Fujimi Porsche 964 Turbo - Zombie Build Completed

[iamsuperdan]

Well, cleared one old project off the bench.

This one was a challenge. 

 

Fujimi Porsche 964 Turbo.

 

Acquired this and started it 5 or 6 years ago. Did my usual prep, then when I sprayed the mint green colour, the body reacted. Badly. It ate into the plastic, the whole car looked like a vinyl roof. I was disappointed, as the chassis was totally fine. Body was modled in red, not grey, so perhaps that plaastic was just different enough. Anyway, after a dip in the purple pond, and a little sanding, it didn;t look much better. Threw it in the box and stuffed into a corner of the shelf.

Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I saw the box, had a look, decided to try and salvage it. I wish I could find the pics I took before I started saving it.

I sanded. And sanded. And sanded some more. Then it was sand, primer, sand, primer. Did that a few times until I felt the body looked okay. Then hit it with the paint. Of course, I'm an idiot, and used the EXACT SAME paint can that messed it all up in the first place. 

Must have had enough primer on there because it laid out fine. Of course, all that sanding and priming meant that a lot of the details are washed out, even with re-scribing panel lines. 

Still, did the best I could, and it looks okay on the shelf.

 

 

[Jim B]

Great looking Porsche.  Very well done.

[Rich Chernosky]

Nice save  Dan.  Feels good to bring one back from the dead.   Been there and done that too. 

[Dragonhawk1066]

Nice work!

[PappyD340]

Very nice build!

[slusher]

Great looking Porsche!

[Toast]

Minty fresh! I like the color you chose.

Sometimes that little extra prep is all it takes to get paint to behave.

Great looking build. Thank you for sharing. 

[Dragline]

You really deserve another one and have a go again my man. I feel for ya. I painted my Bernstein dragster red. Spent an hour or so decaling it to perfection. Waited a few days. Hit it with clear and it curled, buckled and split on me. I cursed so much my wife came running into the room thinking I had hurt myself. It sits there mocking me to this day.