A couple of porsche projects I'm working on...

[Darin Bastedo]

I'm working on a conversion of the Tamiya 911 GT2 into a stock 1996 Porsche 911 Turbo. I already have some arena red paint for it...

Next is also based on the Taniya 911 GT2 kit but this time it's a custom speedter...

When I'm done with the modifications I may have them cast if a Resin Caster shows interest.

Edited April 26, 2011 by Darin Bastedo

[Jon Cole]

Way cool Porsche projects Darin! That Speedster sure looks familiar...

PORSCHE Carrera Panamericana. It was built as a showcar & as a present for Herr Porsche's birthday in 1989.

Edited March 6, 2010 by Spyder

[Darin Bastedo]

Way cool Porsche projects Darin! That Speedster sure looks familiar...

PORSCHE Carrera Panamericana. It was built as a show car & as a present for Herr Porsche's birthday in 1989.

Indeed that is the car that inspired my build though I really didn't care for the "dune buggy" look of the bottom half. Mine is not an exact copy but perhaps a production-ized version of the show car.

[Modelmartin]

That's the stuff, Darin. I like what you have there. There is something about Porsches that just appeal to me that Italian stuff doesn't. I thought Panamericana too the moment I saw your second car.

I could see soaking them in silicon!!

[diymirage]

I could see soaking them in silicon!!

i like silicon

[Darin Bastedo]

I've managed to design a new set of wheels for the speedster. They are ment to be a modern version of the minilite wheels. I thought it would add to the bare-bones look of the speedster. I have it posed on my turbo body because the speedster wasn't handy at the moment, but it should give you an idea of how it will look.

[Darin Bastedo]

Here are the front and rear wheels mocked up on the speedster I used the rims from the tamiya kit and scratch-built my own centers. I have to do two more and some finishing work on them and I can move on to finishing the body work.