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Body modifications pretty much complete and body in primer. Added front hood edge, cut rear hood vent openings, polyester putty, sanding and priming.

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The interior is no better than the body. It only comes with one seat that has no detail and only the drivers door panel. Cut the two openings and added wire for the piping and started making a mold of the seat.

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1 hour ago, BuilderX said:

Nice Job!   may I ask were the wheels came from?

 

I got them from someone on Etsy. Their shop is currently closed till January 6th. After then just search for Porsche 356 wheels for the 3d printed wheels.

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It’s coming along nicely!👍 What brand of UV resin did you use for the headlight covers? The stuff I have is yellowish.

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3 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

It’s coming along nicely!👍 What brand of UV resin did you use for the headlight covers? The stuff I have is yellowish.

I got it from Amazon, don’t really see a name.

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I cut down the tonneau cover and filled the holes for the roll bar. I figured out the only place I will be able to fit the lily pad battery holder. I will need to figure out how to hide it. 
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I made a couple of door opening handles and the passenger door panel. 
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49 minutes ago, Phildaupho said:

Great project. I love 356 Porsches but think I will start mine with a Fujimi kit !!

That is most certainly a good idea. I didn’t realize how bad the Revell kit was till I purchased it. I have since purchased a few fujimi kits. They are night and day better kits. I think I am making something out of this kit, but as you can see it takes a whole lot of work to do so.

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Got some work done on fitting the suspension. The rear now has aluminum tubes and brass rod to hold and allow the rear wheels to turn. Modified the front suspension with brass rod and tube to make the front wheels fit in the wheel wells and be poseable. 
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8 hours ago, Pierre Rivard said:

Huge progress. How does it look now next to your Fujimi body?

The body of the Fujimi is accurate out of the box, this one as you can see took a lot to get it there. With that said I feel this body is comparable now, but a lot of the other parts will also need a whole lot of work to get anywhere close to where you start out of the box with the Fujimi kit, not to mention the need for 3d printed rims and other additions.

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I added some minor details to the undercarriage, created an open rear hood vent and added trim to the cut down windshield. I am going to likely make the windshields optional. Next I need to make the LED wiring harness and make something in the front trunk to hide the battery.

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I created and test fit the LED wiring harness. I then created a trunk panel and spare to hide the battery holder. Then I scratch made the rear view mirror. Getting close to finishing fabrication and about ready to move to paint and body. I also drilled out the lug nuts in the rims to add hex rivet lug nut details to the wheels much like I did for the 1967 Mustang Convertible. I really am beginning to doubt this is going to be recognizable as a revell speedster kit any more. :) 

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3 hours ago, drodg said:

Impressive

Thank You!

3 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Significant improvement in overall shape and lines, definitely. :)

Thank You! It was a lot of work to get looking right. Boiling the back section to reshape could have gone so wrong fast but I think I got lucky.

2 hours ago, Straightliner59 said:

What an excellent job of fixing this thing Love the steering components you built!

Thank You! I really wanted to add poseable steering considering all the work I had to do anyway.

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