Porsche 907

[Brendan]

Picked this kit up at this year's NNL West. The kit is from Wave which is a small Japanese manufacturer. What I can tell you about this kit is that it's a hunk of plastic. Nothing fit properly. As you can see in the photos, the body did not fit well at all to the chassis. Only reason I build this kit is that it is an interesting subject. And I didn't want to buy a resin kit of it. The only upsides to this kit were the decals and the glass fit. Other that that, not really worth building.

Paints used were Tamiya's TS-26 and TS-16, airbrushed. And Tamiya Acrylics for the interior.

I didn't try to fix too many of the mistakes. Just wanted to build something to get out of my non-building slump. Feel free to comment.

Edited August 8, 2011 by Brendan

[Scale-Master]

I think you did a very clean job on it. Looks really good!

[Harry P.]

I've never seen this kit, so I have no idea what the issues were, but you sure did a nice job with it!

I can see that it's very simplified, especially the engine and drivetrain, but you have a nice, clean shelf model there.

[cruz]

Very cool, don't know which ones have more issues, these or the Fujimi Enthusiast kits....

[Mike Kucaba]

UH-Oh! I have one of these in the stash . You did a nice job with it. Hope I can do the same.

[curt raitz]

Holy Cow!

I tried to build this kit about 20 years ago...what job that was, sure didn't come out as nice as yours

Brendan, you did a great job on this model

c'ya

[GeeBee]

Yes some of those old Heller kits were a bit fiddly to build, but looks like you did a good job on this one, looks very realistic to me ..

[Brendan]

Thanks for everyone's comments. To kind of give you an idea of how bad the plastic was...the body was warped and I warmed it up in some warm water and tried to bend it back into shape. As soon as it cooled down, it cracked. I completely forgot that this was originally a Heller kit. The Wave kit added some photoetch pieces that were completely mis sized for the kit; not even worth using. Hopefully this will get my rearend going and start doing some models. I've been out of town so much, it's hard to get into a rhythm of building.

[Scale-Master]

I was not aware this was an old Heller re-release. I have had frustrating experiences (similar to what you described) with those old kits.

My earier compliments can be multiplied x3. Very well done!

[Crazy Ed]

Nice Build Brendan. That's a Car one doesn't see everyday. Union also released what I imagine is also a repop of the Heller kit with an optional spoiler for the 908 also.

Crazy Ed