Brendan Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 (edited) A friend of mine asked me to build this for him. The kit is the Fujimi. The paints were Scale Finishes Gulf Blue and Orange (awesome paints, by the way). Had some minor decal issues where the decals were cracking in water. Also small issue with the chassis being warped which was easily fixed. I would highly recommend this kit. This is the sixth one I've done of the 917's. Ended up painting on the orange since I did not like the decals. Edited January 17, 2011 by Brendan
Foxer Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 Looks grand! Is that black tape you used on the color split?
Kanedge Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 Oh yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Great job.
2lapsdown Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 I was all about Indy cars and drag racing until I saw the movie LeMans with Steve McQueen. That movie and this car put sports cars on the map for me. Excellent build!! John
Brendan Posted January 17, 2011 Author Posted January 17, 2011 Looks grand! Is that black tape you used on the color split? Thanks for everyone's comments. Most of the black lines are the kit's decals but some of the lines I had to pinstripe in since the decals were falling apart. I just cut them off the orange decal. Most of them were short by quite a bit. The black around the headlights are from the kit decals that I cut up into sections to make it look more like tape. Then I put a semi gloss over the decals on the headlights.
Peter Lombardo Posted January 17, 2011 Posted January 17, 2011 I have the same kit....one of these days I want to build it along with the Ford GT40, in the Gulf blue and orange. I hope it looks half as good as yours. Very nice.
crispy Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Brendan that is gorgeous! What a clean build and the paint is really nice. Great job! Chris
Crazy Ed Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Well done Brendan. Always good to see the old Prototypes being built. Ed
Jeff Johnston Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 WOW my favorite all time race car. Is that the Union/Heller kit ?
Brendan Posted January 18, 2011 Author Posted January 18, 2011 WOW my favorite all time race car. Is that the Union/Heller kit ? The kit is Fujimi.
curt raitz Posted January 18, 2011 Posted January 18, 2011 Very nice I was hopin' to have this 917K with Gulf done by NNL WEST... don't think it's gonna happen c'ya in February
Dave B Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Great build Brendan, I also have this kit plus #1075 to build, both as Gulf cars, hope they turn out as nice.
John Teresi Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Brendan......I really luv the look of this build.......turned out SUPERB!!!!!!!!!........BEAUTIFUL
Scalper Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 nice model... really cool. The paint looks great and spot on.
Scott Colmer Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Very, Very Clean. I have the old Heller kits. Makes me want to dig into it. Yours is a great build! Scott
gunner Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Very very nice build, I love the LeMans type of cars and yours really does them justice.
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