Porsche 917 '71 Daytona winner - race ready.

[classic]

Hello all,

my first model post on the forum.

Fujimi kit painted with Zero colour matched Gulf colours. Most of the Studio 27 etch fret. I added the tape on the front to try and mimic the race preparation put on the car, as per box art photo. Tamiya tape was used with strips of black decal around the headlight covers, finally all oversprayed in Gulf blue even down to the overspray on the tear-off strips.

A nice kit to build apart from the dash-top assembly, dunno what Fujimi were thinking of, letting that out, not a quality move.

Here are some pics.

Thanks for looking,

Steve.

Edited February 21, 2011 by classic

[LAone]

nice build. i like the small details you have added. makes it even 100 times better.

[Cato]

Great, great job. Just my style too-all business race car-no glitz. Your work shows excellent attention to your references and nothing is overdone.

Love the 'cobble stone' base. Now it just needs one of my glass case covers!

[Foxer]

Fantastic build!

[ffreak]

Very nice build !!! What was the deal with the dash ? I have some of these kits to build and could use a heads up on that .

[Crazy Ed]

Looks well done Steve. I'm going to have to check into the Studio 27 Kit and see what all it adds.

Ed

[Chuck Doan]

Beautiful build! Pretty much my favorite racer (or maybe a tie with a Mclaren M8B).

[Force]

Great looking model!!!

Porsche 917K is a favourite of mine from that era and I have a couple on my shelf waiting to be built.

[Art Laski]

One of my favorite cars. Very nice job!

[Jon Cole]

Real nice job on the 917, Steve!

[crispy]

Fantastic. I too love the little details. The over spray is interesting.

Chris

[sjordan2]

Fantastic. I too love the little details. The over spray is interesting.

Chris

It's a great build, and the overspray on the headlight covers looks perfect. I wonder how that came to be on the 1:1. Repairs during the race?

Edited February 22, 2011 by sjordan2

[TheCat]

Excellent build. You did a great job on this one.

[classic]

Thanks for the kind words on my build guys.

On the dashboard panel, Fujimi have made a bit of a mistake with the tubing that the panel sits on. The pin and hole fixings are a bit askew and one of the holes is not moulded on the tubing. To be honest, it is an easy fix but a bit suprising from this manufacturer and a bit annoying considering what they charge for it.

I am not entirely sure why the tape was applied to the front end. An educated guess, bearing in mind the box contains a pic of the car straight after winning the race, is that the protective tape was applied, not to repair or hide damage, but to protect the finish so that it could be ripped off, when the car won, and the car could be viewed in a clean condition.

I hope I explained that OK, my sentances could have been constructed better!

The S27 etch fret contains the usual stuff like hood catches, wiper (very nice), steering wheel spokes. etc. One handy item is a paint mask for the tyre lettering, that will be useful for resin kits without tyre decals. I used the tyre decals in the kit for this build but I think a better look could be achieved with the masking plate. I am currently building a Fisher 917 LH so I will try it out on that.

Kind regards,

Steve.

[Adam144]

Very nice build! One of my personal favourite race machines ever produced.

[W117monte]

I was going to ask you about the tire lettering. Very realistic model!

[Kanedge]

Beautiful build, excellent job.

[2lapsdown]

Another beautiful job Steve. This is one of my favorite cars of all time.

John

[GO-figureit]

A wonderful build - one of my favourite Porsches - and those Gulf colors are just so iconic - great details and finish all round,

Cheers,

Paul