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1/24 resin of the Porsche 917 PA spyder that was driven by Jo Siffert in the 1969 Can Am season.  Car was light a fast and very reliable and allowed Siffert several good finishes. He finished 4th in the season. Unfortunatly , compared to the big Chevies it was underpowered.  Kit was made by fellow modeler Alan Jameswho has sincew passed on. I believe this was the only kit he produced.  Alan was a true craftsman and this kit was outstanding down to the last details.  Color is Tamiya TS26. I did add some extra details and information on those are in the picture captions. Thanks for looking and comments welcome.DSC08102.JPG.5a229210c46ea72dfa8ab65d3e36aa7c.JPG

The body on this kit was exceptional.  Very little clean up. A coat of primer (that I shined up) and a few coats of Tamiya. The hood fasteners were some extra PE I had. 

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Rear end and engine detail was all there. And everything fit.

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Body and chassis fit like a glove. I did have to thread two screws to hold them together.  Decided to pin the roll bar brace in place instead of glue. That proved to be the right decision as it had to be moved around a little to get in place. 

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Don't often do this overhead shot but there is a lot of detail to be seen.  Seatbelts were PE items for a Studio 27 set made for the 917.  Whose idea was it to put two plugs per cylinder on a 12 cyl engine.  24 plug wires, 48 holes and almost 3ft of wire.  This shot proves it was worth it. 

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Rich you have done an outstanding build with this rare kit.  I have no idea how you were able to get the pinstripes around the edges of the body to lie down so perfectly.  Thank you for sharing the photos with us.

Here is a photo I took with my Instamatic at the 1969 Mid-Ohio CanAm.

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Very beautiful.  :D

Some years back I purchased a resin body for this car that's supposed to use (I think) the Airfix 917 as a donor.

In a word, the body I have is horrible, and it will take reinforcing some overly thin areas and making a new mold to get anything usable from it.

I really envy you guys who have some of these outstanding vintage resin kits...and build them so well.

 

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16 hours ago, afx said:

Nice work Rich.

Thank you JC

 

16 hours ago, Gramps46 said:

Rich you have done an outstanding build with this rare kit.  I have no idea how you were able to get the pinstripes around the edges of the body to lie down so perfectly.  Thank you for sharing the photos with us.

Here is a photo I took with my Instamatic at the 1969 Mid-Ohio CanAm.

Gary...how cool is that. Thanks for putting up that picture.  Compared to making the steering work and the engine wiring...the pinstripes were a breeze.

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16 hours ago, Dave B said:

That's a great build Rich, I must get on with my Interserie 917 BUT you have raised the bar with the wiring.  I wasn't even considering it!!

Dave B

My kit had fairly large distributors so drilling all those holes was not as daunting as it seems.  Whatever you decide on yours will be cool as you always do a great job at conversions.

 

15 hours ago, Phildaupho said:

Very impressive in all respects

Thank you Phil.

 

14 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Very beautiful.  :D

Some years back I purchased a resin body for this car that's supposed to use (I think) the Airfix 917 as a donor.

In a word, the body I have is horrible, and it will take reinforcing some overly thin areas and making a new mold to get anything usable from it.

I really envy you guys who have some of these outstanding vintage resin kits...and build them so well.

Bill...when I first got into resin kits I was a little intimidated.  They certainly don't go together like plastic and you have to be very creative in the glues you use.  But once you get a few under your belt your confidence grows.  The fact that there are less than 50 of these kits out there and the creator has since past on was a little worrisome, but everything worked out. It was a great kit to begin  with. 

 

 

12 hours ago, Nacho Z said:

Another beauty, Rich. I had not heard of nor seen this kit before. Interesting for sure.

John..it was quite rare.  I only know of only one other person who has one. 

 

2 hours ago, Jim B said:

Great looking Porsche. I'm fighting with the Revell 917KH kit now.

You kin dooo it Jim,  yours is probably a lot easier than this one. 

 

1 hour ago, SpikeSchumacher said:

Well done Rich!

Much appreciated Mattias. 

 

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On 6/23/2023 at 11:37 AM, ChrisR said:

Looks great!

Thanks

 

 

8 hours ago, PappyD340 said:

Very nice!

Thank you  Larry

 

 

7 hours ago, absmiami said:

Yup

The Andy seal of approval....I'll take it...thanks

 

3 hours ago, 1959scudetto said:

Excellent model, Rich - I never heard about this rare resin kit before.

The spark plug cables - OMG !

Thanks Helmut.  Kit was produced by a couple of modelers on another site that I was a member of.  Not sure if it was offered to the general public.  Only 58 examples were  ever made. 

 

2 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

Awesome!  Good thing it's not available, I do not like doing plug wires!

Thank you Kurt.  A very small battery  mini drill and a #78 mini carbide drill bit made easy work of all those holes. Just had to be careful and not bend the bit as they snap quite easily....but...ooohh baby ...are they sharp. My biggest concern was running out of wire.  Don't blame you for not liking to do this..it was tedious. 

 

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