Some of my older builds... part four

[nails3825]

Here are the final two that were dug out of the old shoebox The Porsche I remember building with a friend of mine over twenty years ago... we had a race to see who could build a model the quickest. He won, over an hour ahead of me... his snaptite truck or whatever it was. But still, this was built in less than five hours ~ a simple testors kit, wish now I would've taken my time on it.

The porsche...

[nails3825]

And then we have the GT40... it's an old Revell kit, a simple model to build but it had some metal parts and "real rubber" tires! That was super cool back then, being the kid I was. I remember being proud of the paint job on this one, some cheap gloss black spray paint I snuck from my dad Thankfully I have another one of these kits unbuilt, maybe I'll end up doing it one of these days.

The GT40...

[Guest Johnny]

A Porsche with the engine out front is not a Porche to me!!! (used to repair them)

Love th GT40's though! That is something I wnt to build.

[Foxer]

A Porsche with the engine out front is not a Porche to me!!! (used to repair them)

I know you just kidding knowing what you must about Porsche. I had five 924/944's that started as Volkswagens, just like the 356/911. What Porsche engineering did to both was amazing! And the 928 was a spectacular car in it's day and was the first "clean sheet" car Porsche ever did. I'd NEVER want to work on one, though!

That 928 is pretty cool,johnny, considering the context is was done on.

[dimaxion]

The 928 was a sensation . First clean sheet , absolutly . The model here only needs a cleanup and polish . You are keeping these builds in the original appearances ? Nice build . Thanx ..

[Jim Gibbons]

Cool to see both models; as said above, the Porsche came out pretty well for a half day build! The GT40 looks great; wish I had gotten that model when it was out.

In the mid '80s, I sold VW before I landed an engineering job, and we got a 928 in on trade. The manager asked me to to take it out and give my opinion on it, as he was a bit nervous to put it on the used car lot in view of potential used car warranty repairs. I was more than happy to oblige! It was an amazing car, and the ergonomics were perfect. However, when we put it on the lift, the underside looked as if it had taken an offroad excursion in a rocky field. We wholesaled it.

A few years later at the lighting manufacturer I worked for, the CEO bought his wife a Guards Red 928S for her birthday. She had it less than a year as she was getting too many speeding tickets!