Tamiya 1/24 Porsche 936

[classic]

The old Tamiya kit. This was a disaster for me from the start, the top coat was rattle can Halfords Appliance white and I sprayed from the can instead of decanting like I usually do. This didn't go well and I ended up with a few blemishes. Disheartened, I carried on with the decals which broke up and shrivelled under Micro-sol. I managed to touch these up reasonably well and coated the whole lot with 2K clear.

At this stage the project looked slightly better but not up close so I decided to do some race weathering as an experiment. In the pics it looks fairly light but in reality it is quite heavy weathering and looks quite good.

I started by mixing tan with a bit of black and washing this in the fuel filler recesses. I then gently wiped it rearwards to replicate slipstream stains. When this dried I darkened the wash with more black and gently built up the race dirt all over the car. I particularly like the way it looks over the rear wing, the dirt just stains the front edge and naturally fades. Loogs ok IMO.

Wheels were done with black pastel after I drybrushed the tyre lettering with yellow.

I am going to call it a save as the base kit is poorly built and finished but the weathering adds interest and takes away from the issues I had.

Pics were taken before I added the ariel and, looking at the pics, I can see a couple of areas were I need to touch up slightly.

Thanks for looking,

Steve.

[Foxer]

The weathering does look good. You got a good fade and all seems natural!

[Cato]

It's a great save Steve. I see what you did with the clear on the headlights situation. Now it only needs some 200MPH bugs and a glass case over that trusty display base!

[Reeves Racing]

I have this car in a BEN kit. Your build looks very good. I think I will try my hand at a race weathered car.

Thanks for posting.

[Kanedge]

Looks excellent and weathering looks the goods. I wouldn't have known there was anything wrong without you saying. Nice.