Dave B Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 Picked up an Arii Carrera 6 from HLJ a little while ago. Was a little disappointed with the kit but it gave me a reasonable base for a nice curbside. Biggest disappointment was the roof/glass cast as one piece, and thin/brittle to boot!! The wheels/tyres were rubbish and the interior basic. I was lucky to have some resin wheels/tyres that were passable and managed to cut down some seats and construct a passable racing interior. Had enough decals laying around to do a representation of the Targa Florio winning car, just minus the front & rear plates. Anyway, it was nice to be able to build a resonable model fo one of my favourite Porsches. Tks for looking Dave B
peter31a Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 All your effort was worth it! That is one really nice Porsche race car.
Chillyb1 Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 I've often wondered what those Arii kits were like; they have some wonderful Porsches not undertaken by other manufacturers. Anyway, I guess you pulled off quite a save. Looks great to me.
Dave B Posted January 15, 2012 Author Posted January 15, 2012 Tks guys, at least 4 of the Arii kits are retools of the original L&S. I have both an L&S & Arii Chaparral 2C. The L&S has beautiful wheels/tyres, white metal webers & intakes, etc. Interior are identical though. If you find a L&S they are the one to buy iao Dave B
MonoPed Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Nice work! Has anyone repopped those wheels in resin? They look perfect for my 904GTS
Dave B Posted January 15, 2012 Author Posted January 15, 2012 Nice work! Has anyone repopped those wheels in resin? They look perfect for my 904GTS Hi Brian, They are in fact taken off a Monogram 904GTS wheel, the rears being widened with a band. The tyres are resins of the racing Dunlop's in the old IMC Ford GT kit Dave B
Rob Hall Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Nice...never seen that kit. Love racing cars of that era.
MonoPed Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Hi Brian, They are in fact taken off a Monogram 904GTS wheel, the rears being widened with a band. The tyres are resins of the racing Dunlop's in the old IMC Ford GT kit Dave B The 1/25 full detail kit? I have the 1/24 curbside/slot kit, and those wheels have hubcaps molded on them.
simonr Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 This is a great job in one of the historicals and not so famous Porches of all time. I remembered to see a couple at the Rennsport II at the Daytona speedway back in 2007 and these are good looking cars. As a matter of fact, in year 2000 I was doing the Monogram 904 and I bought a set of resin set of these wheels, but, I can't remember where I got'em. I'm not sure if it was from Replica& Miniatures of Maryland. Simón P. Rivera Torres Nice work! Has anyone repopped those wheels in resin? They look perfect for my 904GTS
simonr Posted January 16, 2012 Posted January 16, 2012 Actually, I found this one on some old pictures Ihave from models I built in the late 90's. The second model in the left corner(the green one) is very rare and long out of production(1966)MPC 1/32 Porsche Carrera 6. Its a simple model car, but, it shows real nice the beautifull shape of the 906. This was the first model I painted using the then new Tamiya lacquers... Simón P. Rivera Torres
Dave B Posted January 16, 2012 Author Posted January 16, 2012 The 1/25 full detail kit? I have the 1/24 curbside/slot kit, and those wheels have hubcaps molded on them. Hi Brian, Off the full detail kit, I have a set on my 'curbside' 904 as well, will post some pics later. Dave B
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