1/43 Porsche 914/6 Imsa Racer

[surfjunke]

This started out as a purchase on EBay. The auction just had the body & chassis pan from an older

Starter kit.

The parts sat around for quite some time before I figured out what to do with it. I thought a fictitious race car would be fun in one of my favorite liveries.

The wheels are from the parts box & were made by Robustelli.

The front spoiler was made from Evergreen plastic. The rear scoop was made from laminating Plastic & then carving & sanding it to shape. The scoop is also pinned to the back deck.

The interior got seatbelts from the aluminum wine bottle seal with etched hardware. The steering wheel was from the parts box. A roll cage & fire bottle were made from Evergreen rod. The etched peddles were from Tameo.

The windshield & headlight covers were vac formed from masters carved from basswood. The masters were sealed with thin supper glue, sanded smoothed & polished.

The paint is automotive acrylic lacquer primer followed by a Tamiya white base coat with a mixed orange mid coat, followed by 2 part urethane clear.

The decals came from my decal stash & were applied before the clear paint. The final touch was the etched dzus fasteners from my etched parts stash, attached to the rear scoop with Testors clear paint.

Edited September 12, 2011 by surfjunke

[ChrisR]

Nice model, but it is a Porsche 904.

[surfjunke]

Thank you for the correction. Sorry about the miss print. I knew that, why I put it as a 914 is beyond me.

[Dr. Cranky]

Excellent model. Congrats.