Solar Productions Porsche 908/2 and "McQueen" Porsche 908/2

[Scale-Master]

These models are the same car at two different times in its life (Chassis #022).   Before it was the dark blue #29 Solar Productions camera car for the movie Le Mans in the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans driven by Jonathon Williams and Herbert Linge, it was the white #48 car at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring driven by Peter Revson and Steve McQueen to second place.

About this time last year I started building three Trans Am Camaros at the same time.  It turned out to be a lot more work than I expected, yet here I am again doing something similar.  With a little luck I'll have these two done by the next 24 Hours of Le Mans.

1/43^rd scale Starter resin kits.  The basic clean-up and scribing have been done and the brass winglets have been fitted to them.

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The rear frame is PE brass in both kits, but not the same configuration.  The one for the Solar camera car is on the right.  It was very fragile so I soldered it up for strength.  The other one seemed to be made from a much stiffer brass even though they are both the same thickness.

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The roll bars are bent from wire provided in the kits.  I could not get solder to work with them so I used CA to hold the two pieces of each one together.

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The last few brass parts were added before priming and painting the bodies.  TS-26 Pure White for the 48 car and for the 29 car I used an enamel blue I mixed for the Sunoco Camaro that I didn't care for at the time as a starting point, but I tinted it with TS-72 Clear Blue to look more like the Porsche photos I have.

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The wheels are done.  Metal rims and center nuts, resin spokes.  I used LP-40 Metallic Black followed by clear flat.

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Interior/engine/chassis for them.  Not a lot of detail.  But not a lot can be seen either.

[Codi]

The 908 is one of my all time favorite race cars Mark.  Just looks just right and so purposeful.  Well done, cheers, tim

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While I was prepared for the decals to be less than user friendly, I was pleasantly surprised how well the first one worked.  I used a lot of decal solvent and it held together and stretched very well.  It's also even more opaque than I expected.

[Bainford]

Interesting project. Looking good so far.

[Scale-Master]

The kit decals and the shape of the body are not exactly spot-on compared to the photos of the real car, but then it is a Starter kit…

I used what was provided and tried to make them fit as well as possible.  All of the decals worked quite well.  Let's hope the #48 car's decals are as user friendly.

[slusher]

Looks very nice,Sir!

[Jay Whittaker]

I love watching a master at work!

[Scale-Master]

Another pleasant surprise, the decals for the McQueen car were good too, although a few of them split partly due to them being such delicate pinstripes.  I'm sure age was a contributing factor as well.  One of them was missing some ink so I cut a sliver of blue decal material and made a little patch. 

[Pierre Rivard]

The Scale-Master has struck again. These two look very good. The pin striping decals on the white car must have been quite delicate to apply.

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Both bodies have been clear coated and will cure for a while.

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The #48 is almost done, just a handful of small parts to add.

Edited Wednesday at 12:50 AM by Scale-Master

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The #29 is almost done, just a handful of small parts to add.