Tamiya Porsche Carrera GT

[bobthehobbyguy]

I am building a Tamiya Porsche Carera and am using the Studio 27 photoetch set. I am unsure about how to bend the screens for the engine cover. Has anybody used this set? How did you go about bending it for the engine cover?

Thanks

Bobthehobbyguy

[Chillyb1]

All I can say is, good luck, my friend. The Studio 27 pieces are too thick and, in fact, out of scale. I tried a kind of annealing process by heating them with a lighter, but that had a negligible effect. If you first try to use the clear plastic pieces from the kit as a kind of buck, then you are part way there. After you get some gentle bend to the pe pieces you can try using two different rods or dowels or anything stick shaped and round of suitable diameter to shape the pe parts. There are basically only two curves to those screens. Make sure, also, that they are trimmed to fit exactly into the space under the engine cover. Once I had them more or less of the right curvature, I put them in place and CA glued them in a single spot, let that dry, then worked my way around the thing to get it firmly glued in place.

Does that make any sense?

Here's a couple of photos of the result:

Depending on the angle, a gap can be seen between the screen and the engine cover where there in the maximum curvature. It couldn't be helped. Overall, they look pretty good. However, I'm currently working on a Carrera GT using the Scale Motorsport detail set and the screens are much easier to work with, though still not trouble free.

Again, good luck with it.

Edited September 30, 2010 by Chillyb1

[mredzadventure]

I have this kit as well. Is the Scale Motor Sport kit a better choice?

[bobthehobbyguy]

Thanks for the info and the pictures of the finished prodct Chillyb1.

It does look disappointing with the gaps , I was hoping to do this as a contest project but I need to have better results for it to be competetive.

Has anybody else had better luck with this or have found a better way to do it?

Thanks

bobthehobbyguy

[Harry P.]

Go to your local home center or home improvement center and ask for some fine mesh aluminum or brass screen. It's much softer than PE parts, bends easily, can be sprayed any color you want and will hold it's shape when glued into place from the back side.

Or check this out:

http://www.hobbylinc...?source=froogle

Also... put your full name in your signature, per forum rules...

[bobthehobbyguy]

Harry thanks for the great idea. That will solve my problem.

[Harry P.]

Harry thanks for the great idea. That will solve my problem.

You're welcome!