought it would be neat build. The kit and instructions are for the 1951 Le Mans version, but I wanted to do just the 'standard competition version'. No two of these puppies were identical anyway because they were factory competition cars. The remaining aluminum bodied Austrian coupes before Porsche moved back to Stuttgart. Hope you enjoy the pics! 4
Beamerman Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 Really nice! As a born and raised child of Porsche town Stuttgart i can say only a minor people know these Car. My neighbour was Mr. Paul Ernst Strähle who was the first Porsche Dealer around here after WW2 and he told me so many Storys about those factory racing cars. Nice Model!
Rich Chernosky Posted November 29, 2022 Posted November 29, 2022 Joe really nice job. Silver is a tough finish to master but you nailed it. My guess is Tamiya Mica Silver. What did you really use for base and top coat.
Joe Lange Posted November 29, 2022 Author Posted November 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rich Chernosky said: Joe really nice job. Silver is a tough finish to master but you nailed it. My guess is Tamiya Mica Silver. What did you really use for base and top coat. Yikes! Gosh Rich, I really don't remember. It's been quite a few years ago, so,....I wasn't introduced to Tamya paints back then, so my favorite spray paint back then was Dupli-Color and their Clear coat. Thanks for the complements!
Joe Lange Posted November 29, 2022 Author Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Beamerman said: Really nice! As a born and raised child of Porsche town Stuttgart i can say only a minor people know these Car. My neighbour was Mr. Paul Ernst Strähle who was the first Porsche Dealer around here after WW2 and he told me so many Storys about those factory racing cars. Nice Model! Thank You 'Beamerman'. Even Porsche doesn't really mention very much about these cars, except the 3 that they entered in the '52 Le Mans race. By 1950/51, Dr. Porsche was more interested in getting back to Zuffenhausen and build production, (steel bodied), cars. The last of the aluminum, 'Gmund' cars were just for promotional/racing use. Use them, crash them, throw them away! 1
Dave B Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 That's a great build Joe. Profil 24 do some beautiful kits, they're just a little rich against the Oz dollar. Dave B
Gramps46 Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 Truly beautiful build and really appreciate your posting of the pictures. I have the Profil kit and now I have an excellent example to base mine upon.
Jonathan Posted November 30, 2022 Posted November 30, 2022 That is the coolest thing I've seen all day. Wow!
1959scudetto Posted December 1, 2022 Posted December 1, 2022 Very nice, Joe - the covered wheel wells were supposed to bring aerodynamic advantages on the long Le Mans straights.
Joe Lange Posted December 4, 2022 Author Posted December 4, 2022 Thank you for all the comments guys!
beeRS Posted December 6, 2022 Posted December 6, 2022 Oh wow. Fantastic model of a very interesting car! I never knew of this kit.
Justin Porter Posted December 15, 2022 Posted December 15, 2022 Really cool to see one of these Profil kits done and done nicely.
Joe Lange Posted December 16, 2022 Author Posted December 16, 2022 Thank you for the comments guys! Glad you like it.
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