Tamiya Porsche 959

[Chillyb1]

I finished this one today (26 April 2010) after just a couple of weeks. I wanted to try to build a model quickly without getting hung up on minor things but still to have it come out looking pretty clean. I chose this kit because it has a fairly low parts count and I figured I wouldn't have to bother adding any detail. I added photoetch brake disks, a couple of hose clamps, and that's it. Paint is Tamiya maroon (TS-11) with rubber black (TS-82) window trim, several varieties of black for the interior, and Alclad chrome in the headlight buckets. Not much else to say. Almost ruined the paint job trying to accent the panel lines, which would have set the project back, but I was able to overcome that problem by adding more paint!

Comments, criticisms, helpful suggestions are all welcomed.

[Tony T]

Nicely done. Colour is great. One of my favourite Porsche's of all time.

[slant6]

Nicely done. Colour is great. One of my favourite Porsche's of all time.

Agreed, on all counts, looks great!

[weasel]

nice quickie!!!

wait, that didn't sound right....

[Monty]

Wow, I like that. I think I still have the Car & Driver (1988?) where they tested one.

I love the color. Was it shot over a dark or light colored primer?

[RodneyBad]

Great looking Quickie.

(your right, that don't sound right )

I hope to build one as a rally car one day.

The paint looks Fantastic.

Color looks great on it..

Nice work.

[Foxer]

Magnificent looking paint on all those curves!

[Jon Cole]

I'd say you met all your goals, and then some!

[Billy Kingsley]

Looks good to me! I have one of them I've had in progress for about 5 years now, I really should finish it one of these days.

[sjordan2]

Beautiful build, outstanding paint on a groundbreaking car.

I recall reading a profile of the 959, where the writer said it took a full-time staff of aircraft mechanics to keep these things running – and you couldn't even get one in the US. When Bill Gates and his Microsoft partner, Paul Allen, imported their 959s into the US, the cars were impounded in customs for nearly 13 years; this led Gates, Allen and their car club to successfully (and expensively)lobby for the passage of the "Show or Display" law, which allowed individuals to do just that, and restricted them to putting no more than 2,500 road miles per year on the odometer ( ).

More details here:

http://www.insideline.com/porsche/959/coming-to-america-in-the-porsche-959.html

[Gray Smith]

Great looking build! I'm getting ready to purchase one of these myself, and i'm going to attempt to build it box stock

Gray

[Chillyb1]

Thanks for your comments and compliments, everybody. I really enjoyed the build and am happy with the result. I won't rush into another one of these anytime soon, but I may shoot for the Paris-Dakar rally version.

'Monty'

Was it shot over a dark or light colored primer?

I shot this over Tamiya's white primer. It is a super dark color so I'm not sure it would appear any different on top of gray primer.

'Billy Kingsley'

Looks good to me! I have one of them I've had in progress for about 5 years now, I really should finish it one of these days.

Yes, by all means, get cracking on it and finish it up. It is a really cool Porsche among a large field of very cool Porsches.

'Bluesman Mark'

I'd love to see this build with a set of darker rims, perhaps body color or gunmetal, with a poilished aluminum looking edge. Still, this is a great looking model!

Wheel color is one thing that I debated with myself before deciding on this fairly standard glossy aluminum. I could see several kinds of dark metal shades looking good with this color.

[John Teresi]

Great job!......cool looking model.